The Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology carefully supports public health services in the community and contributes to the advancement of medical services using cutting-edge technology, such as genomic analysis, by setting up the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study, the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Community-Based Cohort Study, and the ToMMo Child Health Study. In the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, there are concerns that the occurrence of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and mental illnesses, including PTSD (Posttraumatic stress disorder), mood and anxiety disorders may increase associated with various stress factors. Especially, special attention needs to be paid to vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, children and the elderly. Considering the situation, the Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology intends to conduct long-term cohort studies of people in the communities more or less affected by the disaster. Based on the study, the department provides information useful to promote health of each participants. Information beneficial for promoting public health, and for improving technologies and systems for prevention, detection, and treatment of diseases will be extracted from the data, and shared with local communities, as well as global societies.
Professor | Shinichi Kuriyama | Atsushi Hozawa | Shigeo Kure |
Ichiro Tsuji | Hiroaki Tomita | Naoki Nakaya |
Associate Professor | Taku Obara | Tomoko Kobayashi | Kotaro Nochioka |
Senior Assistant Professor |
Mami Ishikuro | Noriyuki Iwama | Mana Kogure |
Keiko Murakami |
Assistant Professor |
Fumihiko Ueno | Ippei Chiba | Kumi Nakaya |
Rieko Hatanaka |
Research Associate |
Tomomi Onuma | Ikumi Kanno | Genki Shinoda |
Aoi Noda |
Adjunct Professor | Masahiro Kikuya | Hirohito Metoki |
Adjunct Faculty |
Naho Tsuchiya | Masato Nagai | Takumi Hirata |
Fumiko Matsuzaki |
Shinichi Kuriyama, Professor
Deputy Executive Director
Department Chair
Sector Director of Cohort Studies
Molecular Epidemiology
Department of Traffic and Medical Informatics in Disaster (Endowed Research Division)
Specialty
-Molecular epidemiology, Disaster public health
Education and Professional Positions
-Osaka City University, Ph.D., Medicine
-Osaka City University Hospital, Internal Medicine
-Occupational Health Physician
-Tohoku University, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, Associate Professor
-Tohoku University, Professor, 2010-
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2012-
Awards
-FY2007 Tohoku University Medical School Gold Medal
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Atsushi Hozawa, Professor
Deputy Department Chair
Deputy Sector Director of Cohort Studies
Center Director of Promotion of Cohort Studies
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Department of Traffic and Medical Informatics in Disaster (Endowed Research Division)
Specialty
-Preventive medicine, Epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine
-Fellowships from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2002-2005
-University of Minnesota, Visiting Research Associate, 2004-2006
-Shiga University of Medical Science, Project Assistant Professor, 2006-2008
-Tohoku University, Assistant Professor, 2008-2010
-Yamagata University, Assistant Professor, Lecturer, 2010-2012
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2012-
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Shigeo Kure, Professor
Child Development
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine, 1988
-Tohoku University, Associate Professor, 2000
-Tohoku University, Professor of Pediatrics, 2011-
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2012-
Awards
-FY2004 Tohoku University Medical School Gold Medal
-Grand Prize, the Japanese Society of Inherited Metabolic Disease, 2010
-FY2014 MEXT Science and Technology Prize
Pediatrics (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Ichiro Tsuji, Professor
Epidemiology
Specialty
-Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases and aging
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine
-Tohoku University, Lecturer, 1993
-Tohoku University, Associate Professor, 1996
-Tohoku University, Professor, 2002-
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Center for Community Health, Director, 2011-
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2012-
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Vice Dean, 2015-
Awards
-FY2001 Tohoku University Medical School Gold Medal
-Japan Medical Association Research Grant, 2008
Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Hiroaki Tomita, Professor
Deputy Center Director of Health Survey Promotion(Clinical Neuroscience Research)
Disaster Psychiatry
Specialty
-Psychiatry, Disaster Psychiatry, Molecular genetics
Education and Professional Positions
-Department of Neuropsychiatry, OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY, M.D. (1989), Ph.D. (1995)
-Department of Human Genetics, School of Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1996
-Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Collage of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Research Fellow, 2000
-Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Research Fellow, 2001
-Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Assistant Professor-equivalent Faculty Researcher, 2002
-Department of Biological Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Associate Professor, 2006
-Department of Disaster Psychiatry, International Research Institute of Disaster Science, Tohoku University, and Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2012-
-Department of Psychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, and Tohoku University Hospital, 2018-
Interviews
-Post 3/11: Interview Based Narration of Japan's Progress (Published on Nov. 27th, 2014)
Psychiatry (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Naoki Nakaya, Professor
Deputy Center Director of Promotion of Cohort Studies (Community Based Cohort)
Health Behavioral Epidemiology
Specialty
-Public health, Epidemiology, Psychooncology, Behavioral medicine, Applied health sciences
Education and Professional Positions
-Azabu University, B.Sc., 1996
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Disability Science
-Tohoku University, Division of Epidemiology, Postdoctoral Fellow
-National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan, Psycho-Oncology Division, Postdoctoral Fellow
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor
-Danish Cancer Society, Denmark, Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
-Kamakura Women's University, Senior Assistant Professor
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2012
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor, 2015-2019
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Professor, 2019-2021
-Saitama Prefectural University, Professor, 2019-2021
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Professor, 2021-
Awards
-Young Investigator Award by the Japan Epidemiological Association, 2013
Spouses Really Are Together in Sickness and in Health Suggests New Study[Press Release]
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Taku Obara, Associate Professor
Deputy Center Director of Promotion of Cohort Studies (Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study)
Molecular Epidemiology
Specialty
-Pharmacoepidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku Pharmaceutical University, 2003
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., 2008
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2012
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2013
-Tohoku University Hospital, Pharmaceutical Department, Associate Professor, 2015-
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor, 2015-
Awards
-Young Researcher's Award by Miyagi Pref. Pharmaceutical Association, 2015
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Tomoko Kobayashi, Associate Professor
Deputy Center Director of Health Survey Promotion (Child Health Survey Support)
Center Director of Community Support Center (Iwanuma, Shiroishi)
Child Development
Specialty
-Pediatrics, Child Neurology, Medical genetics
Education and Professional Positions
-Nippon Medical School, M.D., 1997
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine
-Tohoku University Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Staff
-Tohoku University, Assistant Professor, 2013
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor 2017-2019
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor 2019-
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Kotaro Nochioka, Associate Professor
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Heart failure, Transplantation, Epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University, M.D., 2004
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine
-Harvard School of Public Health, MPH.
-Harvard University, Research Fellow
-Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Research Fellow
-Tohoku University, Specialty Appointed Assistant Professor
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2017-2021
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor 2021-
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Mami Ishikuro, Senior Assistant Professor
Molecular Epidemiology
Specialty
-Molecular epidemiology, Maternal and child health
Education and Professional Positions
-Akita University, B.S.N.2007
-Tohoku University, M.Med.Sci., the Course of Public Health Sciences for Human Security
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Technical Assistant
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2012
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2013-2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2020-
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Noriyuki Iwama, Senior Assistant Professor
Molecular Epidemiology
Mana Kogure, Senior Assistant Professor
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Department of Traffic and Medical Informatics in Disaster(Endowed Research Division)
Specialty
-Epidemiology, Nutritional epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Kamakura Women’s University, R.D., 2008
-National Center for Child Health and Development, R.D.(part time)
-Kamakura Women’s University, Research Associate
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, MSc
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2016
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2017-2022
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2022-
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Keiko Murakami, Senior Assistant Professor
Molecular Epidemiology
Department of Traffic and Medical Informatics in Disaster(Endowed Research Division)
Specialty
-Public health, Epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-The University of Tokyo, 2007
-The University of Tokyo, MPH
-The University of Tokyo, Ph.D., Medical Science
-Teikyo University, Assistant Professor
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2018-2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2020-
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Fumihiko Ueno, Assistant Professor
Molecular Epidemiology
Specialty
-Infectious disease epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-University of Shizuoka, BPharm, 2015
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D., 2019
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2019-
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Ippei Chiba, Assistant Professor
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Epidemiology for physical disability and dementia
Education and Professional Positions
-International University of Health and Welfare, PT 2009
-Tohoku University, M.S., Science
-Shinshu University, Ph.D., Medicine
-National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Researcher
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2022-
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Kumi Nakaya, Assistant Professor
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Epidemiology, Behavioral medicine
Education and Professional Positions
-Yamagata University, 1998
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D., Disability Science
-The Japan Foundation for Aging and Health, Postdoctoral Fellow
-National Cancer Center Hospital East, Japan, Psycho-Oncology Division, Postdoctoral Fellow
-Danish Cancer Society, Denmark, Visiting Researcher, Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad (The Uehara Memorial Foundation)
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Researcher
-Saitama Prefectural University, Part-time Researcher
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Researcher
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2021-
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Rieko Hatanaka, Assistant Professor
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, B.S., 2005
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, M.S.
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D.
-Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2)
-Aomori Prefectural Government
-Osaka City Government
-Osaka Prefectural Government
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Technical Assistant, 2020-2021
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2021-
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Tomomi Onuma, Research Associate
Molecular Epidemiology
Specialty
-Molecular epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-University of Toyama, BLS, 2003
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Technical Assistant, 2013-2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2020-
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Ikumi Kanno, Research Associate
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Epidemiology of lifestyle-related diseases, Community health
Education and Professional Positions
-Niigata University, BNS, 2016
-Sendai City, Public Health Nurse
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, MPH
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2021-
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Genki Shinoda, Research Associate
Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology
Specialty
-Medical Technology, Clinical Neurology, Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Education and Professional Positions
-Niigata University of Health and Welfare, B.S., 2016
-Tohoku University, M.S., Disability Science
-Gifu University Hospital, Clinical Laboratory
-Tohoku University Hospital, Clinical Physiological Laboratory
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Researcher, 2021-2022
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2023-
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
Aoi Noda, Research Associate
Molecular Epidemiology
Specialty
-Clinical pharmacy, Pharmacoepidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Showa University, B.S., 2014
-Tohoku University Hospital, Pharmaceutical Department
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Technical Assistant, 2018
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2018-
Molecular Epidemiology (Graduate School of Medicine)
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Masahiro Kikuya, Adjunct Professor
Specialty
-Cardiovascular epidemiology, Child development
Education and Professional Positions
-Hirosaki University, M.D., 1995
-Tohoku University, Ph.D., Medicine, 2001
-Tohoku University, Research Associate, 2003-2007
-University of Leuven, Research Fellow, 2006
-Tohoku University, Assistant Professor, 2007-2010
-Tohoku University, Lecturer, 2010-2012
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor, 2012-2018
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Professor, 2018-
-Teikyo University School of Medicine, Professor, 2018-
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Hirohito Metoki, Adjunct Professor
Specialty
-Obstetrics and gynecology, Medical genetics, Cardiology, Public health, genetic epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Tohoku University School of Medicine, M.D., 2001
-Furukawa City Hospital, Resident of Internal Medicine
-Tohoku University School of Medicine, Department of Clinical Therapeutics and Pharmacology, Ph.D., Medicine
-Tohoku University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) PD fellow
-Tohoku University School of Medicine, Environmental and Genome Research Center (Japan Eco & Child Study), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Assistant Professor
-Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2012-2016
-Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Professor, 2016-
-Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Professor, 2016-
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Naho Tsuchiya, Adjunct Faculty
Specialty
-Epidemiology, Epidemiology in infectious diseases, Public health
Education and Professional Positions
-Asahikawa Medical University, M.D., 2002
-Yamagata University, Research assistant
-Nagasaki University, Clinical Fellow (Infectious Diseases)
-Nagasaki University, Ph.D., Medicine
-London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, M.Sc., Epidemiology
-Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine, staff doctor
-Nagasaki University, COE research fellow
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2013-2018
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2018-2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Associate Professor, 2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Faculty, 2020-
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Specialty
-Epidemiology
Education and Professional Positions
-Iwate University, B.A., 2006
-Utsunomiya University, M.ed.
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Ph.D., Medicine
-Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
-Japan Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Research resident (Shiga University of Medical Science, Visiting Assistant Professor)
-Shiga University of Medical Science, Research Assistant Professor
-Fukushima Medical University, Assistant Professor
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Assistant Professor, 2016-2020
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Faculty, 2020-
Awards
-7th Hypertension Research Award, 2016
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Takumi Hirata, Adjunct Faculty
Specialty
-Clinical epidemiology for atherosclerosis, Endocrinology, Metabolism and geriatric medicine, Preventive medicine
Education and Professional Positions
-Keio University School of medicine, M.D. 2002
-Kyoto University, M.P.H., 2012
-Keio University School of Medicine, Ph.D., Medicine, 2014
-Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nephrology, Keio University School of Medicine, Medical staff
-Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation, Senior Researcher
-Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Project Assistant Professor
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Senior Assistant Professor, 2018-2019
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Faculty, 2020-
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Fumiko Matsuzaki, Adjunct Faculty
Specialty
-Clinical pharmacy
Education and Professional Positions
-Keio University, B.S., 2014
-Tohoku University Hospital, Pharmaceutical Department
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Research Associate, 2020-2022
-Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Adjunct Faculty, 2020-
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