| Department | The department is a multidisciplinary department. Staff teaches epidemiology and public health to undergraduate and postgraduate students.The department conducts several population-based epidemiological sutudies for a better understanding of population health. |
| Member | Michikazu SEKINE, MD, PhD, MBA, MSc, DLSHTM (Professor) E-mail: sekine Masaaki YAMADA, MD (Associate Professor) E-mail: masaakit Takashi TATSUSE (Assistant Professor) E-mail: tatsuse 0 part-time lecturers, 6 research associates 8 PhD students, 0 Research Students Noriko ANNEN (Clerical Staff) E-mail: nannen Please add "@med.u-toyama.ac.jp" to E-mail. |
| Research | 1. The Toyama Birth Cohort Study ( the Toyama study ) The Toyama study is a birth cohort study comprising approximately 10,000 children who were born in 1989. The main purpose of this study is to clarify the impacts of social, parental ,and lifestyle factors on child health. 2. The Japanese Civil Servants Study ( the JACS study ) The JACS study is a joint study project with the British Civil Servants Study (also known as the Whitehall II study). Japanese civil servants working in a local goverment are the study subjects. The main purpose of this study is to clarify the relationship between psychosocial stress and health, to clarify the modifying and bufferrng factors for the negative effects of psychosocial stress on health ,and to find the solution for the problem. 3. Others Management of National University Corporations Blood pressure, heart rate, and sleep monitoring |
| Education | We conduct several longitudinal studies of Japanese adults and children. The Japanese civil servants study is an ongoing follow-up study of Japanese civil servants. This study is an international collaborative study with the British civil servants study (the Whitehall II study) and the Finnish civil servants study (the Helsinki Health Study). The Toyama study is a birth cohort study of Japanese children. Postgraduate students become members of the research units and are involved in each step of epidemiological research (i.e. study planning, and conducting, data analysis, and manuscript writing and publishing). Current research topics are in the following. Socioeconomic and sex inequalities in physical and mental health of Japanese civil servants with international comparisons Associations of psychosocial stress at work, work-life balances, health behaviours, with health of Japanese civil servants with international comparisons Associations of social environments, parental factors, and lifestyle factors with health (e.g. QOL, sleep quality, and obesity) of Japanese children |
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