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Community Cohort Studies Lab
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A lab that identifies risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases through the epidemiological survey in Hisayama Town.
AboutAbout the lab
Seeking risk factors for lifestyle-related diseases through the epidemiological survey in Hisayama Town.
The Community Cohort Studies Lab takes part in the epidemiological survey in Hisayama Town (the Hisayama Study) and studies the onset of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors.
The lifestyle-related diseases it studies include stroke and ischemic heart disease.
The Center for Cohort Studies, to which the lab belongs, has carried out large-scale cohort studies for more than half a century, following populations over long periods to explore the causes and treatments of disease.
The lab gives lectures and provides supervision to students of the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, and the Graduate School of Medical Sciences (Department of Medical Sciences and Department of Health Care Administration and Management).
Key terms
- Cohort study
- An epidemiological method that follows a group of people over a long period to explore the causes and treatments of disease
- Hisayama Study
- An epidemiological survey conducted in Hisayama Town that investigates the onset of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors
ResearchResearch themes
The Community Cohort Studies Lab takes part in the Hisayama Study and uses epidemiological methods to investigate the onset of lifestyle-related diseases and their risk factors. It also participates in epidemiological and clinical collaborative studies within and outside the university, in Japan and abroad.
*Illustrative imageLifestyle-related diseases studied through the Hisayama Study
The lab takes part in the epidemiological survey in Hisayama Town and investigates the onset of lifestyle-related diseases such as stroke and ischemic heart disease, along with their risk factors.
*Illustrative imageLarge-scale dementia cohort studies
The lab conducts large-scale dementia cohort studies aimed at realizing a society of healthy longevity. Its listed research keywords are dementia, depression, and cohort studies.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorJun Hata
- Associate ProfessorSatoko Sakata
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Blood pressure measurement, Poland” Kris D from Metropolia Silesia, Upper Silesia ( Oberschlesien ) / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Lifestyle-related diseases studied through the Hisayama Study: “HK SW Sheung Wan Kau U Fong Central District Health Centre Electronic Arm Blood Pressure Monitor machine February 2025 R12S 02” Safoule 2558 LausldM / CC0 (cropped)
- Large-scale dementia cohort studies: “MRI Alzheimer Disease and Dementia with Lewy Bodies” McKeith IG, Boeve BF, Dickson DW, et al. Edited by Lukelahood. / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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