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Health Behavioral Epidemiology Lab (Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization)
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The lab investigates the factors behind health-related behaviors with the aim of achieving behavior change.
AboutAbout the lab
Research that responds to the social needs of the present
The lab conducts research to identify the factors behind health-promoting behaviors and unhealthy behaviors.
Based on its findings, the lab aims to develop methods for achieving behavior change and to return the results to society.
The lab belongs to the Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, and is responsible for managing and running community-based cohort studies and collecting the data.
Making use of Tohoku University's environment for personnel exchange and international joint research, the lab plans to carry out education and research while interacting with researchers from diverse cultures.
Key terms
- Epidemiology
- The study of the causes and spread of diseases and health conditions in groups of people
- Cohort study
- A study that follows a group of people over a long period to examine the relationship between lifestyle or environment and health
- Behavior change
- Efforts to change health-related behaviors for the better, and the change that results
NewsLab news
Prof. Nakaya's review article was published in Koshu Eisei Joho Miyagi (a public health information bulletin in Miyagi)
Prof. Nakaya's original article on the factors that encourage tsunami evacuation was published
A graduate student's paper on social isolation, loneliness, and frailty was published in an international geriatrics journal
Prof. Nakaya's paper on cancer screening between spouses was published in Psycho-Oncology
Prof. Nakaya's paper on housing damage and mortality risk was published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to identify the factors behind health-related behaviors and to develop methods for changing behavior for the better. It is in charge of the community-based cohort of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, and works to build new evidence for the medical recovery of disaster-affected areas and for the advancement of next-generation medicine.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping methods to change health behaviors
The lab identifies the factors involved in behaviors that promote health, unhealthy behaviors, and the improvement of living environments. Based on these findings, it develops methods to change behavior for the better and works to return the results to society.
*Illustrative imageCommunity-based cohort study
The lab is in charge of managing and running a community-based cohort study and collecting high-quality data. From the perspectives of epidemiology and health behavior science, it contributes to building new evidence for the medical recovery of disaster-affected areas and the advancement of next-generation medicine.
MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty and part-time lecturers.As of 2025
- ProfessorNaoki Nakaya
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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.
- Top image: “A community health worker conducting a survey in the Korail slum, Bangladesh ( )” DFID - UK Department for International Development / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Developing methods to change health behaviors: “Healthy lifestyle focus with weights and fresh fruits on a kitchen countertop” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Community-based cohort study: “Nurse checks blood pressure” Linda Bartlett (Photographer) / Public domain (cropped)
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