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Maternal and Child Medical Science Lab (Environment and Genome Research Center)
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A lab that investigates factors affecting child development through cohort studies.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring factors that affect child development
The Maternal and Child Medical Science Lab aims to clarify, through cohort studies, the factors that influence child development.
The lab participates in the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS), a large-scale birth cohort study led by the Ministry of the Environment, and is in charge of the study in Miyagi Prefecture.
The lab also uses growth and developmental records of children born small in Miyagi Prefecture to investigate how the environment around birth, such as preterm birth, relates to future neurodevelopmental disorders.
Key terms
- Birth cohort study
- A research method in which mothers and children are enrolled before and after birth and followed over a long period to examine the relationship between growth, health, and the environment
- PFAS
- A general term for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. In this research, one of the chemicals examined for effects on children's health and development
- Patent ductus arteriosus
- A condition in which the ductus arteriosus, a vessel that connects blood vessels in the fetus, fails to close after birth and remains open
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to clarify, through cohort studies, the factors that influence child development. Using a large-scale birth cohort study and follow-up data on children born small in Miyagi Prefecture, it investigates how environmental factors relate to children's health and development.
*Illustrative imageThe Japan Environment and Children's Study and environmental factors
The lab is in charge of the Miyagi Prefecture portion of JECS. Using data from questionnaires, physical measurements, and blood and urine tests, it investigates how environmental factors, including chemicals such as PFAS, lead, mercury, and nicotine, affect children's health and development.
*Illustrative imageThe Satomenko Project and development of preterm infants
Since 2005, Miyagi Prefecture has regularly followed up the growth and development of children with low birth weight. Combining records of gestational age and neonatal intensive care, the lab investigates how preterm birth, chronic lung disease, patent ductus arteriosus, and medical interventions relate to future neurodevelopmental disorders.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYuichiro Miura
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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: “Logan Campbell Kindergarten, music lesson (1965)” Mr. Reithmaier / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- The Japan Environment and Children's Study and environmental factors: “Environmental pollution (water pollution)” SpartanDav / CC0 (cropped)
- The Satomenko Project and development of preterm infants: “Infant-Incubator-wBaby-1978-USA” Evan-Amos / Public domain (cropped)
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