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Disaster Public Health Lab (International Research Institute of Disaster Science)
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The lab uses epidemiology to investigate the medium- and long-term health effects of large-scale disasters.
AboutAbout the lab
Following health after major disasters through epidemiology
The lab studies the medium- and long-term effects of large-scale disasters on health, using large-scale epidemiological surveys.
As the foundation of its research, the lab has built the "Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study," a research design that is the first of its kind in the world.
It aims to identify effective health improvement measures for each stage of life starting from the fetal period, and to put them into practice.
Using molecular epidemiology methods, it also works to elucidate the pathology of multifactorial diseases, including autism spectrum disorder.
Key terms
- Cohort study
- A research method that follows the same group of people over a long period to examine the relationship between lifestyle or environment and disease.
- Molecular epidemiology
- An interdisciplinary field that builds on epidemiology and integrates genomic medicine, artificial intelligence analysis techniques, and more.
- Preemptive medicine
- Medicine that predicts risk before a disease develops and takes preventive or therapeutic action ahead of time.
NewsLab news
A Correspondence piece was published in Nature
A paper on the association between maternal fasting blood glucose in the first half of pregnancy and developmental traits in children was published
A doctoral student received the Shinyu Outstanding Student Award
A paper on a skin health survey regarding atopic dermatitis was published in Allergology International
A paper on the association between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and child development was published
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates the medium- and long-term effects of large-scale disasters on people's physical and mental health using large-scale epidemiological surveys. To avoid leaving lasting harm such as an increase in disease, it monitors health after disasters and conducts intervention studies based on the results.
*Illustrative imageEffects of the earthquake on children's growth
The lab assesses the growth of children in the disaster-affected areas and clarifies how the earthquake affected their growth. Using data from nurseries and infant and toddler health checkups, it evaluates children's growth over time.
*Illustrative imageMold, mites, and allergies in temporary housing
In Ishinomaki City, the lab studies the occurrence of mold and mites in temporary housing and other dwellings, and their relationship with allergy symptoms, especially in children.
*Illustrative imageReducing health damage from the next large-scale disaster
Drawing on lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, the lab conducts research to minimize health damage in the next large-scale disaster that is expected.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort
The lab is developing the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort as the cutting edge of cohort research, which has evolved from patient-based to resident-based to birth cohorts. It aims to capture the links between genetic factors and environmental factors from the womb onward and disease, in order to predict disease risk and provide preemptive medicine.
MembersFaculty
Members of the lab consist of faculty, visiting professors and part-time lecturers, researchers, and research students and graduate students. Faculty from the Molecular Epidemiology Division of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization also join the staff.As of 2025
- ProfessorShinichi Kuriyama
- Associate ProfessorTaku Obara
- Associate ProfessorMasatsugu Orui
- Associate ProfessorKeiko Murakami
- LecturerMami Ishiguro
- Assistant ProfessorAoi Noda
- Assistant ProfessorGenki Shinoda
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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: “Tsunami Japan 2011” Tamaki Seto / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Effects of the earthquake on children's growth: “Children at kindergarten festivities 2” Marie-Sophie Mejan / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Mold, mites, and allergies in temporary housing: “Temporary housings for tsunami evacuees in Shichigahama” Daisuke TSUDA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Reducing health damage from the next large-scale disaster: “Tinker Disaster Preparedness Drill 170227-F-VV898-026” Greg L. Davis / Public domain (cropped)
- Development of the Birth and Three-Generation Cohort: “Three generations of a family (1)” Linda Bartlett (Photographer) / Public domain (cropped)
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