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Pediatric Environmental Medicine Lab
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The lab studies how the environment relates to children's health.
AboutAbout the lab
Studying children's health through the environment.
The Pediatric Environmental Medicine Lab conducts research on the relationship between the environment and children's health, in the fields of hygiene and public health.
Using data from the Japan Environment and Children's Study (the Ecochil Study), the lab has published papers examining the association of exposure to pesticides, heavy metals, and other substances during pregnancy with the course of pregnancy and children's development.
Other topics include changes in children who take part in long-term camps and the exposures that preterm infants receive in medical settings.
Key terms
- Ecochil Study
- The common Japanese name for the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS).
- Hygiene and Public Health
- A field of medicine that deals with how the environment and lifestyle relate to people's health.
ResearchResearch themes
The Pediatric Environmental Medicine Lab studies how the environment relates to children's health. It has published a paper that analyzes data from the Ecochil Study to examine how exposure to chemicals and other substances during pregnancy relates to the course of pregnancy and the development of the children born afterward.
*Illustrative imageChanges in Children from Taking Part in a Long-Term Camp
The lab examines whether a traditional way of life can make children today healthier, by looking at changes after they take part in a 30-night camp. It presented findings on the link between changes in the gut environment and children's self-efficacy at the 2026 meeting of the Japanese Society for Hygiene.
*Illustrative imageVOC Exposure of Preterm Infants in Medical Settings
The lab took part, as a collaborator, in a study of the exposure to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that preterm infants receive from the medical environment. In 2023, it co-published a paper evaluating how much preterm infants in incubators are exposed to disinfectant alcohol.
MembersFaculty
- Project Assistant ProfessorYukiko Nishihama
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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: “Children playing outdoors” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service / Public domain (cropped)
- Changes in Children from Taking Part in a Long-Term Camp: “Dworshak Explorers Summer Camp Dworshak State Park 8 August 2024” Angela Feldmann/USFWS / Public domain (cropped)
- VOC Exposure of Preterm Infants in Medical Settings: “Infant-Incubator-wBaby-1978-USA” Evan-Amos / Public domain (cropped)
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