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Environmental Health (Industrial Psychiatry and Space Medicine) Lab
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The lab uses surveys and experiments to explore the mental health of working people and astronauts.
AboutAbout the lab
Solving the mysteries of mental health, from daily life to the frontier of space.
The Environmental Health (Industrial Psychiatry and Space Medicine) Lab studies the mental health of astronauts and people who work in special environments.
The lab conducts closed-environment experiments that simulate spaceflight, as well as surveys of workers.
It also works on using artificial intelligence to predict workers' psychological burden, and on testing stress management that makes use of the natural environment.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Industrial Psychiatry and Space Medicine Group."
Key terms
- Industrial Psychiatry
- A field of medicine that deals with mental health in the workplace, including the mental health of working people.
- Closed-environment experiment
- An experiment conducted in a closed environment that simulates a spaceflight mission. It is used to study the effects of stress in space.
- T-SOCS
- Abbreviation of the Tsukuba Salutogenic Occupational Cohort Study. A survey of the living environment and mental health of people in Tsukuba Science City.
- NBI
- Abbreviation of Nature based Intervention. An intervention program that makes use of the natural environment.
NewsLab news
A feature article by Associate Professor Doki, Assistant Professor Hori, and Professor Sasahara was published in Clinical Psychiatry (Rinsho Seishin Igaku)
A paper by Associate Professor Doki on the use of AI in occupational health was published in Stress Science Research
A letter co-authored by a program graduate and Associate Professor Doki was published in the Journal of Occupational Health
An essay by Assistant Professor Hori was published in Kokoro no Kagaku
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to solve the mysteries of mental health, taking on feasible and familiar research themes one at a time. Its projects include the mental health of astronauts and people working in special environments, surveys of workers, interventions that use nature, the use of artificial intelligence, and a survey of teachers' actual working conditions.
*Illustrative imageMental Health in Space and Other Special Environments
The lab studies groups in special environments, such as astronauts, workers in the space development field, and Antarctic research expedition members. Through closed-environment experiments that simulate spaceflight, it works to clarify how the stress of the space environment affects mental health.
*Illustrative imageWorkplace Cohort Study in Tsukuba
T-SOCS (Tsukuba Salutogenic Occupational Cohort Study) is a survey of the living environment and mental health of people in Tsukuba Science City. It is conducted every five years, and from fiscal 2021 it was revamped to explore the factors that help people keep working in good health.
*Illustrative imageStress Management Using Nature
The lab tests a nature-based intervention (NBI) program as stress management for workers and students. In cooperation with a certificate program for the general public led by Chiba University, it examines the effects of nature on mental health.
*Illustrative imageSupporting Workers with AI
As the use of digital mental health advances, the lab researches and develops new support technologies that use artificial intelligence. By predicting workers' psychological burden and productivity, it aims for more effective interventions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Industrial Psychiatry and Space Medicine Group consist of a professor emeritus, faculty members, doctoral students, residents in specialty training, and short-term international students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShinichiro Sasahara
- Associate ProfessorShotaro Doki
- Assistant ProfessorDaisuke Hori
- Project Assistant ProfessorYu Ikeda
- Project Assistant ProfessorReiko Inoue
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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: “Celebrating 25 Years of Continuous Human Presence Aboard the International Space Station” NASA/Jonny Kim / Public domain (cropped)
- Mental Health in Space and Other Special Environments: “STS-134 International Space Station after undocking” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Workplace Cohort Study in Tsukuba: “CHD Group team member implementing CSR programme in Occupational health of farmers in India” Roseli1990 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Stress Management Using Nature: “Forest bathing in Parc de les Glòries, Barcelona (October 2023)” Benoît Prieur / CC0 (cropped)
- Supporting Workers with AI: “Digital Health - Edit-a-thons on Disorders of Human Communication and Health Promotion 04” Lorena Francisca / CC0 (cropped)
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