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International Social Medicine Lab
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A social medicine lab aiming to solve global health problems.

AboutAbout the lab
Solving global health problems through action-oriented research
The International Social Medicine Lab conducts action-oriented, problem-solving research aimed at solving global health problems.
The lab works collaboratively with people from various fields, beyond the boundaries of labs and universities.
Students may come from any undergraduate major. They take up research after acquiring the basic knowledge of epidemiology and statistics needed for social medicine research.
The lab's website has pages on discussions of traffic accident countermeasures and measures for elderly drivers, and on a project to improve living environments to protect children in Mongolia from burn injuries.
Key terms
- Epidemiology
- The study of how diseases and injuries occur within populations, used to explore their causes and countermeasures
- Social medicine
- A field of medicine that views health and disease not only at the individual level but also in terms of society and populations
- Burn injury
- An injury caused by hot water, fire, or similar sources
ResearchResearch themes
With the enthusiasm of wanting to solve global health problems, the lab conducts action-oriented, problem-solving research. Its research is built on the basic knowledge of epidemiology and statistics needed for social medicine research.
View More ↗MembersFaculty
The members of the International Social Medicine Lab consist of faculty, researchers, and students in the doctoral and master's programs.
- ProfessorMasao Ichikawa
- Associate ProfessorAi Hori
- Assistant ProfessorSatoshi Kurita
- Project Assistant ProfessorMasaki Nakazawa
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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's Track of Road Safety Education in Malaga” Daniel Capilla / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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