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Ogihara Lab
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The lab applies scientific methods to the social systems that support the health of everyone.
AboutAbout the lab
Scientifically studying and creating the social systems that support health
The Ogihara Lab studies the social systems that support the health of all people.
Its specialties are social medicine and health informatics, and it aims to identify and propose models of well-being communities and societies.
The lab values dialogue and fieldwork, and conducts research in collaboration among industry, government, academia, and citizens.
It uses a wide range of methods, including document and literature review, interviews, surveys, epidemiology, multivariate analysis, and mixed methods research.
Key terms
- Social medicine
- A field that investigates the causes of disease and the nature of health from the side of society and the environment, rather than the individual
- Epidemiology
- A method of studying how diseases spread in populations and what they are associated with
- Social capital
- A concept that regards the connections and trust among people in a community as a social resource
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies themes rooted in society, such as health, long-term care, welfare, and disaster prevention and community development. It combines document and literature review, interviews, surveys, epidemiology, multivariate analysis, and mixed methods research.
*Illustrative imageHealth
The lab works on health management through analysis of big data related to healthcare, and on analysis of health information on social media. It also covers cancer prevention education, traditional East Asian medicine and ICT, and the role of sewer systems in the water cycle and the promotion of connections to them.
*Illustrative imageLong-Term Care
The lab investigates multiple caregiving, in which people care for several family members at the same time, and the challenges of supporting such caregivers. It also covers how care managers (certified care support specialists) can continue their work, safety and health management in home-visit care settings, fracture prevention, and building walkable communities.
*Illustrative imageDisaster Prevention and Community Development
The lab studies disaster-resilient community development that draws on social capital, the connections among people in a community. It also covers community cafés that encourage local interaction, disaster education in partnership with the community, and survivors of large-scale disasters.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Ogihara Lab are faculty, researchers, invited lecturers, education coaches, research collaborators, part-time lecturers, and graduate and undergraduate students (including those in the distance-learning program).
- ProfessorAtsushi Ogihara
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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: “Snow-cholera-map-1” John Snow / Public domain (cropped)
- Health: “Social Network Analysis Visualization” Martin Grandjean / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Long-Term Care: “Walker. frame” The original uploader was High Plains Drifter at English Wikipedia. / Public domain (cropped)
- Disaster Prevention and Community Development: “Designated Emergency Evacuation Site Guide Sign, Kagoshima City 01”
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