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Aging Epidemiology Lab
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The lab explores how to prevent aging and age-related diseases through long-term follow-up surveys of community residents.
AboutAbout the lab
Long-term epidemiological research supporting the independence of older adults.
The Department of Epidemiology of Aging studies the causes of aging and age-related diseases using epidemiological methods, in order to support the mental and physical independence of older adults.
The department runs NILS-LSA, a survey that follows residents of Obu City and Higashiura Town in Aichi Prefecture over a long period, and uses the data to advance research that helps prevent aging and age-related diseases.
The lab is a department of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (Obu City, Aichi Prefecture). In December 2024, a cooperative chair (Epidemiology of Aging) was established with the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.
Experts in medicine, psychology, exercise, body composition, nutrition, and other fields work together on the surveys and data analysis.
Key terms
- Epidemiology
- The study of groups of people to clarify the causes and spread of diseases and health conditions
- Longitudinal epidemiological study
- An epidemiological study that repeatedly examines the same people over a long period to follow the process of change
- Age-related diseases
- Diseases that become more likely as people grow older, such as dementia, osteoporosis, and age-related hearing loss
NewsLab news
A research student received an Encouragement Award at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science
A presentation from the Department of Epidemiology of Aging received the Best Poster Award at the Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association on Sarcopenia and Frailty
A presentation using NILS-LSA received the BEST POSTER AWARD at ACFS 2025
A presentation received the Excellent Poster Award at the 67th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Gerontological Social Science
A cooperative chair in epidemiology of aging was established at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
The Department of Epidemiology of Aging conducts epidemiological research aimed at supporting the mental and physical independence of older adults. Its core project is the Longitudinal Study of Aging (NILS-LSA), which follows community residents over a long period. In collaboration with research institutions in Japan and abroad, the department advances research that helps prevent aging and age-related diseases.
Longitudinal epidemiological study of aging
By repeatedly surveying the same people over a long period, the lab investigates the process of aging, as well as the factors behind the onset and the prevention of age-related diseases such as dementia, osteoporosis, and age-related hearing loss. Experts in medicine, psychology, exercise, body composition, and nutrition work together to collect and analyze the data.
*Illustrative imageCollaborative research using NILS-LSA
The lab carries out collaborative research using NILS-LSA data with researchers inside and outside the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology. It is recruiting participants for research on aging and age-related diseases, on the condition that the work is conducted as part of the NILS-LSA research.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Department of Epidemiology of Aging consist of the Director and Deputy Director, researchers, visiting researchers, external researchers, research students, and research assistants.As of 2026
- Affiliated ProfessorRei Otsuka
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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: “Elderly woman walking towards the camera on a snowy walkway, Promenadeplatz, Munich, Germany julesvernex2” Jules Verne Times Two / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Collaborative research using NILS-LSA: “Bishnu Maya Thapa is the Health Worker as Bishnu Maya Sunar arrives at the temporary Batulechaur Health Post for a blood pressure checkup ( )” Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Cognitive Function Science Lab): “Elderly women walking past a roasted chestnuts vendor, Praça de Londres, Lisbon, Portugal julesvernex2” Jules Verne Times Two / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aging Metabolic Science Lab): “Visit to Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care ( )” Rocco Rossi / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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