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Forensic Medicine Lab
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A forensic medicine lab that aims to determine causes of death and reduce preventable deaths.
AboutAbout the lab
Turning one death into protection for lives to come.
Forensic medicine involves death investigation, which determines the cause of death of deceased people, and research aimed at reducing preventable deaths.
The department was established in 1899 and performs autopsies of unnatural deaths in Kyoto Prefecture, so students can learn both forensic practice and research.
The lab focuses on how external factors such as poisoning, injury, and daily lifestyle habits damage organs.
People who did not graduate from a medical school can also enter the master's and doctoral programs.
Key terms
- Death investigation
- Determining the cause of a person's death through autopsy and testing
- Forensic pathology
- The field that examines autopsy tissue to determine the cause of death and the state of disease or injury
- MASLD
- A condition in which fat accumulates in the liver in association with metabolic abnormalities. It can progress to steatohepatitis (MASH) and cirrhosis
ResearchResearch themes
To contribute to death investigation and preventive medicine, the lab carries out forensic pathology research using animal models of disease and injury, as well as research on the effects of alcohol and drugs on organs. In forensic practice, it reviews cases and works with clinicians on postmortem imaging.
*Illustrative imageForensic pathological analysis of sudden death
Most forensic autopsies involve sudden death. By examining and reporting each case in detail and finding changes shared across similar cases, the lab helps prevent future onset. It reproduces those changes in animal experiments, which also leads to the development of treatments.
*Illustrative imageResearch to prevent acute myocardial infarction
Focusing on fatty liver disease (MASLD), the lab uses animal experiments to search for biomarkers useful for prevention and for treatments suited to each stage of the disease.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Forensic Medicine Lab consist of faculty members, technical staff, graduate students (doctoral and master's programs), secretaries, and technical assistants.
- ProfessorYoko Nishitani
- Associate ProfessorMasashi Miyao
- Assistant ProfessorChihiro Kawai
- Assistant ProfessorShota Furukawa
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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: “Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Uniklinik Köln-3222” Raimond Spekking / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Forensic pathological analysis of sudden death: “Forensic medicine institute” Iulius / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Research to prevent acute myocardial infarction: “Liver steatosis fatty change” Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, Division of Intramural Research, NIEHS (NIH) / Public domain (cropped)
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