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Medical Data Science Lab
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The lab builds new evidence by integrating real-world data with clinical trials.

AboutAbout the lab
Integrating real-world data and clinical trials.
The Medical Data Science Joint Research Chair is a lab that sets out to build new evidence by integrating real-world data with clinical trials.
Together with the Department of Medical Statistics and the Data Center of the Department of Medical Innovation, it operates as part of the Osaka University medical statistics group.
The lab works on developing methods to build optimal evidence from real-world data and use it for decision-making.
It is also building a foundation of medical statistics literacy and training the highly specialized professionals that medical research requires.
Key terms
- Real-world data
- Data obtained from everyday medical care, such as medical records. It is used together with data from clinical trials
- Evidence
- Scientific grounds that support things such as the effects of a treatment or drug
- Data management
- The work of organizing and managing data collected in a study so that it is reliable
ResearchResearch themes
The Medical Data Science Joint Research Chair aims to build new evidence by integrating real-world data with clinical trials. It carries out support for clinical research, training of specialized professionals, and development of medical research methodology as projects.
Support for Clinical Research
In cooperation with the Data Center of the Department of Medical Innovation, the lab supports investigator-initiated clinical research and clinical trials. It provides support from the protocol drafting stage through data management and data analysis.
*Illustrative imageTraining of Specialized Professionals
Together with the Department of Medical Statistics and the Data Center, the lab teaches medical statistics, epidemiology, and clinical research methods through graduate lectures and training sessions. Through its support of clinical research, it aims to train physicians, biostatisticians, data managers, and others.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of Medical Research Methodology
Positioned between medical statistics and the Data Center, the lab serves as a bridge that carries the theoretical methodology of medical research into practical use. It studies efficient clinical trial design, data monitoring, and statistical analysis methods.
MembersFaculty
Members of the Medical Data Science Joint Research Chair consist of project faculty, Project Researchers, and Visiting Professors and other visiting faculty.As of 2026
- Project ProfessorEisuke Hida
- Project LecturerYusuke Sasahara
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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: “Medical Data Collection and Screening - ATK Grassroots Development Programme - Kolkata” Biswarup Ganguly / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Training of Specialized Professionals: “Miami University chemistry lecture room )” Snyder, Frank R. Flickr: Miami U. Libraries - Digital Collections / Public domain (cropped)
- Development of Medical Research Methodology: “Würfel” Dietmar Rabich / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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