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Shinichi Kuriyama, Professor
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The lab studies the medium- and long-term effects of large-scale disasters on health, using large-scale epidemiological surveys. As the foundation of its research, the lab has built the "Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study," a research design that is the first of its kind in the world. It aims to identify effective health improvement measures for each stage of life starting from the fetal period, and to put them into practice. Using molecular epidemiology methods, it also works to elucidate the pathology of multifactorial diseases, including autism spectrum disorder.
Hiroshi Fujii, Professor
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The lab studies connective tissue diseases (collagen diseases), chronic inflammatory diseases that affect the whole body, from the perspective of autoimmune mechanisms. The lab carries out basic research using serum and cells from actual patients, and aims to develop new diagnostic methods and treatments by integrating basic research with clinical practice. The lab's website is shared with the Department of Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases at Tohoku University Hospital, where the same professor serves as department head. In April 2025, a fourth-year student from the Department of Health Sciences, Division of Laboratory Science, began graduation research in this lab.
Noriko Fukuhara, Professor
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The lab conducts research aimed at clarifying the causes of hematologic diseases, which are intractable, and developing new treatments. One pillar of its research is basic research on the mechanisms of red blood cell differentiation, hematopoietic stem cells, and leukemia. The other pillar is clinical research, in which the lab carries out a prefecture-wide registry and survey study of malignant lymphoma and also takes part in multicenter collaborative studies and investigator-initiated clinical trials. The lab places importance on using its own research to clarify the causes that could not be resolved in the clinic and the treatments that the clinic needed, and to turn them into reality.
Mayuko Saito, Professor
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The lab studies infectious diseases, mainly those caused by viruses, not only in the laboratory but also through fieldwork overseas, in places such as Asia, Africa, and South America. The virology group conducts basic research focused on the pathogenicity and evolution of pathogenic viruses detected in the field. The epidemiology group proposes appropriate infectious disease control measures based on data collected in the field, and aims to conduct research that can contribute to public health measures. The lab advances research and practice in infectious disease control in collaboration with related areas such as public health and clinical medicine.
Tadashi Ishii, Professor
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The General Medicine Lab conducts research centered on community medicine, general practice, and alternative medicine, particularly research related to healthcare in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. The faculty are specialists in a wide range of fields, including internal medicine, surgery, respiratory medicine, cardiology, neurology, nephrology, gastroenterology, and Kampo (traditional Japanese herbal medicine), and they practice symptomatology across clinical departments for patients whose conditions are difficult to diagnose. In medical education, the lab's mission is to practice and teach an approach based on symptoms and pathophysiology, together with clinical reasoning, and it provides education in medical interviewing and clinical training in outpatient settings. The lab also runs a program to train general practice specialists under the new board certification system for specialists.
Jun Yasuda, Professor
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The Cancer Molecular Regulation Lab is based at the research institute of Miyagi Cancer Center, where it conducts research that identifies genomic abnormalities in cancer and contributes to cancer care. Cancer is a disease that arises when the genetic information written in the genome is altered in some of the body's cells. Using next-generation sequencers, the lab examines the characteristics of each patient's cancer with technology that detects genomic mutations that cause cancer all at once. Because abnormalities in the process by which chromosomes are correctly segregated during cell division are involved in carcinogenesis, the lab also studies the molecular mechanisms of this process.
Tomohiro Kaneta, Professor (Concurrent)
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The Autopsy Imaging Center combines forensic medicine and diagnostic image analysis to perform CT imaging and image interpretation of deceased persons, and to conduct research on them. In May 2009, the center began performing CT examinations before forensic autopsies, and it has continued to acquire and interpret postmortem images. Even in cases of postmortem external examination, where a physician estimates the cause of death from an external examination of the body alone, postmortem CT images have in some cases helped narrow down the cause of death. The center goes beyond imaging and interpretation, and also conducts research aimed at new developments in diagnostic imaging.
Nariyasu Mano, Professor
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Taking advantage of being located inside a hospital, the lab conducts research on providing safe, high-quality drug therapy and on elucidating how diseases arise. Building on liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry as core technologies, the lab develops highly sensitive methods for measuring molecules and drugs in the body, aiming to establish early diagnostic methods for diseases and to optimize drug therapy for each individual. The lab also conducts many joint studies with other labs in the Graduate School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, as well as with clinical departments and pharmacists at the university hospital. The lab is a cooperating division of Pathological Molecular Pharmaceutics in the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and of Clinical Pharmaceutical Sciences in the Graduate School of Medicine.
Takashi Suzuki, Professor
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The lab conducts pathology research on intractable diseases that incorporates cutting-edge genome-wide molecular analysis. In pancreatic cancer, the lab studies how signals involved in cancer cell proliferation stay constantly active, and searches for molecules that can be used for diagnosis and treatment. For intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm, the lab examines gene mutations and explores how the tumor arises using genetically engineered mice. The lab also works on research to advance personalized treatment using organoids derived from surgically resected cancers.
Jyunichi Tanaka, Professor
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The center conducts surveys and research on medical education and works to improve the quality of education at Tohoku University School of Medicine. Its work includes designing, operating, and evaluating the curriculum, and making proposals for improvement. The center also develops advanced educational programs so that students and graduates can maintain a broad perspective and spirit of inquiry and engage in self-directed learning. Through evidence-based practice and reform of medical education, it aims to train the people who will lead future healthcare.
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