Public Health and Health Systems
KEYWORDS
- Cohort studies
- Non-communicable diseases (NCDs)
- Cardiovascular diseases
- Diabetes
- Obesity
- Lifestyle
- Social determinant of health
- Global health
- Public health
- prevention
- Health systems
HEAD
LAB MEMBER
| Faculty | Position | Researchers |
|---|---|---|
| LI Yuanying | Lecturer | Researchers |
| TAKADA Midori | Lecturer | Researchers |
| SONG Zean | Assistant Professor | Researchers |
CONTACT
| iga-ryu◎t.mail.nagoya-u.ac.jp (Please send a message after replacing "◎" mark with "@" mark. ) | |
| HP | Private Page |
OUTLINE
We aim to contribute to the development of preventive strategies and health systems to improve population health through scientific research and analysis of domestic and global public health issues.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
- Domestic (in Japan): Epidemiological studies on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs)
(1) Aichi Workers’ Cohort Study - Worksite-based prospective cohort study on obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and the risk factors
(2) EPOCH-Japan (Evidence for Cardiovascular Prevention From Observational Cohorts in Japan)
(2) International consortium of cohort studies CKDPC https://www.ckdpc.org/ ODCDC - Social determinants of health (Social determinant of NCDs We explore how socioeconomic status, and social environments shape health outcomes, with the goal of informing equitable health policies and interventions.
- Health systems and community health Study of health care delivery systems
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2025
- Association between occupational stress responses and cardiovascular disease incidence in middle-aged Japanese: findings from the Aichi workers' cohort study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2025 Dec 24;99(1):3.
- The association between chronotype and metabolic syndrome in middle-aged Japanese civil servants: A longitudinal study from Aichi Workers' Cohort. Chronobiol Int. 2025 Dec 29:1-12.
- Association of Adipose Tissue Insulin Resistance with Risk of Diabetes Incidents in Middle-aged Japanese Workers according to BMI states: 17 years of Follow-up of Aichi Worker's Cohort study. J Epidemiol. 2025 Jul 19;36(1):44–50.
- Prediabetes transitions to normoglycaemia or type 2 diabetes and associated risk factors in the Obesity、 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Collaboration: an individual-level pooled analysis of 19 prospective cohort studies. Lancet Glob Health. 2025 Sep;13(9):e1533-e1542.
2024
- Associations of overweight and obesity with the risk of cardiovascular disease according to metabolic risk factors among middle-aged Japanese workers: The Aichi Workers' cohort study. Obes Res Clin Pract. 2024 Mar-Apr;18(2):101-108.
2022
- Long-term variability and change trend of systolic blood pressure and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in middle-aged Japanese individuals: findings of the Aichi Workers' Cohort Study. Hypertens Res. 2022 Nov;45(11):1772-1780.
MESSAGE
For those who wish to visit our department
Our department welcomes visitors who are interested in public health and epidemiology.
During the visit, you may have opportunities to experience basic epidemiological data analysis, join research meetings, and interact with members of our department. Through these activities, we aim to help you better understand research on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and the perspectives needed in public health practice.
We can arrange the visit schedule flexibly according to your availability and interests.
For Those Interested in Graduate Study
Our department provides a supportive research environment for undergraduate and graduate studies.
You can choose your own research topic, mainly focusing on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), through discussions with your supervisors, taking into account your interests and future career goals as well as feasibility. Through research activities such as developing research plans, conducting data analysis, presenting at conferences, and writing research papers, you will learn how to think about health and medicine from a broader perspective using epidemiology, basic statistics, and health policy.
You may also have opportunities to take part in field surveys and collaborative research with institutions in Japan and abroad. These experiences will help you gain practical research skills and a broader view of public health. We would like to emphasize the importance of these experiences involving research conduct, in addition to data analysis.
After graduation, many alumni work at universities, research institutes, public organizations, and private companies in Japan and other countries. Our department has a strong alumni network, supporting both academic careers and professional careers in practice.
We look forward to meeting students who wish to contribute to medicine and society through a public health perspective.
