JP

Organization

Research Division

Disaster Medical Science Division
Disaster Public Health Lab
Professor
MD, PhD (Medicine)
Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction Lab, Disaster Memory Studies Lab, Uehiro Disaster Risk Reduction Research Division (Concurrent)
Concurrent: Graduate School of Medicine
Research Subject(s)
I explore disaster public health using epidemiological methods.
Key Words
Public Health / Population Strategy / Float Pack / Health Survey / Mid- and Long-Term Health Effects
Website
Research Activities

In the Great East Japan Earthquake, (1) psychology that didn't escape immediately, (2) measures immediately after the disaster, and (3) elucidation of the actual conditions of medium- to long-term health issues and their countermeasures were highlighted as major issues in disaster public health. It is necessary to intervene in the group as a whole, to take measures to increase the possibility of life saving even if the tsunami is swollen, and to take measures against many mental and physical problems in the medium to long term.

Selected Works
  • Traumatic experiences of the Great East Japan Earthquake and postpartum depressive symptoms: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study.
    Murakami K, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Ueno F, Noda A, Onuma T, Matsuzaki F, Kikuchi S, Kobayashi N, Hamada H, Iwama N, Metoki H, Kikuya M, Saito M, Sugawara J, Tomita H, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S.
    J Affect Disord. 2023 Jan 1;320:461-467. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.09.139. Epub 2022 Sep 30.
  • Prefabricated Temporary Housing and Eczema or Respiratory Symptoms in Schoolchildren after the Great East Japan Earthquake: The ToMMo Child Health Study.
    Kuniyoshi Y, Kikuya M, Miyashita M, Yamanaka C, Ishikuro M, Obara T, Metoki H, Nakaya N, Nagami F, Tomita H, Hozawa A, Tsuji I, Kure S, Yaegashi N, Kuriyama S.
    Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2019 Dec;13(5-6):905-911. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2019.8.
  • Disease prevalence among nursery school children after the Great East Japan earthquake.
    Ishikuro M, Matsubara H, Kikuya M, Obara T, Sato Y, Metoki H, Isojima T, Yokoya S, Kato N, Tanaka T, Chida S, Ono A, Hosoya M, Yokomichi H, Yamagata Z, Tanaka S, Kure S, Kuriyama S.
    BMJ Glob Health. 2017 Mar 27;2(2):e000127. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000127. eCollection 2017.
  • Association between body-mass index and risk of death in more than 1 million Asians.
    Zheng W, McLerran DF, Rolland B, Zhang X, Inoue M, Matsuo K, He J, Gupta PC, Ramadas K, Tsugane S, Irie F, Tamakoshi A, Gao YT, Wang R, Shu XO, Tsuji I, Kuriyama S, Tanaka H, Satoh H, Chen CJ, Yuan JM, Yoo KY, Ahsan H, Pan WH, Gu D, Pednekar MS, Sauvaget C, Sasazuki S, Sairenchi T, Yang G, Xiang YB, Nagai M, Suzuki T, Nishino Y, You SL, Koh WP, Park SK, Chen Y, Shen CY, Thornquist M, Feng Z, Kang D, Boffetta P, Potter JD.
    N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24;364(8):719-29. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1010679.
  • Green tea consumption and mortality due to cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all causes in Japan: the Ohsaki study.
    Kuriyama S, Shimazu T, Ohmori K, Kikuchi N, Nakaya N, Nishino Y, Tsubono Y, Tsuji I.
    JAMA. 2006 Sep 13;296(10):1255-65. doi: 10.1001/jama.296.10.1255.
Selected Memberships
  • Japanese Society of Public Health (JPHA)
  • Japan Epidemiological Association