Organization

Disaster Medical Science Division
International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine Lab
Visiting Associate Professor

Advanced Emergency and Critical Care Center, Japanese Red Cross Saitama Hospital
Deputy Director
Research Subject(s)
・Epidemiology, prevention, and support systems for deaths due to secondary health impacts after disasters
・Analysis of disaster-related death certification records and institutional design to support prevention
・Public health response and prevention of health impacts in international humanitarian assistance
・Development of prehospital emergency care systems and evaluation of the effectiveness of physician-staffed ground emergency medical services
Key Words
Disaster Medicine / Secondary Health Impacts / Disaster-Related Deaths / International Humanitarian Assistance / Prehospital Emergency Care
Website
Research Activities

I study the epidemiology and prevention of deaths caused by secondary health impacts after disasters, as well as the development of support systems. Using disaster-related death certification records, I examine institutional challenges and explore system design to support prevention. I also work on public health responses in international humanitarian assistance and the development and evaluation of prehospital emergency care systems.

Selected Works

Tsuboi M, Sasaki H, Park H, Tsubokura M, Sawano T, Harada N, et al. Medical perspective on the systemic challenges involving indirect disaster-related deaths in Japan. Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):5225. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-89349-7.

Tsuboi M, Sasaki H, Park H, Usuda Y, Hanashima M, Saito M, et al. Evacuation at Home Delayed the First Medical Intervention in Minamisanriku Town after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2023;38(3):301-310. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X2300050X.

Tsuboi M, Sawano T, Nonaka S, Hori A, Ozaki A, Nishikawa Y, et al. Disaster-related deaths after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident - Definition of the term and lessons learned. Environmental Advances. 2022;8:100248. doi: 10.1016/j.envadv.2022.100248.

Tsuboi M, Hibiya M, Tsuboi R, Taguchi S, Yasaka K, Kiyota K, et al. Analysis of Disaster-Related Deaths in the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Retrospective Observational Study Using Data from Ishinomaki City, Miyagi, Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022;19(7):4087. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19074087.

Tsuboi M, Hibiya M, Kawaura H, Seki N, Hasegawa K, Hayashi T, et al. Impact of physician-staffed ground emergency medical services-administered pre-hospital trauma care on in-hospital survival outcomes in Japan. Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2024;50:505-512. doi: 10.1007/s00068-023-02383-w.

Selected Memberships
  • Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine
  • Japanese Association for Acute Medicine
  • Japan Surgical Society
Others

Japan DMAT member
Japanese Red Cross Disaster Medical Coordinator
Saitama Prefecture Regional Disaster Medical Coordinator
Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team, Public Health Unit