Professor
PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
NOMURA Shuhei
Organization
Research Division
- Risk Evaluation and Disaster Mitigation Research Division
- Disaster Humanities and Social Science Division
- Disaster Medical Science Division
- Practical Research and Collaboration Division
- Endowed Research Division
- Joint Research Division
- Co-creation Center for Disaster Resilience
- Global Centre for Disaster Statistics
- Kesennuma Satellite Office
- Public Relations Office
- Administration Office
- Research Subject(s)
- I serve as the head of the Japanese hub for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, the world's largest international epidemiological research initiative. My work utilizes a data-driven approach to support policymaking in global health, health security, and nutrition. By bridging research and practice, I contribute to solving global health challenges with evidence-based solutions.
- Key Words
- Global Health / Burden of Disease Study / Health Policy / Health Security / Data Science
- Research Activities
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I serve as a member of the Scientific Council for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study, the world's largest epidemiological research initiative, and on the Independent Expert Group for the Global Nutrition Report (GNR). I apply this international expertise to domestic policymaking, such as in the final evaluation of Japan's national health promotion plan, "Health Japan 21 (Second Term)," and the formulation of the government's "Global Health Strategy". In addition, I oversee the ongoing monitoring of excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic and have developed tools such as "VODA," a visualization platform for Official Development Assistance (ODA). I also participate in making policy recommendations for the G7 Summits. Through all these activities, my consistent aim is to bridge research and practice using data, and to contribute to solving diverse societal challenges, from peacetime to health crises, through evidence-based policymaking.
- Selected Works
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Nomura S, Murakami M, Rauniyar SK, et al.; GBD 2021 Japan BoD Collaborators. Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990-2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health 2025; 10(4): e321-e332.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ghaznavi C, et al. Toward a third term of Health Japan 21 - implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2022; 21: 100377.
Nomura S, Yamasaki L, Shimizu K, et al. Japan's development assistance for health: Historical trends and prospects for a new era. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2022; 22: 100403.
Nomura S, Yamamoto Y, Yoneoka D, et al. How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries? - an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents. Population Health Metrics 2021; 19(1): 21.
Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Glenn S, et al. Population health and regional variations of disease burden in Japan, 1990-2015: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet 2017; 390(10101): 1521-38.