Epidemiology and Public Health
Outline
Since its establishment, the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health has focused on epidemiological research on the causes of disease and the assessment of various treatment methods. Our research themes cover a wide range of fields, including: lifestyle-related diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease, environmental health-related topics concerning cadmium and dioxin, industrial medicine, epidemiological studies of congenital abnormalities and intractable diseases.
As the development of large scale databases for medical information is in progress, the role of epidemiology in preventing disease and providing appropriate medical care has become more and more important. Please contact us if you are interested in epidemiology, preventive medicine, and/or disease control.
e-mail: pubhealt@kanazawa-med.ac.jp
Faculty
Professor and Chair
Professor (Adjunct)
Senior Assistant Professor
Senior Assistant Professor
KANEKO Noriko
Research Achievements
Effects of perinatal dioxin exposure on neonatal electroencephalography (EEG) activity of the quiet sleep stage in the most contaminated area from Agent Orange in Vietnam, Int J Hyg Environ Health, 232: 113661, 2021
Lifetime Cadmium Exposure and Mortality for Renal Diseases in Residents of the Cadmium-Polluted Kakehashi River Basin in Japan, Toxics, 8(4): 81, 2020
Challenges in breast and cervical cancer control in Japan, Lancet Oncol, 17(7): e305-e312, 2016
Associations between inflammatory markers and subclinical atherosclerosis in middle-aged white,Japanese-American and Japanese men: The ERAJUMP study, J Atheroscler Thromb, 22(6): 590-8, 2015
The effect of age on the relationships between work-related factors and heavy drinking, J Occup Health, 56(2): 141-9, 2014
External Research Funding
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), 24K13492, NISHINO Yoshikazu
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C), 24K13471, NISHIJO Muneko
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research(Exploratory), 23K18376, TAKIGUCHI Tomoya