About us

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Takeo Fujiwara

MD, PhD, MPH
Professor, Department of Public Health,
MD, PhD, MPH

Mission

We aim to elucidate how the social environment may be improved to prevent disease and promote overall health throughout the life-course. Furthermore, based on collected evidence, we develop practical health policies and programs that can improve our society for the better.

Research Areas

We cover a wide range of topics including:

Social epidemiology (the impact of social inequality and social capital on health)
Life-course epidemiology (the long term impact of parenting and the environment on prenatal to early childhood health including international comparative studies)
Child maltreatment (abusive head trauma/shaken baby syndrome)
Mental health (antenatal and postnatal mental health, mental health after a disaster, and child mental health)
Nutritional epidemiology （childhood nutrition from prenatal to early school-years and the food environment）
Environmental health (the physical environment and climate change)
Occupational health (harassment and work-place social capital)
Infectious Disease Epidemiology (COVID-19 prevalence, behavioral change)

Principles of Research

Do research which is interesting and useful for other people
Prioritize publishing research results in order to make a significant impact on society
Develop the capacity of team members and students, with a philosophy of treasuring each individual
Conduct team based research in order to promote mutual aid and exchange ideas from diverse disciplines

Educational Goals

Students will develop the following skills in order to conduct research on public health and contribute to society more broadly:

Develop research questions based on everyday life
Learn the basics of biostatistics and data analysis using sophisticated methods, including multivariate analysis, multilevel analysis, propensity score, multiple imputation, mediation analysis, along with statistic software such as Stata
Design research, develop questionnaires and field logistics, and improve communication skills to interact with stakeholders such as local governments
Produce publishable research articles in English related to public health, epidemiology, and clinical research

Meeting room

Lecture

Laboratory(for graduate student)

Information room

Meeting

Professor's room