Department of Hygiene
Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
Our group aims to elucidate health effects of various environmental factors at the population level with multi-disciplinary approaches.
At the Department of Hygiene, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, we apply epidemiological approaches that combines clinical data of diseases and physiochemical/social environmental data from various sources.
In addition, we will quantitatively evaluate and predict the health impact of the environment in the past, present, and future using the environment - human health risk function obtained from epidemiological studies.
We also focus on global environmental issues, such as climate change, transboundary air pollution, smoke from vegetaion fires as well as local environment which have tremendous impacts on our health.
If you are interested in our lab, go to the page of contact.
The information for the international applicants is available here.
The scholarship information is also available here.
News & Events
Recent Published Special Issue
April 4, 2024
We are pleased to announce the release of the special issue of Global Environmental Research titled "Air Pollution from Vegetation Fires and its Health Effects in Asia".
Lunch Seminar
March 14, 2024
Social Medicine Lunch Seminar
The presentation will be delivered by our lab member, Dr. Muhammad Abdul Basit Admad Tajudin.
Outstanding Paper Award 2024
March 6 2024
Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University
We are delighted to announce that our Associate Professor Xerxes Seposo has been awarded the "Outstanding Paper Award by the Graduate School of Medicine at Hokkaido University"
Joint Workshop on the Impacts of Climate Change and Extreme Events
February 8-9, 2024
We arranged a collaborative workshop to share research findings and engage in discussions about current and emerging research questions aimed at better understanding extreme events and their impacts.
We extend our gratitude to all participants for giving presentations and attending our workshop.
Recent Published Paper
February, 2024
The LANCET Planetary Health
Climate change can impact temperature-related excess deaths and might subsequently change the seasonal mortality variation.
In this article, we suggested that the health care-system should consider preparing for a potentially increased demand during the warm season and sustained high demand during the cold season.
The 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association
January 31-February 2, 2024
Lake Biwa Otsu Print Hotel, Shiga, Japan