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
ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC 2024
June 23-26, 2024
Our lab members attended and presented their research at the ISEE-AWPC & ISES-AC 2024 conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Recent Published Paper
May 28, 2024
Environmental Science & Technology
In this study, we found that exposure to air pollution from vegetation fires and extreme heat events increased mortality risk independently. However, there was no evidence of synergistic effect of these events.
Recent Published Paper
May 3, 2024
Environmental International
The findings of this study showed that intra-day temperature variability (TV) had a higher association with mortality risk compared to inter-day TV, with each interquartile range increase linked to higher mortality rates.
Intra-day TV accounted for a larger proportion of all-cause deaths attributable to TV, highlighting the importance of comprehensive assessments to safeguard public health.
Recent Published Paper
May 1, 2024
Environmental International
The study revealed that populations tend to adapt to their local climate with frequent temperature exposure, although the extent of adaptation varies geographically due to differences in climate and socioeconomic factors.
Recent Published Paper
April 22, 2024
Frontiers
We observed the associations between Kawasaki diseases and temperature, as well as seasonal variables in the Philippines.
These could offer valuable insights into its cause and potentially bolster effects to improve detection of the disease.
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".