Research Areas
- Health Emergencies and Disaster Risk Management
- As a result of the growing recognition that health is a core aspect of disaster risk management, health emergency and disaster risk management (Health EDRM) has emerged as an important area of research, policy, and practice. Global frameworks such as the Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction 2015–2030, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the International Health Regulations have goals and targets to monitor the health impacts of disasters and emergencies and resilience in health systems and communities. We conduct research and knowledge management on Health EDRM to design evidence-based policies and programs.
- Kayano R, Lin M, Shinozaki Y, Nomura S, Kim Y. Long-term mental health support after natural hazard events: a report from an online survey among experts in Japan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(5).
- Nomura S, Tanaka S, Eguchi A, Kawashima T, Nakamura H, Lwin KS, Yamasaki L, Yoneoka D, Tanoe Y, Adachi M, Hayabuchi H, Koganemaru S, Nishimura T, Sigel B, Uneyama H, Shibuya K. Salt intake reduction using umami substance-incorporated food: a secondary analysis of NHANES 2017-2018 data. Public Health Nutrition. 2022: 1-25.
- Nakamura H, Kawashima T, Yamasaki L, Lwin KS, Eguchi A, Hayabuchi H, Tanoe Y, Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Ghaznavi C, Uneyama H, Shibuya K, Nomura S. Reducing salt intake with umami: A secondary analysis of data in the UK national diet and nutrition survey. Food Science & Nutrition. 2022; 00:1-11.
- Nomura S, Kayano R, Egawa S, Harada N, Koido Y. Expected scopes of health emergency and disaster risk management (health edrm): report on the expert workshop at the annual conference for the Japanese association for disaster medicine 2020. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Apr 22;18(9):4447.
- Kayano R, Nomura S, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Chan EYY, Murray V. Progress towards the development of research agenda and the launch of knowledge hub: the WHO thematic platform for health emergency and disaster risk management research network (health edrm rn). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 May 7;18(9):4959.
- Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Ishizuka A, Ueda P, Nakamura K, Uneyama H, Hayashi N, Shibuya K, Nomura S. Projections of disability-adjusted life years for major diseases due to a change in vegetable intake in 2017-2040 in Japan. BMC Public Health. 2021; 21(1): 770.
- Nomura S, Ishizuka A, Tanaka S, Yoneoka D, Uneyama H, Shibuya K. Umami: an alternative Japanese approach to reducing sodium while enhancing taste desirability. Health. 2021; 13: 629-36.
- Konishi S, Sakata S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. Conception delay and spontaneous and indicated preterm birth among primiparous women in Japan. Journal of Health and Human Ecology. 2018; 84(4): 117-128.
- Konishi S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. U-shaped association between fertility and mortality in a community-based sample of Japanese women. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018 Apr;72(4):337-341.
- Sakata S, Konishi S, Ng CFS, Watanabe C. Preterm birth rates in Japan from 1979 to 2014: analysis of national vital statistics. The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research. 2018 Mar;44(3):390-396.
- Murakami M, Nomura S, Tsubokura M. Call for a new epidemiological approach to disaster response. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2018; 72(4): 267-8.
- Kim Y, Gasparrini A, Hashizume M, Honda Y, Ng CFS, Armstrong B. Heat-related mortality in Japan after the 2011 Fukushima disaster: An analysis of potential influence of reduced electricity consumption. Environ Health Perspect. 2017;125(7):077005.
- Stickley A, Ng CFS, Inoue Y, Yazawa A, Koyanagi A, Kodaka M, DeVylder JE, Watanabe C. Birthdays are associated with an increased risk of suicide in Japan: evidence from 27,007 deaths in Tokyo in 2001- 2010. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2016; 200: 259–265.
- Ng CFS, Matsuyama Y, Ohashi Y. Case-only method to estimate the relative incidence of adverse events for comparison of two treatments: application in disseminated intravascular coagulation patients. Japanese Journal of Biometrics. 2015; 36(1): 13–24.