Junior Associate Professor Ami Tabata
Cancer is a serious disease that threatens human life. However, with medical advances, prognosis has improved. The important question is, “How do we live life after cancer?” Our laboratory focuses on initiatives, such as care for late effects, health promotion for cancer survivors, support for schooling and employment, and enhancement of peer support, and conducts research and education on long-term cancer occupational therapy, from the acute phase to after social reintegration.
Research and Education
Our laboratory supports cancer survivors, including children and adults, and patients and their families who have experienced brain damage, mainly brain tumors, regardless of age, so that they can live physically, mentally, and socially healthy, fulfilling their lives. We engage in clinical work, research, and education to elucidate the causes of neuropsychological complications and difficulties of living in society, build a long-term support system for the future, and develop practical methods for cancer occupational therapy.
We aimed to develop advanced medical professional leaders through clinical practice at Kyoto University Hospital and support at patient and family group.
Particularly, we are working on the following research themes:
1. Research on neuropsychological complications associated with cancer
2. Research on health promotion for cancer survivors
Baseline assessment before starting treatment for patients with brain tumor
Room used for rehabilitation and peer support activities
Publications
- Ami Tabata, Keita Ueda, Katsutsugu Umeda, Takeshi Funaki, Tsukasa Ueno, Yohei Mineharu, Masahiro Tanji, Takayuki Kikuchi, Misa Komaki, Susumu Miyamoto, Toshiya Murai, Yoshiki Arakawa：Cognitive and social functions of craniopharyngioma and germ cell tumor differ in patients with and without apathy, Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports 4(1)，2025．
- Yuki Shinohara, Ami Tabata, Mari Matsuoka, Masahiro Ogawa, Akiko Hanaia, Tara Clinton-McHarg, Yuko Maeda, Masaya Kato, Yuta Sugihara, Momoko Nagai-Tanima, Tadao Tsuboyama, Tomoki Aoyama：Japanese version of the Cancer Needs Questionnaire–Young People (CNQ-YP-J): Translation and preliminary validation，BMC Cancer 25(1)，2025．
- Yuki Shinohara, Tappei Morino, Kanako Shimoura, Qian Niu, Kohei Mukaiyama, Changyu Chen, Natsuki Matsumura, Hiroki Shimizu, Ami Tabata, Akiko Hanai, Momoko Nagai, Tanima, Masahiro Ogawa, Toshihiro Kato, Hitoshi Tanimukai, Mari Matsuoka, Souichi Adachi, Junko Takita, Tadao Tsuboyama, Tomoki Aoyama：Comparison of psychological quality of life between long-term survivors of childhood cancer and their families，Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 12(3)，2023．
- Tappei Morino, Yuki Shinohara, Qian Niu, Kanako Shimoura, Ami Tabata, Akiko Hanai, Masahiro Ogawa, Toshihiro Kato, Hitoshi Tanimukai, Tadao Tsuboyama, Mari Matsuoka, Soichi Adachi, Tomoki Aoyama：Perception Gap in Health-Related Quality of Life Between Young Adult Survivorsof Childhood Cancer and Their Family，Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology 10(6)：735-739，2021．
- Ami Tabata, Masashi Kanai, Takahiro Horimatsu, Tadao Tsuboyama, Kanae Matsushima, Toshihiro Kato：Changes in upper extremity function, ADL, and HRQoL in colorectal cancer patients after the first chemotherapy cycle with oxaliplatin: a prospective single-center observational study，Supportive Care ㏌ Cancer 26(7)：2397-2405，2018．
Laboratory
Junior Associate Professor：Ami Tabata Ph.D.，OTR
E-mail：tabata.ami.3e (at) kyoto-u.ac.jp
TEL & FAX：075-751-3819