Healthcare EpidemiologyMedicine and Medical Science

M.D., Ph.D. Professor Yosuke Yamamoto

We are conducting clinical epidemiology research to answer clinical questions about medical care and health problems. In particular, we will promote evidence to solve medical and social problems by accurately evaluating the subjective health status (e.g., health-related QoL). We also focus on research that measures and bridges the gap between that evidence and medical and social practices.

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Research and Education

We are mainly engaged in clinical epidemiology research in the following four research areas.

  1. Research to measure patient’s QoL / PRO (Patient-reported outcomes) and utilize it for medical treatment
  2. Evaluation research on diagnostic methods such as development and validation of clinical prediction rules
  3. Research to investigate the actual conditions of diseases and medical care
  4. Research to elucidate the relationship between factors and medical outcomes using QoL/PRO measurements

Regarding the educational activities in SPH, we provide course work on clinical research design and methods.

  1. epidemiology II (research design)
  2. special seminar in study design I/II
  3. special seminar of data analysis

Recent Publications

  1. Yamada Y, Ogawa Y, Shimizu S, Matsuoka Y, Yamamoto Y. Longitudinal Association Between Social Isolation and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Japanese Older Citizen: an Observational Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2023;38(12):2775-2781.
  2. Anan K, Kataoka Y, Ichikado K, Kawamura K, Johkoh T, Fujimoto K, Tobino K, Tachikawa R, Ito H, Nakamura T, Kishaba T, Inomata M, Kamitani T, Yamazaki H, Ogawa Y, Yamamoto Y. Early corticosteroid dose tapering in patients with acute exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Respir Res. 2022;23(1):291.
  3. Fujii K, Takada T, Kamitani T, Aoki T, Takeshima T, Kudo M, Sasaki S, Yano T, Yagi Y, Tsuchido Y, Itoh H, Fukuhara S, Yamamoto Y. Diagnostic performance of physician gestalt for bacteremia in patients in the process of being admitted with suspected infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2023;76(6):1074-1079.
  4. Hijikata Y, Kamtani T, Nakahara M, Kumamoto S, Sakai T, Itaya T, Yamazaki H, Ogawa Y, Kusumegi A, Inoue T, Yoshida T, Furue N, Fukuhara S, Yamamoto Y. Development and internal validation of a clinical prediction model for acute Adjacent Vertebral fracture after vertebral Augmentation: the AVA score. Bone Joint J. 2022;104-B(1):97-102.
  5. Itaya T, Isobe Y, Suzuki S, Koike K, Nishigaki M, Yamamoto Y. The fragility of statistically significant results in randomized controlled trials for COVID-19. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(3):e222973.

Laboratory

Professor: Yosuke Yamamoto
Associate Professor: Yusuke Ogawa
Assistant Professor: Yoshie Yamada
Assistant Professor: Takahiro Itaya
Researcher: Yoshinori Matsuoka

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