About the department

Department of Preventive Gerontology

The Department of Preventive Gerontology scientifically investigates whether lifestyles such as exercise, diets, intellectual activities, and social activities are effective in preventing dementia and frailty. We also promote digital healthcare for the promotion of the health of older adults by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT devices.

Research Focus

We advance a large-scale cohort study (National Center for Geriatric and Gerontology-Study of Geriatric Syndromes: NCGG-SGS) and analyze the data to understand the risk of geriatric syndromes that occur with aging and to identify effective ways to treat them.
We conduct randomized controlled trials to verify the effects of prevention and improvement methods for diseases and geriatric syndromes accompanied with aging.

Members

Professor	Hiroyuki Shimada
Associate professor	Sangyoon Lee Takehiko Doi
Research fellow	Kota Tsutsumimoto Keitaro Makino Osamu Katayama Kenji Harada Kouki Tomida Yuto Kiuchi Chiharu Nishijima Kazuya Fujii Ryo Yamaguchi Yuka Misu Takahiro Shimoda Chika Nakajima Ayuka Kawakami Fumio Sakimoto Soichiro Matsuda Daiki Yamagiwa Daisuke Kakita Shinnosuke Nosaka
Research assistant	Kana Ota Junko Furuta Ayuko Murakami Akiko Sakaida Ikuko Tamura Mie Fujiwara Naoka Seki Kaori Suzuki Kanae Okuda Miki Endo Kishiko Yamamoto Megumi Nada Sayaka Mizoe Akiko Kasagi Ai Goto Hiroko Takahashi Tomomi Tanaka Miyuki Kamio Kyoko Sawada
Visiting researcher	Masanori Morikawa（JSPS research fellowship for young scientists） Yasushi uchiyama Rei Ono Takeshi Kohama Hyuntae Park Hyuma Makizako Yuya Anan Hideaki IshiiHideaki Ishii Hikaru Ihira Masakazu Imaoka Kazuki Uemura Takeshi Ohnuma Satoshi Kurita Ryuichi Sawa Yohei Shinkai Ippei Chiba Naoki Tomiyama Takuma Nakaguchi Sho Nakakubo Kazuhei Nishimoto Hiroyuki Hashidate Kazuhiro Harada Seongryu Bae Ryo Hotta Kenshi Morimoto Daisuke Yoshida Tatsuki Yoshimatsu
Research student	Etsuko Hyakutake Itsuko Ishida

Data Sharing Project Team

The Data Sharing Project Team is established in the Department of Preventive Gerontology.

Mission

Due to recent ICT innovations, methods for data collection, publications, data sharing, and so on are undergoing major changes. By promoting data sharing, we aim to collect, accumulate, and analyze big data and provide evidence that contributes to extending the healthy life expectancy of older adults.

Research Focus

We have conducted a large-scale survey to examine the relationship between lifestyle, living environment, and health problems in older Japanese people.
By providing and sharing the data obtained from the large-scale survey, we aim to form the basis for cross-disease cohort research and to build evidence that contributes to extending healthy life expectancy.