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
Associate professor	Takehiko Doi
Project leader	Kota Tsutsumimoto
Research fellow	Kenji Harada
	Satoshi Kurita
	Kouki Tomida
	Yuto Kiuchi
	Masanori Morikawa
	Kazuhei Nishimoto
	Chiharu Nishijima
	Kazuya Fujii
	Ryo Yamaguchi
	Yuka Misu
Research assistant	Mika Kawasaki
	Kana Ota
	Junko Furuta
	Ayuko Murakami
	Junko Nakane
	Akiko Sakaida
	Ikuko Tamura
	Mie Fujiwara
	Naoka Seki
	Kaori Suzuki
	Kanae Okuda
	Satoko Hirai
	Miki Endo
	Kishiko Yamamoto
	Megumi Nada
	Sayaka Mizoe
	Akiko Kasagi
Visiting researcher	Keitaro Makino（JSPS research fellowship for young scientists）
	Osamu Katayama（JSPS research fellowship for young scientists）
	Yasushi uchiyama
	Rei Ono
	Takeshi Kohama
	Hyuntae Park
	Hyuma Makizako
	Yuya Anan
	Hideaki Ishii
	Hikaru Ihira
	Masakazu Imaoka
	Kazuki Uemura
	Takeshi Ohnuma
	Ryuichi Sawa
	Yohei Shinkai
	Megumi Suzukawa
	Ippei Chiba
	Naoki Tomiyama
	Takuma Nakaguchi
	Hiroyuki Hashidate
	Kazuhiro Harada
	Seongryu Bae
	Ryo Hotta
	Kenshi Morimoto
	Daisuke Yoshida
	Tatsuki Yoshimatsu
Research student	Akinori Iwago
	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.