Center for Wellbeing Research
Summary
Our experiences and efforts of the Japanse through its cutting-edge technology and services, as well as an excellent social system. has reached the ultra-aged society ahead of the world and has achieved one of the highest healthy life expectancies globally. The center focuses on well-being, a value of growing importance today. It conducts interdisciplinary research by connecting multiple campuses and promoting social transformation.
SDGs
3. GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
4. QUALITY EDUCATION
5. GENDER EQUALITY
8. DECENT WORK AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
9. INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
10. REDUCED INEQUALITIES
11. SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Operational Period
2024/04/01～2026/03/31
Members
◎ indicates the project leader
| Name | Affiliation | Position | Field of Specialization/Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| ◎ Toru Takebayashi | School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health | Professor | public health |
| Hiroaki Miyata | School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management | Professor | health policy and management |
| Seiko Shirasaka | Graduate School of System Design and Management | Professor | Systems Engineering/Design,astronautics |
| Naohiko Kotake | Graduate School of System Design and Management | Professor | Systems Engineering/Design,astronautics |
| Masaya Nakamura | School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | Professor | spine surgery |
| Yasumichi Arai | Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research | Professor | Geriatrics and gerontology, healthy longevity, centenarians |
| Satoko Hotta | Graduate School of Health Management | Professor | Humanities & Social Sciences / Area studies |
| Hiroyuki Ishida | Research Centers and Institutes, Sports Medicine Research Center | Professor | sports medicine |
| Yuko Oguma | Research Centers and Institutes, Sports Medicine Research Cente | Professor | sports medicine, exercise epidemiology |
| Midori Takayama | Faculty of Science and Technology, | Professor | Gerontology, Social Psychology, Life-span Developmental Psychology |
| Takashi Sasaki | School of Medicine, Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research | Project Associate Professor | Longevity,Genome sequencing,genomic sequence analysis,Atopic dermatitis |
| Ryo Shikimoto | School of Medicine, Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research | Researcher | Geriatrics and gerontology, healthy longevity, centenarians |
| Taishiro Kishimoto | School of Medicine, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Research in Medicine and Life Science | Professor | Psychiatry, Behavioral Science |
| Yuuki Tazawa | School of Medicine, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Research in Medicine and Life Science | Project Assistant Professor | Psychiatry, innovation |
| Akihito Shimazu | Faculty of Policy Management | Professor | Psychology, Behavioral Science |
| Isamu Yamamoto | Faculty of Business and Commerce | Professor | Labor Economics |
| Miho Iida | School of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health | Senior Assistant Professor | public health, women's health |
| Hiromasa Takaishi | School of Medicine, Center for Preventive Medicine | Professor | preventive medicine |
| Ryoko Shimizu | School of Medicine, Center for Preventive Medicine | Senior Assistant Professor | preventive medicine |
| Yasumasa Segawa | School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management | Researcher | health policy and management |
| Yoshiaki Kanamori | School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management | Researcher | health policy and management |
| Takayuki Kawashima | School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management | Researcher | health policy and management |
| Akifumi Eguchi | School of Medicine, Department of Health Policy and Management | Researcher | health policy and management |
| Shuhei Nomura | KGRI | Project Professor | Disease Burden, Global Health Policy, Diplomacy and Development Aid, Food and Nutrition Science, Pandemic, Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management |
| Yuko Hasegawa | KGRI | Visiting Professor | Humanities & social sciences / Aesthetics, art theory |
| Sho Takano | KGRI | Visiting Research Fellow | Well-being city planning community development public policy |
