Tohoku University · Medicine
Professor Mami Ishikuro's research lab focuses on population-based health studies, particularly in the context of maternal and child health, disaster-related health impacts, and family-oriented genetic epidemiology. The lab investigates biological markers during pregnancy, such as HBP and CBP, to understand physiological differences between nulliparous and multiparous women. It also explores family participation strategies in large-scale cohort studies, emphasizing the role of multi-generation families in uncovering genetic and environmental factors in common diseases. Additionally, the lab examines patient safety in hospital settings, especially fall risk during transitions between wards, and long-term health outcomes in children following major disasters.
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HBP levels during pregnancy were shown not to differ between nulliparous and multiparous women, while CBP levels during pregnancy were higher among nulliparous than among multiparous women.
Involvement of family members, especially grandparents, in genome epidemiological research is important to investigate both genetic and environmental factors of common diseases. The aim of the present study was to establish strategies to obtain enough number of family recruitment, especially focusing on grandparents, for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study. Our main strategies are summarized below. 1) We standardized informed consent process with reference materia
Patient falls are common adverse medical events in hospitals. The objectives of this study were to clarify the factors of patient falls at hospitalization or transfer to another ward, which could be assumed that patients experience new environment. Patients who were hospitalized or transferred to another ward at a hospital in Japan, between January 14 and February 14, 2014 were included. We used a risk assessment sheet and applied stepwise regression analysis to identify factors of patient falls
Our study indicates that experiencing the disaster may have affected the health status of nursery school children at least up to 1.5 years after the disaster. Continuous monitoring of the health status of children is necessary to develop strategic plans for child health.
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