Department of Epidemiology
The purpose of the study program carried out by the Departments of Epidemiology is to better understand how atomic bomb radiation exposure affects health through the long-term follow-up of the Life Span Study, In Utero Study, and Children of Atomic-bomb Survivors (F1) Study cohorts.
Epidemiology Departments in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have similar organizational structures. The department in each city has sections of the Master File Section, Tumor and Tissue Registry Office, and Pathology Laboratory , and additionally the Epidemiological Analysis Office in Hiroshima and Computer Management Office in Nagasaki.
Epidemiological programs are at the center of RERF’s scientific programs and are internationally recognized as a major source of radio-epidemiological data.
Research scientists and their research interests
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Hiroshima
Chisato Nagata, MD, PhD,
Department ChiefRadiation risk
Ritsu Sakata, PhD,
Cancer epidemiology
Assistant Department ChiefLife Span Study in RERF
Hiromi Sugiyama, PhD,
Cancer epidemiology
Assistant Department ChiefRadiation effects on mortality and cancer incidence among individuals exposed to atomic bomb radiation. (Life Span Study, Individuals exposed in utero)
Alina V. Brenner, MD, PhD, MPH
Cancer epidemiology
Population-based cancer registryAnalysis of radiation risk
Mai Utada, PhD
Cancer epidemiology
Molecular epidemiologyLife Span Study in RERF
Takanori Honda, PhD
Cancer epidemiology
Tissue registriesLife Span Study in RERF
Cancer and cardiovascular disease
Physical activity epidemiology -
Nagasaki
Midori Soda, MD, ConsultantLocal cancer registry
Tissue registries
Cancer epidemiology
Menopause risk factors, including atomic-bomb radiation