Chisato Nagata
Affiliation
Department of Epidemiology
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About
Department of Epidemiology is primarily responsible for maintaining the three major cohorts, the Life Span Study, the utero-exposed cohort, and the F1 cohort. Follow-up of these cohorts is the primary activity of the RERF and have provided high quality of data. My role is not only to maintain these cohort studies, but also to achieve new developments using methodologies centered on molecular epidemiology. To achieve this, it will be necessary to provide advice and support to young researchers to ensure that collaborative research proceeds smoothly, primarily within the facility, and to play a coordinating role as an epidemiologist. It is especially important to maintain close cooperation with the Statistics Department. Model structures and dose estimation methods unique to the radiation field are crucial for clarifying the health effects of radiation. There is a need to collaborate to enable epidemiological data to generate new statistical methodologies.
Similarly, in molecular epidemiological research utilizing biological samples, collaboration with the Department of Clinical Studies and the Department of Molecular Biosciences is essential, I must actively engage with the FOCS and individual RPs to provide an epidemiological perspective.
Similarly, in molecular epidemiological research utilizing biological samples, collaboration with the Department of Clinical Studies and the Department of Molecular Biosciences is essential, I must actively engage with the FOCS and individual RPs to provide an epidemiological perspective.
Education
- 1988-1994
- Gifu University Graduate Schoolof Medicine
- 1982-1988
- Gifu University School of Medicine
- 1978-1982
- Tokyo University
Experience
- 2025⁻
- Chief, Department of Epidemiology, RERF, Japan
- 2005-2025
- Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
- 2000-2005
- Associate Professor, Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine
- 1996-2000
- Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Gifu University School of Medicine
Selected publications
- Nagata C, Takatsuka N, Inaba S, Kawakami N, Shimizu H. Effect of soymilk consumption on serum estrogen concentrations in premenopausal Japanese women. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1998 Dec 2;90(23):1830-5.
- Nagata C, Nakamura K, Wada K, Tsuji M, Tamai Y, Kawachi T. Branched-chain amino acid intake and the risk of diabetes in a Japanese community: the Takayama study. Am J Epidemiol 2013;178:1226-32.
- Nagata C, Wada K, Tamura T, Konishi K, Goto Y, Koda S, Kawachi T, Tsuji M, Nakamura K. Dietary soy and natto intake and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese adults: the Takayama study. Am J Clin Nutr 2017;105(2):426-31.
- Nagata C, Wada K, Sahashi Y, Tamura T, Konishi K, Goto Y, Yamakawa M, Koda S, Mizuta F, Uji T, Nakamura K, Tsuji M, Nagai H, Itakura N, Harada K, Takahara O, Yamanaka H. The Hekinan Children’s Study: Design and profile of participants at baseline. J Epidemiol 2019;29(7):272-277.
- Nagata C, Wada K, Yamakawa M, Nakashima Y, Koda S, Uji T, Onuma S, Oba S, Maruyama Y, Hattori A. Associations Between Dietary melatonin intake and total and cause-specific mortality among Japanese adults in the Takayama Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2021;190:2639-2646.
- Nagata C, Wada K, Yamakawa M, Nakashima Y, Sugino M, Mori T, Nagao Y, Ishihara K, Yamamoto S. Associations of the timing of sleep and meals with the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in community-dwelling women in Japan. J Hum Nutr Diet.2023;36(5):2026-2035. doi:2026-2035
- Nagata C, Wada K, Yamakawa M, Sugino M, Mori T, Ueyama J, Sumoto Y. Acrylamide exposure, sex hormones, and pubertal status in Japanese adolescents. Int J Environ Health Res. 2025 Jun;35(6):1674-1683.