Nobuo Nishi
- Chief, Center for International Collaboration and Partnership, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
- Regional difference and time trend in lifestyles and obesity
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Education and degree
Mar 1988 Graduated from Osaka University Medical School
May 1989 Medical License
Mar 1992 Graduated from Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Mar 1992 PhD in Social Medicine (Osaka University)
Mar 2000 MSc in Clinical Epidemiology (University of Montreal)
Mar 2012 Graduated from Doshisha Business School
Mar 2012 MBA (Doshisha Business School)
Positions and Employment
May 1992 Instructor, Department of Public Health, Osaka University Medical School
Jul 1994 Research Fellow, University of Montreal Faculty of Medicine (till June 1995)
Nov 1995 Physician, Department of Preventive Cardiology/Hypertension Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
Dec 1996 Director, Takarazuka City Health Promotion Center
Apr 2002 Associate Professor, Department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, Iwate Medical University Faculty of Medicine
Apr 2004 Chief, Tumor and Tissue Registry Office, Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation
May 2007 Assistant Chief, Department of Epidemiology, Radiation Effects Research Foundation
Oct 2009 Chief, Center for Collaboration and Partnership, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Japan
Apr 2015 Chief, Center for International Collaboration and Partnership, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Japan
Message
Importance of social determinants of health have been widely acknowledged. I would like to encourage all of you to study public health approaches of prevention of non-communicable diseases by applying system dynamics.
Publication
1. Ikeda N, Takimoto H, Imai S, Miyachi M, Nishi N. Data Resource Profile: The Japan National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHNS). Int J Epidemiol 2015; 44(6): 1842-1849.
2. Nishi N, Yoshimura E, Ishikawa-Takata K, et al. Relationship of living circumstances with dietary patterns of Great East Japan Earthquake victims. J Epidemiol 2013; 23(5): 376–381.
3. Nishi N, Sugiyama H, Hsu W-L, Soda M, Kasagi F, Mabuchi K, Kodama K. Differences in mortality and incidence for major sites of cancer by education level in a Japanese population. Ann Epidemiol 2008; 18: 584-591.
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