Updated : June 19, 2025

Nara Prefectural Health Research Center

Staff introduction

Midori　Shima（Derector?Concurrent post）
Keigo　Saeki（Manager?Concurrent post）
Kimiko　Tomioka（Coordinator?Doctor）
Hitomi　Wakasa（Sub-Coordinator?Public health nurse）
Sachiko Shinno（Sub-Coordinator?Public health nurse）
Megumi Morimoto (Sub-Coordinator?Public heaｌth nurse)
Eri Ooka(Public health nurse）

Overview

This center aims to support community residents’ self-care by cooperating with health promotion projects implemented by municipalities, while offering appropriate information and research outcomes related to preventive medicine and health promotion. In short, it is charged with the task of contributing to the community, with the keyword “healthy longevity” as our main research theme.

We support and supervise questionnaire surveys conducted by municipalities, and share the results of our analyses of health-related data with them, as well as academic societies through research papers. For example, we have reported that participating in social activities and regular dental visits are factors promoting residents’ healthy longevity. We also conducted an ecological study at prefecture-level using open data and found that the COVID-19 incidence rate was lower in prefectures with more public health nurses per population. As future perspectives, we aim to clarify factors that will contribute to promoting a sustainable social security system through cooperation with municipalities.

Website

Our website is here