Department of Healthcare Epidemiology

• Quality of life and disability-free survival in the community-dwelling elderly: a 5-year cohort study
• Association between Laparoscopic surgery and prognosis in obese patients with locally advanced low rectal cancer.
• The usefulness of physician prediction in the diagnosis of bacteremia
• Steroids therapy for patients with septic shock: A descriptive study
• Validity of the Japanese triage and acuity scale (JTAS) for patients with fever as chief complaint in the emergency room

Department of Pharmacoepidemiology

• Trends and patterns in antibiotic prescribing for adult outpatients with acute upper respiratory tract infection in Japan, 2008-2018

Department of Biostatistics

• Comparison of parametric mixture models for estimating the proportion of long-term survivors
• Estimation of time-dependent ROC curve for prognostic of type 2 diabetes using Japan Diabetes Complications Study
• The impact of effect size estimation on sample size and power in randomized clinical trials—Numerical assessment of a method using historical information—
• Estimating treatment effects using generalized random forests when heterogeneity of effects exists

Department of Clinical Biostatistics

• Investigation of the effect of inter-rater reliability on analysis results
• Examination of convergence in numerical calculations in joint models for longitudinal and time-to-event data
• Optimal cut-point selection in a predictive biomarker for time-to-event outcome
• Evaluation of Surrogate Endpoints Based on Difference in Restricted Mean Survival Times
• Exact MR-Egger Method: Extending the MR-Egger Method in Genetic Epidemiology Based on 2-sample Mendelian Randomization

Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management

• Descriptive epidemiology of mechanical bowel preparation in gynecologic surgery based on a nationwide DPC data
• The impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 epidemic on hospital admissions for alcohol-related liver disease and pancreatitis in Japan: a interrupted time-series analysis
• An Attempt to Quantitatively Evaluate the Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics for Pneumonia at Hospital Level

Department of Medical Ethics・Medical Genetics (Genetic Counselor Course)

• Factors influencing health consciousness and health behavior of patients with Marfan syndrome: a qualitative study
• Current status and issues regarding the operation of cancer genome profiling tests: A multi-institutional questionnaire survey
• Evaluation of clinical performance of non-invasive prenatal testing at a single laboratory in Japan
• Factors influencing disclosure of secondary findings in tumor genome profiling: a qualitative study exploring physicians’ experience and attitudes toward disclosures

Department of Health Informatics

• Emotions and related factors for marking in patients undergoing radiotherapy: A cross-sectional study by a questionnaire survey
• Rehabilitation of patients with hip fracture: a health insurance and long-term care insurance claims data study
• Contextualising UNESCO’s International Technical Guidance on Sexuality Education for the Malaysian Population: An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of Anonymous Posts in an Online Discussion Forum
• A qualitative study of community pharmacists’ awareness of issues when providing information to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic—Thematic analysis using contents of open-ended questions—
• Effect of non-regular employment on subjective stress: Explanation by structural equation model
• Knowledge and self-efficacy among healthcare providers towards smoking cessation and modern tobacco products in Japan

Department of Medical Communication

• Exploring the characteristics of attitudes and behavioral perceptions of “masks” for COVID-19: A quantitative content analysis of the Tweet Content of U.S. Spanish Speakers

Department of Management of Technology and Intellectual Property

• Life-Cycle Management of Orphan Drug in Japan

Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior

• Effects of online exercise intervention programs on quality of life for adults without exercise habits: Randomized controlled trial

Department of Preventive Services

• Relationship between health literacy and medication compliance: A prospective observational study
• Development of a Diagnostic Predictive Model for the Coronary Artery Stenosis in Patients with Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest of medical origin without ST Elevation on 12-lead ECG

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Healthcare Epidemiology)

• Association between resting respiratory rate and all-cause mortality in elderly outpatients

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Pharmacoepidemiology)

• The risk of pneumonitis in treatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors for lung cancer patients with idiopathic interstitial pneumonia: A nationwide retrospective cohort study

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Healthcare Economics and Quality Management)

• Individual and nationwide costs of cancer care during the first year after diagnosis for children, adolescents, and young adults

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Health Informatics)

• A retrospective cohort study at Kyoto University Hospital

Master program for Clinical Research (Department of Preventive Services)

• The protocol of “Effects of lower limb arthroplasty on upper limb function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis”