東北大学大学院医学系研究科・医学部

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• Nomura, ShuheiProfessor 野村 周平 教授 (兼任)
  

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The Global Health Policy Lab. presents a new approach to confronting the complex health challenges facing our planet. We face a spectrum of threats ranging from antimicrobial resistance and emerging infectious diseases to the spread of non-communicable diseases stemming from unhealthy diets and humanitarian crises driven by conflict and climate change. These are compounded by emerging structural challenges that fundamentally threaten future health, including the fragility of the international development assistance architecture and the malicious use of AI. To navigate these issues, we require both a "high-resolution map" to accurately interpret the present and an "effective roadmap" to guide us toward a better future.

Our mission is to create both. Leveraging vast epidemiological research data, including from the world's largest studies, we visualize health challenges with unprecedented resolution. Based on this scientific evidence, we collaborate with governments and international organizations, both at home and abroad, to design and support the implementation of policy roadmaps that maximize impact.

We believe that intellectual inquiry realizes its true value only when it leads to societal transformation. It is from the dynamic interplay between theory and practice, data and policymaking, that the insights capable of moving the world are born. We warmly welcome the participation of those who aspire to become next-generation leaders and to make their mark on the global stage.

グローバルヘルス政策学分野は、複雑化する地球規模の健康課題に立ち向かうための新たなアプローチを提示します。薬剤耐性や新興感染症の脅威、不健康な食事に起因する生活習慣病の蔓延、紛争や気候変動による人道危機に加え、国際的な開発援助体制の脆弱化や、悪意あるAIの利用といった、未来の健康を根底から揺るがす新たな構造的課題も出現しています。これらの課題を乗り越えるには、現状を正確に読み解く「解像度の高い地図」と、未来をより良い方向へ導く「実効性のある航路図」が不可欠です。

私たちのミッションは、この二つを創り出すことです。世界最大規模の疫学研究データなどを駆使して健康課題をかつてない解像度で可視化し、その科学的根拠を基に、国内外の政府や国際機関と共に、インパクトを最大化する政策という航路図を描き、その実装を支援します。

ここでは、知的な探求が社会の変革に結びつくことで、初めてその真価を発揮すると考えます。理論と実践、データと政策決定のダイナミックな往還の中から、世界を動かす知見を生み出す。次世代のリーダーとして、国際舞台で活躍したいと考える皆さんの参画を心から歓迎します。

ARTICLE

Nomura S, Murakami M, Rauniyar SK, et al.; GBD 2021 Japan BoD Collaborators. Three decades of population health changes in Japan, 1990-2021: a subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet Public Health 2025; 10(4): e321-e332.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00044-1

Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ghaznavi C, et al. Toward a third term of Health Japan 21 - implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2022; 21: 100377.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100377

Nomura S, Yamasaki L, Shimizu K, et al. Japan's development assistance for health: Historical trends and prospects for a new era. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific 2022; 22: 100403.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100403

Nomura S, Yamamoto Y, Yoneoka D, et al. How do Japanese rate the severity of different diseases and injuries? - an assessment of disability weights for 231 health states by 37,318 Japanese respondents. Population Health Metrics 2021; 19(1): 21.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00253-4

Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Glenn S, et al. Population health and regional variations of disease burden in Japan, 1990-2015: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet 2017; 390(10101): 1521-38.
URL：https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(17)31544-1