Hirokazu Uemura
Associate Professor
Faculty of Medicine
University of Tokushima
Japan
Biography
Hirokazu Uemura has done his MD from Tokushima University in 1997. Currently he is working as Associate Professor in Faculty of Medicine in Tokushima University. His research interests are Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental Health, Exercise Physiology, Menopause. Several papers of his work were published in reputed international journals. He is the member ofJapan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Japanese Society of Public Health, The Japanese Breast Cancer Society, Japan Association of Breast Cancer Screening, Shikoku Public Health Society, Japan Women's Medical Science Association, Japan Physical Fitness Medical Society, The Japan Society of Hygiene.
Research Interest
His research interests are Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental Health, Exercise Physiology, Menopause. He is engaged in the Japan Multi-Center Cohort Study (J-MICC Study), a molecular epidemiology cohort study on cancer and lifestyle diseases, studied the relationship between lifestyle diseases and lifestyle factors and genetic factors and their alternation There. They are also studying the health effects of persistent organic pollutants (environmental epidemiology) and postmenopausal osteoporosis and lipid metabolism. In addition, I do prevention of falls and collaborative research (statistical analysis) with the nursing field.
Publications
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Hirokazu Uemura, Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano, Miwa Yamaguchi, Tirani Bahari, Masashi Ishizu, Miho Fujioka and Kokichi Arisawa. Relationships of serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and body size with insulin resistance in a Japanese cohort. PLoS ONE. 2017. 12(6): e0178672.
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Tirani Bahari, Hirokazu Uemura, Sakurako Katsuura-Kamano, Miwa Yamaguchi, Mariko Nakamoto, Keisuke Miki, Fusakazu Sawachika and Kokichi Arisawa. Association between Dietary Patterns and Serum Adiponectin: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Japanese Population. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 2017. 1-10.
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Sakurako Kamano, Hirokazu Uemura, Miwa Yamaguchi, Mariko Nakamoto, Bahari Tirani, Miki Keisuke, Ishizu Masashi, Sawachika Fusakazu and Kokichi Arisawa. Dietary calcium intake is associated with serum high-sensitivity C-reactive protein level in the general Japanese population. Journal of Clinical Biochemistry and Nutrition, 2017.
