I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan. My research focuses on health services research and dementia epidemiology, leveraging causal inference (including natural experiments) and machine learning methods. My work has been published in Annals of Internal Medicine, JAMA Surgery, Journal of General Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Epidemiology, among other international journals.
Education & Training
- Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles, 2025-2026
- PhD in Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2025
- Bachelor of Medicine (MD equivalent), University of Tokyo, 2016
Research Interests
- Health services research
- Dementia epidemiology
- Causal inference/machine learning
News
- A paper published in Annals of Internal Medicine: “Estimating the Effect of Hospital Admission on Health Care Outcomes and Spending Among Persons With Dementia: A Quasi-experimental Study” – 06-09-2026
- Awarded the Young Investigator Award (link in Japanese) from the United Japanese researchers around the world – 05-10-2026
- Appointed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan (mentor: Dr. Kosuke Inoue) – 04-01-2026
- A Paper published in American Journal of Epidemiology: “Estimating the effects of hypothetical loneliness interventions on memory function among middle-aged and older adults in the United States” – 03-09-2026
