Specialty

Health emergency preparedness and response, disaster medicine, injury prevention, public health policy

Works

Original papers/Brief reports

1 Takeda A, Seino K, Shimonosono K, Tomio J. Risk of Heat-Related Illnesses and Preventive Measures at Mass Gathering Rock Festivals in the Summer of 2023 in Japan. Environ Health Prev Med. 2026;31:5.

2 Takeda A, Seino K, Okuda H, Saito T, Tomio J. Key features of sustainable capacities for risk communication in health emergencies: analysis of Joint External Evaluation. J Glob Health. 2025;15:04331.

3 Horai N, Fukusumi M, Kobayashi Y, Shimada T, Sunagawa T, Seino K, Motomura K, Tomio J. Enhanced infectious disease surveillance system for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan: Overview of the operations and their early action review. Mass Gathering Medicine. 2025;4:100045.

4 Iba A, Tomio J, Sugiyama T, Abe K, Yamada I, Kobayashi Y. Association between spatial access and hospitalization for ambulatory care sensitive conditions: A retrospective cohort study using claims data. SSM Popul Health.2023 v25:101565.

5 Ishibashi M, Miwa E, Shimada Y, Sakai E, Tomio J. Public perceptions of disaster triage．J J Disast Med．2025;30(4):180-187. (in Japanese)

6 Shimonosono K, Takeda A, Seino K, Shimazaki D, Tomio J. Evaluation of regional differences in heatstroke occurrence using a regression model of heatstroke occurrence probability. J Natl Inst Public Health. 2025;74(2),119-129.(in Japanese)

Reviews

1 Tomio J, Hayakawa T, Takaoka S, Ikeda K. Disaster health emergency assistance team: Overview, challenges, and prospects. J Natl Inst Public Health. 2026;75(1),2-13.

2 Shimada Y, Miwa E, Sakai E, Ishibashi M, Hirasawa Y, Minamitani K, Tomio J. Use of the term “triage” in academic research in Japan: A scoping review. J J Disast Med．2025;30(2):72-81. (in Japanese)

3 Shimonosono K, Takeda A, Seino K, Shimazaki D, Tomio J. Public health policies for heat health in major countries: Overview of G20 member countries. J Natl Inst Public Health. 2025;74(2),157-168. (in Japanese)

Social contributions

・ Delegate and editorial board member, Japanese Society of Public Health

・ Board member, Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine

・ Professor, Health Emergency Management, Doctoral Program in Public Health, University of Tsukuba
https://hcph.tsukuba.ac.jp/en/publichealth/program/

・ Visiting Professor, Biomedical Innovation Policy Group, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
https://www.cbms.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/labs/tomio/

・ Visiting Professor, Center for Health Security, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
https://www.chs.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/index.html