Kurokawa Award Winner (Clinical Research Category)
2023年9月15日
Kurokawa Award (Clinical Research Category) Recipient’s Remarks
Yoko Nishizawa, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health
I am honored to receive the Kurokawa Award at the ACP Japan Chapter Annual Meeting 2023.
At the meeting, I presented our study entitled “Loneliness Is Associated with Low-Health Interest: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Study”. Our study used a Japanese nationwide questionnaire survey and showed that people who feel loneliness were less interested in their health. Recently, loneliness is reported to be associated with various diseases and mortality. Moreover, health interest is associated with disease prevention or treatment behaviors. We were not able to detect causality in our present study, however, we intend to conduct further research on the theme of loneliness and health.
I have worked as a nephrologist, and I have done a few clinical researches on chronic kidney diseases. While doing my researches, I noticed the importance of study design and epidemiology. I am now studying at a graduate school of public health. Receiving this award is encouraging my carrier and maintaining motivation. I am deeply gratified about this award. Thank you so much.
Research cannot be done by one single person, but requires the cooperation of many different specialists to make it better. I would like to express my gratefulness for enabling me to receive this award. I appreciate Dr. Takahiro Tabuchi of the Osaka International Cancer Center for providing the data, and Dr. Yoshiharu Fukuda of Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health for his guidance, and all those who involved to our study. Finally, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the American College of Physicians Japan Chapter for organizing and supporting this conference.