Research Team

Research on Biology and Medical Sciences

From the Vice-president : Akihito Ishigami, Ph.D.

• Research Team for Mechanism of Aging
• Research Team for Functional Biogerontology
• Research Team for Aging Neuroscience
• Research Team for Aging Science
• Research Team for Geriatric Pathology
• Research Team for Neuroimaging

Research on Social and Human Sciences

From the Vice-president : Yoshinori Fujiwara, M.D., Ph.D.

• Research Team for Social Participation and Healthy Aging
• Research Team for Promoting Independence and Mental Health
• Research Team for Human Care

Research Support Facilities

• Healthy Aging Innovation Center
• Isotope Center
• Animal Facility
• Health Promotion Management Office
• Research Informatics Management Office

Five Long-term Longitudinal Studies: Tokyo-LSA

• SONIC study(Septuagenarians, Octogenarians, Nonagenarians Investigation with Centenarians)
• Kusatsu/Hatoyama LS (Longitudinal study on frailty and its prevention strategy)
• Otassha health check-up (Development of a new health survey system for independence and long-term care prevention in the elderly)
• JAHEAD (Nationwide Long-term Longitudinal Study on the Health and Lives of Japanese Older Adults)
• Takashimadaira Longitudinal Study

Senior Fellow

• Tamao Endo, Ph.D.
• Kazuhiro Shigemto, M.D.,Ph.D.

Healthy Aging Innovation Center

Integrated Research Initiative for Living Well with Dementia