Division of Health and Clinical Data Tohoku Medical Megabank Project (The second stage ended in March 2021)

This project contributes to the reconstruction of regional healthcare by carrying out a long-term health survey focused on areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and provides the research infrastructure for the development of personalized genomic medicine by building up a biobank including materials and information from 150k individuals.

PS(Program Supervisor)

• Yoshiyuki Sakaki, Ph.D., President, Shizuoka Futaba Gakuen

PO(Program Officer)

• Kenjiro Kosaki, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Center for Medical Genetics, Keio University School of Medicine
• Akiko Tamakoshi, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Health, Hokkaido University, Faculty of Medicine
• Katsuyuki Miura, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Public Health, Shiga University of Medical Science