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KANAMORI MASAO

Department / Course Research Organization of Science and Technology

Title / Position Visiting Senior Researcher

Other Affiliations
1.	Research Organization of Science and Technology Institute of Advanced Research for Sport and Health Science
2.	Research Organization of Science and Technology The Bio Medical Engineering Research Center

Academic background
1.	1988/09 Degree Acquisition	│ Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine Doctor of Medical Science (Ph.D in Medicine)
2.	～1979/03	Doctorial Course │ Environmental Medicine, Medical and Health Statistics │ Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences │ Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine and Population Sciences, Osaka University │ Unfinished
3.	～1977/03	Medicine │ School of Medicine │ Nara Medical University

Business career
1.	2016/04/01	Professor │ Graduate Schoolof Health and Sport Science │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2003/04/01 ～ 2016/03/31	Professor │ Faculty of Sport, │ Biwako Seikei Sport College
3.	1997/04/01 ～ 2003/03/31	Associate Professor │ Schoolof Medicine, │ Hamamatsu University
4.	1992/04/01 ～ 1997/03/31	Associate Professor │ Department of Hygiene │ Toho University School of Medicine
5.	1988/01/01 ～ 1992/03/31	Chief │ Department of Health Statistics │ Institute of Public Health
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Committee and society
1.		Boad of Ethics Commitee Member
2.	2016/04 ～ 2019/03	Sumo Restring Sport Club, Department of Sport and Culture, Ritsumeikan University Chairman
3.	2012/04 ～ 2016/03	Biwako Seikei Sport College Director, Center for Health Adiministration
4.	2007/04 ～ 2016/03	Osaka Seikei Gakuen Councilor
5.	2007/04 ～ 2012/03	Biwako Seikei Sport college Chairparson, Department of Life-Long Sport
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Research activities
1.		Japanese Society of Public Health
2.		Japanese Epidemiological Association
3.		Japanese Society for Hygiene
4.		Japanese Society of Mountain Medicine

Qualification and license
1.	2005	JASA Sports Medical Doctor
2.		Industrial Health Consultants
3.	1985	Master of public Health(Institute of Public Health)
4.	1977	Medical Doctor

Subject of research
1.	Epidemiological study on the effect of human environment on diseases
2.	Research on effect of sport activity on health promotion
3.	Study on health care and risk management of the athlete

Research summary
/Field Studies on the effect of sport activity on health promotion and on health care and risk management on athlete /Data analysis on the relationships between human environment and diseases For sport activities and their effects on the environment and health promotion, I have conducted studies in field activities of two sports: cycling and mountain climbing. 1) For cycling, it is "Biwaichi" that means cycling around Lake Biwa, i.e. bikeology in Shiga Prefecture. This is a long-distance and moderate sport, in which you spend two days cycling on the course for 170km or longer around Lake Biwa. This event draws 50 or more entries from in and out of the prefecture. The ages are very broad: from the young slightly over 15 years old to the elderly. What would you feel if you finish Biwaichi?　Initially, it would be a sense of achievement, followed by self-satisfaction and self-efficacy, and then confidence. This leads to active aging, and I obtained some of immunological grounds to extend healthy life expectancy and published them in my thesis. 2) Study of effects of mountain climbing on health promotion identified that a sport environment of mountain significantly impacts people. This makes risk management more important. Despite ageing, Yuichiro Miura made a great accomplishment of climbing a Himalayan mountain. It's no exaggeration to say that the success was attributable to not only the fact that the athlete himself built up a miraculous body by training, but also arrhythmia management and the cutting-edge medical science health management as preventive measures against altitude sickness such as cerebral edema. Presently as a field activity, I have published thesis with the joint researchers, partially paid by grant-in-aid for scientific research, on change of hemoglobin and breathing functions during mountain climbing. Before I spent 13 years at College of Sport and Health Science, I worked at school of medicine and department of public health. Therefore, I want to study the roles of research as the bridge between the two areas. I want to conduct an in-depth consideration on the human environment and how to handle the future by reviewing existing materials from the past as well as having more experiences through evaluation study of effects and risks of sport activities, such as health promotion and diseases, and conduct of field studies.

Present specialized field
Applied health science, Epidemiology and preventive medicine, Hygiene and public health, Sport Medicine (Keyword：Applied Health Science, Epidemiology/Preventive Medicine, Hygiene/Public Health,statistics and Informatics/ Sport Medicine)

Academic conference presentation
1.	2018/10/03	Intervention for the prevention of falls: Introduction of statistical analysis.
2.	2018/10/03	The effect of the care intervention program by the fall prevention care quality evaluation index for the elderly with dementia in chubu area . incidence rate of fall
3.	2018/09/23	Trends of Age-Specific Mortality with an Underlying or Contributing Cause Attributed to a Weather-Related Cause of Death in Japan, 1995-2015
4.	2017/09	Evaluation on the effects of daily temperature on mortality in Kyoto and Hokkaido(Japan) from 1972-2012 using a Distributed Lag Nonlinear Model.
5.	2017/07/03	The Changes of Atrial Oxygen Saturation(SpO2) , Forced Expiratory Volume, and Heart Rate through Mountain-Climbing Activity: Combined Analysis.
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Other research achievements
1.	2018/07/11 ～ 2018/09/12	Academic Center at Umeda, Ritsumeikan University 2018 Summer Adult learning courses. Continuation · Long-lived strategy of preventive medicine - Challenge to prevention of dementia. Ritsumeikan University, College of Sport Health Science Professor Masao Kanamori 2018/7/11 (1) Life course model and risk of dementia 2018/8/8 (2) Exercise and Immunology and cognitive functions 2018/9/12(3) Lifelong learning and eating habits – terminal issues (Academic Center at Umeda, Ritsumeikan University 2018 Summer Adult learning courses.)
2.	2017/10 ～ 2017/12	Health Strategy for longevity (立命館大学アカデミックセンター)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2015/04 ～ 2019/03	Practical study on an effect of high land mountain climbing on health promotion
2.	2007/04 ～ 2010/03	Development and theorization of Japanese Fall prevention management for the elderly with dementia
3.	2000/04 ～ 2003/03	Evaluation Methods of Neurological Behavior and Endocrinology during Music Therapy for Disabled Persons
4.	1997/04 ～ 2003/03	Comprehensive Analysis of Genetic Factors in Diabetes Mellitus

Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	1999/04 ～ 2002/03	The multi-focused study and international comparative study on Centenarians │ Research by External Competitive Fund

Teaching achievements

●Practical Example of Education Technique

1.	2017/04	Leader adnd Leadership theory on Public Health Education