TAKAMURA Noboru
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Affiliation
Nuclear Disaster Medical Science Unit （Collection and dissemination of data and knowledge on nuclear disasters）
Position
Unit Leader
Final Education
Completed the Graduate School of Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine
Degree(s)
Ph.D. (Medicine)
Research Keywords
Risk Communication, Radiation Effects, Radiation Exposure Medicine, Risk Perception
Research Area
Radiation Medicine, Radiation Effects Studies, Public Health, Internal Medicine
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Academic Affiliations
- The Japanese Radiation Research Society
- The Japanese Society for Hygiene
- The Japan Endocrine Society
- The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
Member of Committees for National Policies
- Member of the Policy Review Committee for the Preservation and Utilization of Remains in the Interim Storage Facility in Okuma Town
- Member of the Futaba Town Radiation Dose Verification Committee
- Member of the Nagasaki City Civil Protection Council
- Member of the Radiation Risk Concern Center Steering Committee of the Nuclear Safety Research Association
- Consultant of the Clinical Research Department of the Radiation Effects Research Institute
Advisor/Committee Member for Local Governments
- Member of the Fukushima Prefectural Health Survey Review Committee
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Nagasaki Hibakusha Medical International Cooperation Association (Vice Chairman)
- Advisor to Fukushima Prefecture Radiation Health Risk Management
- Advisor to the Department of Epidemiology, Institute for Radiation Effects Research, and many others
Peer-Reviewed Papers
- Orita M, Tanaka K, Amir I, Matsunaga H, Kashiwazaki Y, Xiao X, Akata N, Miura T, Kashiwakura I, Ito N, Abe T, Tamaki T, Takamura N, Tokonami S, Tsubokura M, Essential health risk communication for recovery after lifting evacuation orders following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Sci Rep 15(1):11071, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-94541-w.
- Takamura N, Orita M, Saenko M, Yamashita S, Nagataki S, Demidchik Y, Chernobyl 30 years on: applying the knowledge on childhood and adolescent thyroid cancer to Fukushima. Lancet Diabetes Endo 4(8):647, 2016.
- Takamura N, Orita M, Yamashita S, Chhem R, After Fukushima: collaboration model. Science 352(6286):666, 2016.
Books
- Nagataki S, Imaizumi M, Takamura N, Disorders of iodine excess, Oxford Textbook of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 403-7, 2011.
Lectures / Oral Presentations, etc.
- Noboru Takamura, Future Research Direction of Nuclear Disaster Medical Science Unit, F-REI International Symposium “Collection and Dissemination of Data and Knowledge Related to Nuclear Disaster Resilience and Science”, Nov 1-2, 2025.
- Noboru Takamura, The Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum, 2025 NEA Symposium on Information, Data and Knowledge Management (IDKM) for Radioactive Waste: Challenges Across All Timescale, Oct 8, 2025
- Noboru Takamura, Risk Communication After a Nuclear Disaster, NEA International Radiological Protection School (IRPS) at Stockholm University, Aug 15, 2025
Visiting Professor at Other Universities, etc.
- Professor, Institute for Post-Atomic Disability Medicine, Nagasaki University
- Director of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Heritage Museum
- Visiting Professor, East Japan International University
- Deputy Director, Institute of Environmental Radioactivity, Fukushima University
Classes at Other Universities/Graduate Schools
- Nagasaki University
- Advanced Research Methods
- History of Medicine
- Atomic Bomb Medicine and Nagasaki
- Introduction to Risk Assessment
- Social Medicine
- Risk Communication
- Radiation Effects
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