Kazue Yamaoka, PhD.

	Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health
	Contact            : 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-Ku Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan
	Phone: +81.3.3964.1211
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URL:

http://www.med.teikyo-u.ac.jp/~tsph/members/kyamaoka_e.html

Employment and Professional Experience

2020-present: Adjunct professor, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health.

2014.4-2018.3: Dean, Teikyo Univeristy Graduate school of Public Health.

2011-2020: Professor, Teikyo University Graduate school of Public Health.

2004-2011: Chief, Health Technology Assessment Section, Department of Biostatistics and Technology Assessment, National Institute of Public Health.

1990–2004: Associate Professor, Teikyo University School of Law, School of Medicine.

Academic Society

International Biometric Society (Member of Educational Committee)

Biometric Society of Japan

Behaviormetric Society of Japan

Japanese Classification Society

Japanese Society of Public Health

Japan Epidemiological Association

Japanese Society for Hygiene

Research Interests

Meta-analysis

Application of Biometrics

Cross-Cultural Social Survey

Nutritional Epidemiology (Lifestyle Education)

Quality of Life Study

Selected Publications

Manabe T, Yamaoka K, Tango T, et al. Chronological, geographical, and seasonal trends of human cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in Vietnam, 2003–2014: a spatial analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases, 2016; 16: 64.

Okinaga K, Hori T, Inaba T, Yamaoka K. A randomized clinical study on postoperative pain comparing the Polysoft patch to the modified Kugel patch for transinguinal preperitoneal inguinal hernia repair. Surgery Today, 2016; 46: 691-698.

van der Kloot WA, Uchida Y, Inoue K, Kobayashi K, Yamaoka K, et al. The effects of illness beliefs and chemotherapy impact on quality of life in Japanese and Dutch patients with breast or lung cancer. Chinese Clinical Oncology, 2016; 5: 3.

Matsumoto S, Yamaoka K, Inoue M, et al. Implications for Social Support on Prolonged Sleep Difficulties among a Disaster-Affected Population: Second Report from a Cross-Sectional Survey in Ishinomaki, Japan, PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0130615 June 18, 2015.

Yamoka K, Yoshino R. Relation of social capital to helath and well-being in the Asia Pacific values survey: a population-based study. Behaviormetrika, 2015; 42 : 209–229.

Inoue M, Matsumoto S, Yamaoka K, Muto S. Risk of social isolation among survivors living in tsunami-affected houses in Ishinomaki, Japan, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, 2014, 8, 333-340.

Matsumoto S, Yamaoka K, Inoue M, et al. Social ties may play a critical role in mitigating sleep difficulties in disaster-affected communities: A cross-sectional study in the Ishinomaki area, Japan. Sleep, 2014; 37: 137-145.

Matsuda A, Yamaoka K, Tango T, et al. Effectiveness of psychoeducational support on quality of life in early-stage breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Quality of Life Research, 2013; 24 July: online DOI 10.1007/s11136-013-0460-3.

Adachi M, Yamaoka K, Watanabe M, et al. Effects of lifestyle education program for type 2 diabetes patients in clinics: a cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health, 2013, 13: 467.

Yamaoka K, Tango T. Effects of lifestyle modification on metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine, 2012; 10: 138.

Kaptein AA, Yamaoka K, Snoei L, et al. Illness perceptions and quality of life in Japanese and Dutch women with breast cancer. Journal of Psychosocial Oncology, 2012; 31, 83-102.

Kaptein AA,Yamaoka K, Snoei L, et al. Illness perceptions and quality of life in Japanese and Dutch patients with non-small-cell lung. Lung Cancer, 2011; 72: 384-90

Matsuda A, Yamaoka K, Tango T. Quality of life in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients receiving palliative chemotherapy: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2012; 3; 134-140.

Zushi M, Yamaoka K, Watanabe M, Tango T. Development of a statistical metabolic syndrome simulator. Japanese Journal of Public Health, 2010; 57: 1043-1053.

Adachi M, Yamaoka K, Watanabe M, et al. Effects of lifestyle education program for type 2 diabetes patients in clinics: study design of a cluster randomized trial. BMC Public Health, 2010; 10: 742.

Yamaoka K, Watanabe M, Hida E, Tango T. Impact of group based dietary education on dietary habit for female adolescents: A cluster randomized trial. Public Health Nutrition, 2010; 14: 702-708.

Nomura K, Yamaoka K, Nakao M, Yano E. Social determinants of self-reported sleep problems in South Korea and Taiwan. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 2010; 69: 435-440.

Watanabe, M, Yamaoka K, Adachi M, et al. Validity and Reproducibility of the Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQW82) for Dietary Assessment in Female Adolescents. Public Health Nutrition, 2010; 14: 297-305.

Sakurai K, Kawakami N; Yamaoka K, et al. The impact of subjective and objective social status on psychological distress among men and women in Japan. Social Science and Medicine, 2010; 70: 1832-1839.

Yamaoka K, Subjective Health and Social Factors: Multidimensional Data Analyses of Cross-national Survey. Behaviormetrika, 2010; 37: 37-54.

Yamaoka K, Social capital and health and well-being in East Asia: a population-based study. Social Science and Medicine, 2008, 66, 885-899.

Selected Textbooks

Yamaoka K, Adachi M, Watanabe M, Tango T. Practice and evaluation of lifestyle modification. (in Japanese) Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, 2015.

Tango T, Yamaoka K, Takagi H. Logistic Regression Analysis. Second Edition, (in Japanese) Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, 2013.

Yoshino R, Hayashi F, Yamaoka K. Data analysis for cross-cultural comparison. (in Japanese) Asakura Shoten, Tokyo, 2010.

Yamaoka K. The Multicultural Psychology of Japanese Americans. P275-281. In Y. Jackson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Multicultural Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. 2006.