Department of Social Epidemiology

This department was established in 2000 with Masahiro Kihara as its first professor. The Department of Socio-epidemiology, which integrates epidemiology and social science, has advocated a comprehensive methodology for public health, and has promoted education and research that inherits the tradition of Kyoto University’s emphasis on this field. In addition to pioneering and leading epidemiological research on HIV infection in Japan, the University has actively promoted global health research with the participation of many students from developing countries, and in 2006 was designated as a Joint Research Center of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

In September 2020, Naoki Kondo was appointed as the second professor. Inheriting the tradition of field-oriented research, Professor Kondo emphasizes the importance of using large-scale quantitative data and of implementing the findings from research in a wide range of social systems, while collaborating with diverse organizations. The current lab name is the Department of Social Epidemiology.