Organization
CKD Japan Cohort study has been managed by the following organizations.
Protocol has been developed and promoted mainly by the steering committee under the advices of diverse specialists in biostatistics, the medical economics, etc.
Moreover, the epidemiology data center independently analyzes data, and data with high reliability can be offered.
The specialized physician in nephrology at Clinical Center nationwide and CRC (clinical research coordinator) have cooperatively collect the data for this study.
- General Adviser
- Kiyoshi Kurokawa, M.D. (National Graduate Institute for Policy Study)
- Principal Investigator
- Akira Hishida, M.D. (Yaizu City Hospital)
- Steering Committee
- Tsuyoshi Watanabe, M.D. (Fukushima Medical University)
- Yasuo Ohashi, Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- Kosaku Nitta, M.D. (Tokyo Women's Medical University)
- Tadao Akizawa, M.D. (Showa University)
- Akira Hishida, M.D. (Yaizu City Hospital)
- Seiichi Matsuo, M.D. (Nagoya University)
- Enyu Imai, M.D. (Nagoya University)
- Hirofumi Makino, M.D. (Okayama University)
- Biostatistics Adviser
- Yasuo Ohashi, Ph.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- Medical Economics Adviser
- Takashi Fukuda, Ph.D. (National Institute of Public Halth)
- Nutrient Assessment Adviser
- Satoshi Sasaki, M.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- International Adviser
- Harold J. Feldman, M.D. (University of Pennsylvania)
- Independent Cardiac Function Evaluation Committee
- Kyoichi Mizuno, M.D. (Nippon Medical School Hospital)
- Hiroshi Nishimura, M.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- Satoshi limuro, M.D. (The University of Tokyo)
- Takeo okada (Osaka Medical Center for Health Science and Promotion)
- Data Center
- Public Health Research Foundation (Tokyo)
- NPO Japan Clinical Research Support Unit (Tokyo)
- Patient questionnaire registration center
- Gender Medical Research Co., Ltd
- Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring device Center
- CLINOGRAPHY Co.,Ltd.
- Centralized Biochemistry Laboratory
- Mitsubishi Chemical Medience Corporation
- Kyowa Medex Co., Ltd.
- Secretariat office
- Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.