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吉澤和子 略歴 Kazuko Yoshizawa Profile

吉澤和子は、栄養学や公衆衛生の分野で幅広い経験を持つ研究者、学者、コンサルタントである。彼女は1997年にハーバード大学公衆衛生大学院で栄養学の博士号を取得し、1990年にはコーネル大学で栄養学の修士号を取得している。現在は、日本でのコホート研究に使用する食物摂取頻度調査(FFQ)を検証するためハーバード大学公衆衛生大学院の客員研究員であり、ウォルター・ウィレット教授と共同研究を行っている。過去、米国で大規模な男性参加者のコホートを対象とした心血管疾患や前立腺がんに関するコホート研究でデータの分析や論文の発表を行うなど、米国で疫学研究に豊富な経験を持つ。また、WHOのコンサルタントとして、世界中の様々な国々で栄養改善に取り組むキャリアを築いてきた。彼女はスーダン保健省栄養アドバイザーとしてスーダン全土の運営計画を策定するなど、数多くのプロジェクトに携わってきた。直近では、東ティモール保健省の栄養プログラムにおけるキャパシティー・ビルディングのプロジェクトプロポーザル (2017-2018) を策定し、UNICEF、EU、FAO、UNIFEMなどの主要関係者からコンセンサスを受け、WHO及び日本国政府に提出。過去、疫学、統計学、グローバル・ヘルス・ニュートリションなど日本の大学院生や学部生向けの講義も行った。

学位 Degree

1997 米国ハーバード大学公衆衛生大学院栄養疫学博士課程修了博士号 Harvard School of Public Health, ScD (PhD) 博士論文 Kazuko Yoshizawa. Trace Elements and Coronary Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer. Dissertation. Harvard University: Boston, 1997. 指導教授 ウォルター・ウィレット

研究論文 Selected Papers

  1. Kazuko Yoshizawa, Walter C. Willett, and Changzheng Yuan. Reliability of repeated measures of nutrient intake by diet records in residents in the western region of Japan. Nutrients. 2019 Oct18 ;11(10). PMID: 31635313. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/11/10/2515/review_report
  2. Kazuko Yoshizawa, Alberto Ascherio, J. Steven Morris, Meir J. Stampfer, Giovannucci, Connie K. Baskett, Walter C. Willett, and Eric B. Rimm. Prospective Study of Selenium Level in Toenails and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men.American Journal of Epidemiology 2003;158:852-860. https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/158/9/852/102358 
  3. Kazuko Yoshizawa, Eric B Rimm, Steven J Morris, Vickie L. Spate, Chungcheng Hsieh, Donna Spiegelman, Meir J Stampfer, and Walter C Willett. Mercury and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Men. The New England Journal of Medicine 2002;347:1755-1760. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmoa021437
  4. Kazuko Yoshizawa, Steven J Morris, Donna Spiegelman, Eric B Rimm, Meir J Stampfer, Walter C Willett, Edward Giovannucci. Study Prediagnostic Selenium Level in Toenails and the Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer. JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Volume 90, Issue 16, 19 August 1998, Pages 1219–1224. https://academic.oup.com/jnci/article/90/16/1219/1076470
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  5. Kazuko Yoshizawa. Trace Elements and Coronary Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer. Dissertation. Harvard University: Boston, 1997. 
  6. Kazuko Yoshizawa. Cardiovascular Disease and Cereal Consumption in China. Master Thesis. Cornell University, New York, 1990. https://books.google.com/books/about/Cardiovascular_Disease_and_Cereal_Consum.html?id=5ulPAAAAYAAJ

最近の研究発表 Recent Presentation

  • 2022 Aug 11, Virtual Cardiology 2022, Kazuko Yoshizawa, Laila Al-Shaar, Walter Willett. Reproducibility and Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Measure the Consumption of β-Carotene, β-Cryptoxanthin, Folate, Vitamin D, EPA, and DHA.
    Food Frequency Questionnaire-ValidationStudy-Cardiology2022.pptx
    The validation study on a food frequency questionnaire for a Japanese population, which examined the validity of intakes of β-carotene, β-cryptoxanthin, folate…
  • 2022 June 14 Kazuko Yoshizawa, Laila Al-Shaar, Walter Willett. Reproducibility and Validity of a Food Frequency Questionnaire to Measure the Consumption of β-Carotene, β-Cryptoxanthin, Folate, Vitamin D, EPA, and DHA.  2022 Jun; 6(Suppl 1): 963.
    Published online 2022 Jun 14.DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzac067.083

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9194199/

  • 2020   Kazuko Yoshizawa, Laila Al-Shaar, Walter Willett. Online Summit on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diseases, Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire to assess the consumption of fatty acids and antioxidants in a Japanese population. Online Summit on Cardiology-2020.
    Online Summit On Cardiology 2020
  • 2019   Kazuko Yoshizawa. Measuring the effect of vitamin B12and folate supplements on mild cognitive impairment, at Clinical Trial Design by Harvard Catalyst, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
  • 2018   Kazuko Yoshizawa, Changzheng Yuan, Walter C. Willett. Within- and between-person variation in repeated dietary measurements in residents in the western region of Japan. Effectively Communicating Research by Harvard Catalyst, the Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
  • 2018   Kazuko Yoshizawa, Changzheng Yuan, Walter C. Willett. Validity of a Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire in Japan. Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 2, Issue 11, November 2018, nzy045  https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzy045
  • 2017   Kazuko Yoshizawa. The Possibility of Using UN Data for Global Nutrition Policy Formulation. The 2nd Japanese-US Science Forum in Boston, Northwest Building, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
  • Mar 2022 Workshop:R | Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health.
  • June 2021   Understanding Biomarker Science, Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center.
  • June 2019   Clinical Trial Design, Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center.
  • Nov 2018   Effectively Communicating Research, Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center

国連ガイドライン プロジェクトプロポーザル/UN Guidelines Project Proposal

国連ミッションレポート UN Mission Report

  • 2002 UNICEF 疾病・栄養サーベイランス・テクニカル・オフィサー Health Nutrition Surveillance Officer, UNICEF (ACO), Afghanistan.
  • 2002 Kazuko Yoshizawa. Acute Watery Diarrhea Diseases at Indira Gandhi Hospital, UNICEF ACO.
  • 2002 Kazuko Yoshizawa. Acute Watery Diarrhea Diseases in Kabul, UNICEF ACO.
  • 2000 Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ministry of Education, Myanmar.
  • 1999 Expert, JICA, Poverty Assessment Methodology for Women in Cambodia, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia.
  • 2001 Kazuko Yoshizawa, Aye Aye Mon Oo. Nutritional Status of Out-of-School Children in Selected Areas in Magway of Myanmar. JICA, and Ministry of Education of Myanmar. (2000 Expert, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Ministry of Education, Myanmar)
  • 2000 Researcher, Research Institute, JICA. Kazuko Yoshizawa. Research on poverty assessment methods and indicators focusing on nutrition, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Tokyo, 2000. Research on poverty assessment methods and nutrition indicators, JICA  栄養分野に焦点を当てた貧困評価手法と指標に係る調査研究 / 吉澤和子[著]. (2000 Researcher, JICA Research Institute, JICA, Poverty Assessment Methodology for Women in Cambodia, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia.)
  • 1999 JICA Expert, Poverty Assessment Methodology for Women in Cambodia, Ministry of Women’s Affairs, Cambodia. Kazuko Yoshizawa. Statistical Tables: Basic Characteristics, Lorenz Curves, and Food Expenditure Patterns for Selective Provinces in Cambodia. Ministry of Veterans’ and Women’s Affairs of Cambodia.

統計学手法 Statistical Skills

  • ANOVA; Logistic Regression
  • Statistical software: SAS

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アメリカ栄養学会会員
Harvard Almuniハーバード大学アルムナイ気候変動と環境グループメンバー
2020 Mar-2023 Feb 22 Course Completion of CITI Biomedical Research Investigators (The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative)  https://about.citiprogram.org/.