Publications

Alruwaili, M., Mitchell, G., & Lohan, M. (2025). Postgraduate healthcare students’ experiences of studying abroad: A systematic review. International Journal of Educational Research Open, 9, Article 100484. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedro.2025.100484

Lohan, M., Brennan-Wilson, A., Bradshaw, M., Bastien, S., Banati, P., Garry, J., Lopez Gomez, A., Moreau, C., Yu, C., Mmari, K., Rahman, M., Kabiru, C. W., & Tomlinson, M. (2025). Global research priority-setting exercise on the sexual and reproductive health and rights of young adolescents. The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, Volume 9, Issue 10, 2025, Pages 724-734,.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(25)00190-7

Masaki Takahashi, Reo Takaku, Toyo Ashida, Yoko Ibuka. (2025). Public investment on health and voter responses: Evidence from the mass vaccination during COVID-19. European Journal of Political Economy, Volume 89, 2025, 102718, ISSN 0176-2680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2025.102718.

Aminu Kende Abubakar, Phuong The Nguyen, Mahbubur Rahman. (2025).  Differences in Cancer and All-Cause Mortality among Non-Hispanic Black American Adults by Nativity and Duration of Residence in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2025) 34 (8): 1341–1349.; https://doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-25-0113

Nguyen PT, Ryota Nakamura, Hideyasu Shimadzu, Aminu Kende Abubakar, Phuong Mai Le, Huy Van Nguyen, Hoa L. Nguyen, Motohiro Sato, Ayako Honda, Stuart Gilmour. (2025) Progress and inequality in child immunization in 38 African countries, 2000–2030: A spatio-temporal Bayesian analysis at national and sub-national levels. PLoS Med 22(7): e1004664. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004664

Garry, J., Tomlinson, M., & Lohan, M. (2025). Can AI identify crucial health-related research questions? University World News. https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025071606472680&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GLNL0841

Md Mizanur Rahman, Rashedul Islam, Ryota Nakamura, Motohiro Sato et al.  World Health Organization. (‎2025)‎. Evidence gaps on unmet health and social care needs in the WHO South-East Asia region: research report. World Health Organization. https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/381778. License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO

Nguyen PT, Tanaka S, Fukui K, et al. (2025). Patterns of birth cohort-specific smoking histories in Japan, 1910–2050: a shift towards younger people?. Tobacco Control Published Online First: 01 July 2025. doi: 10.1136/tc-2024-059262

Md Mizanur Rahman, Haruka Sakamoto, Sabera Sultana, Miho Sassa, Md Ashraful Alam, Kenji Shibuya. (2025). Reversing fertility decline in Japan with foreign pro-natalist policies, 1990–2035: a systematic review and secondary data analysis, The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, Volume 59, June 2025, 101596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101596

Takashi Oshio. (2025). “Social Determinants of Health” by Iwanami Shoten

Neeser, N. B., Feng, X., Yang, W., Ping, R., Bai, X., & Wangmo, T. (2025). Future Care Planning for and by Older Adults Living in the Community: A Scoping Review. Research on Aging, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/01640275251348582

Garry, J., Tomlinson, M., & Lohan, M. (2025). The potential role of AI in research priority setting exercises. Journal of Global Health, 15, Article 03019. https://doi.org/10.7189/jogh.15.03019

Thomas Rouyard, Emilie Yoda, Katika Akksilp, Anna Valeria Dieterich, Sarin Kc, Saudamini Vishwanath Dabak, Andre Matthias Müller. (2025). Effects of workplace interventions on sedentary behaviour and physical activity: an umbrella review with meta-analyses and narrative synthesis. The Lancet Public Health, 10(4), e295-e308.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(25)00038-6

Thomas Rouyard, Emilie Yoda, Ryota Nakamura, Michiko Moriyama, Masako Ii, Maham Stanyon, Mei Endo, Koki Nakamura, Satoshi Kanke, Ryuki Kassai. (2025). Overcoming barriers to primary care research in Japan: a call to action. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific, Volume 56, March 2025, 101523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101523

Hiroki Kato, Tsuyoshi Goto, Youngrok Kim. (2025). Tax-price elasticities of charitable giving and selection of reporting: panel study of South Korea. Oxford Economic Papers, gpaf002,  https://doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpaf002

Katika Akksilp, Thomas Rouyard, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Ryota Nakamura, Falk Müller-Riemenschneider, Yot Teerawattananon, Cynthia Chen. (2025). The Physical Activity at Work (PAW) Program in Thai Office Workers: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation Study. JMIR Formative Research, 9, e57604.  https://formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e57604

Masako Ii. (2024). Quality and Cost of Health Care in Japan: Importance of Visualization and Provision of Information. Kenko-hoken(Health Insurance, Dec. 2024). https://www.kenporen.com/include/monthly/kenko_hoken/pdf/202412_kenko_hoken.pdf

Masako Ii. (2024). The Necessity of Visualizing the Cost and Quality of Health Care. Financial views (12/11/2024). https://financial-views.com/81-2/

Hiroki Kato, Shusaku Sasaki, Fumio Ohtake. (2024). Adding nudge-based reminders to financial incentives for promoting antibody testing and vaccination to prevent the spread of rubella. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 113, 102300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2024.102300.

Ruru Ping. (2024). Evaluating the impacts of integrating health and social care systems on social care use among older adults with chronic diseases in China. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 1(4), 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100082

Sayuri Fujita-Imazu, Stuart Gilmour, Yijing Wang, Jinzhao Xie, Bibha Dhungel, Xinran Wang, Phuong Nguyen, July Khin Maung Soe, Erika Ota, Nushrat Alam Biva, Jinghua Li. (2024). The effect of drugs and guns on life expectancy in the United States, 2000–2020. Public Health, 237, 193-197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.09.029

Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Yi Wang, Budsadee Soboon, Kriang Tungsanga, Ryota Nakamura, Hwee Lin Wee, Siobhan Botwright, Wannisa Theantawee, Jutatip Laoharuangchaiyot, Thanakrit Mongkolchaipak, Thanisa Thathong, Pritaporn Kingkaew, Yot Teerawattananon. (2024). An empirical study looking at the potential impact of increasing cost-effectiveness threshold on reimbursement decisions in Thailand. Health Policy and Technology, 13(6), 100927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlpt.2024.100927

Ruru Ping, Bo Hu, Takashi Oshio. (2024). Evaluating the impact of a pilot programme for home- and community-based services on long-term care needs among older adults in China. PLOS ONE, 19(11). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311616

Akter S, Rahman MM, Rouyard T, Aktar S, Nsashiyi RS, Nakamura R. (2024).  A systematic review and network meta-analysis of population-level intervention to tackle smoking behaviour. Nature Human Behaviour, 8, 2367–2391. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-02002-7.

Hiroko Taniguchi, Md Mizanur Rahman, Ashraf Hussain, Shuhei Nomura, Ganan Devanathan, Masahiro Hashizume. (2024). Progress and scenario-based projections of health service availability and coverage towards UHC in the post-conflict and post-pandemic Iraq: a Bayesian hierarchical regression approach. BMJ Open, 14(9), e080492. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/9/e080492

Takashi Oshio, Ruru Ping. (2024). Can cessation of caregiving for parents relieve family caregivers’ psychological distress? A longitudinal study using 17-wave nationwide survey data in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology, https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20240190

Courtney Coile, . . . , Takashi Oshio, et al..(2024).  Social security and retirement around the world: lessons from a long-term collaboration. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 24(1):8-30. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474747223000215

Nhan Thi Ho, Sarah Krull Abe, Md Shafiur Rahman, Rashedul Islam, Eiko Saito, Prakash C Gupta, Mangesh S Pednekar, Norie Sawada, Shoichiro Tsugane, Akiko Tamakoshi, Takashi Kimura, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yu-Tang Gao, Woon-Puay Koh, . . . , Paolo Boffetta. (2024). Diabetes is associated with increased liver cancer incidence and mortality in adults: A report from Asia Cohort Consortium. International journal of cancer, 155(5), 854-870. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.34965

Asako Chiba, Taisuke Nakata, Thuy Linh Nguyen, Reo Takaku. (2024). COVID-19 risk perceptions in Japan: a cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 14(1).  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67741-z

Reo Takaku, Naohisa Shobako, Taisuke Nakata. (2024). Three years of COVID-19-related school restrictions and mental health of children and adolescents in Japan. Scientific Reports, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67138-y