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Mariko Kanamori

PhD, MPH, DVM

ORCID id: 0000-0001-8733-1336

Visiting researcher (JSPS postdoctoral research fellow), Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University
Visiting researcher, Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Visiting Associate Professor, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Japan
Member of a working group of One Welfare Phoenix
Research fields: Social epidemiology, Public Health

Doctor of Philosophy, the University of Tokyo, 2022.
— My doctoral dissertaion is available here.
The impact of rural context on suicide mortality and its potential mechanisms: A Swedish registry-based multilevel cohort study focusing on country of birth
Master of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, 2018
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, 2015

Jan 2022 12th (FY2021) IKUSHI Prize by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This is the most prestigious award for doctoral students in all academic fields in Japan. The Japanese Emperor encourage the awarded students. Research theme: Identifying the social determinants of suicide in rural areas and developing a community empowerment model for suicide prevention. For more detail: https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ikushi-prize/index.html
Dec 2022 Most viewed on J-Stage.
Kanamori M., Kondo N., Nakamura Y. (2021). Infant mortality rates for farming and unemployed households in the Japanese prefectures: An ecological time trend analysis, 1999-2017. J Epidemiol., 31: 43–51. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20190090
Apr 2022 TOP CITED ARTICLE 2020-2021 in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Kanamori, M. and Kondo, N. (2020), Suicide and Types of Agriculture: A Time-Series Analysis in Japan. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 50: 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12559
Apr 2020 TOP DOWNLOADED PAPER 2018-2019 in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. Among work published between January 2018 and December 2019, this paper received some of the most downloads in the 12 months following online publication. Here is the link to the awarded paper:
Kanamori, M. and Kondo, N. (2020), Suicide and Types of Agriculture: A Time-Series Analysis in Japan. Suicide Life Threat Behav, 50: 122-137. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12559

Feb 2026 – current Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University)
Apr 2022 – Jan 2026 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University)
Sep 2019 Visiting Researcher, Stockholm University
Apr 2019 – Mar 2022 Doctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (the University of Tokyo)
Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 Researcher, Japan Agency for Gerontological Evaluation Study
Apr 2015 – Mar 2017 Clinical Veterinarian, Hokkaido Higashi Nogyo Kyosai Kumiai (Agricultural Insurance Association)

2022-2025 Research Grant. the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2019-2022 Research Grant. the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2018-19 Travel Grant and Small Grant. Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders (GCL). the University of Tokyo
2018 Research Grant. the Health Care Science Institute. Japan
2018 Research Grant. Seseragi foundation. Japan

2026-2028 Overseas Research Fellowships-RRA, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2025-2027 Overseas Research Fellowships, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (I declined the offer after I was awarded because I chose another fellowship)
2022-2026 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2019-2022 Research fellow, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2018-2022 Qualified student, Graduate Program for Social ICT Global Creative Leaders (GCL), the University of Tokyo
2018-2020 Tuition fee exemption, the University of Tokyo

BMJ Public Health, Journal of Affective Disorders, JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Plos One, BMC Public Health, BMC Psychiatry, BMC Health Services Research, SSM – Population Health – , International Journal of Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Health Research, BMJ Open.

2021 Guest lecture, Public Health Sciences course. Department of Nutrition, Kanagawa Prefectural University of Health and Welfare. Presentation title: Food and Ecosystems: Environmental Background of Health and Nutrition in Japan. (2×90-minute sessions)
2025 Guest lecture, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Japan.