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Akira Sekikawa, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Department of Epidemiology, GSPH
130 North Bellefield Avenue, Suite 546
Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
Voice: 412-624-3225
E-mail: akira@pitt.edu

Education & Training
  • University of Pittsburgh - PhD, 1999
  • University of Pittsburgh - M.P.H., 1996
  • Yamagata University - PhD, 1990
  • Tohoku University - MD, 1983
Research Interests
  • Cardiovascular Epidemiology
  • Diabetes Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology and Prevention
  • Epidemiology in Japanese populations
Research Supports
    Principal Investigator

    • Epidemiology of CHD of Men Aged 40+ in US, Hawaii, Japan (2003-2007) R01 HL068200-01A1 NIH/NHLBI


    • A population-based study of intima media thickness of the carotid artery in Koreans as compared with Americans and the Japanese (2005-2007) University of Pittsburgh


    • Epidemiology of subclinical atherosclerosis evaluated by EBCT and risk factors in men in the post World War II birth cohorts in the US and Japan (2001-2003) American Heart Association Beginning Grant in Aid Award

    Co-Principal Investigator

    • Epidemiology and Internet (2000-2004) NIH/NLM
Honors
  • Fellow, Council of Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart Association, 2001
  • University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Scientific Award, 2001
  • Delta Omega Society, 1999
  • Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Award, 1991

Recent Refereed Publications (1999-2005)

Dodge HH, Kadowaki T, Hayakawa T, Yamakawa M, Sekikawa A, Ueshima H. Cognitive Impairment as a Strong Predictor of Incident Disability in Specific ADL-IADL Tasks Among Community-Dwelling Elders: The Azuchi Study. Gerontologist. 2005; 45:222-30.

Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Zaky WR, Kadowaki T, Edmundowicz D, Okamura T, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Nakamura Y, Egawa K, Kanda H, Kashiwagi A, Kita Y, Maegawa H, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Nishio Y, Tamaki S, Ueno Y, Kuller LH. Much lower prevalence of coronary calcium detected by electron-beam computed tomography among men aged 40-49 in Japan than in the US, despite a less favorable profile of major risk factors. Intl J Epidemiol 2005; 34: 73-79.

Makimoto K, Ashida N, Qureshi N, Tsuchida T, Sekikawa A. Development of nosocominal outbreak investigation database. J Hosp Inf 2005: 59; 215-9

Takamiya T, Zaky WR, Edmundowics D, Kadowaki T, Ueshima H, Kuller LH, Sekikawa A. WHO-defined Metabolic Syndrome Is a Better Predictor of Coronary Calcium than ATPIII Criteria in American Men Age 40-49. Diabetes Care 2004; 27: 2977-9.

Sekikawa A, Hayakawa T. Prevalence of hypertension, its awareness and control in adult population in Japan J Human Hypertens 2004; 18: 911-2

Sekikawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, Kanda H, Edmundowicz D, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Electron-beam computed tomography for identification of high-risk persons in primary prevention of coronary heart disease in the United States and its implication for Japan. Jpn J Pub Health 2003; 50: 189-93 (in Japanese).

Sa E, Sekikawa A, Linkov F, Lovalekar M, LaPorte RE. Open source model for global collaboration in higher education. Intl J Med Inform 2003; 71: 165

Sekikawa A, Horiuchi BY, Edmundowicz D, Ueshima H, Curb JD, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Kashiwagi A, Mitsunami K, Murata K, Nakamura Y, Rodriguez BL, Kuller LH. A "natural experiment" in cardiovascular epidemiology in the early 21st century. Heart 89:255-7;2003

LaPorte RE, Linkov F, Villasenor T, Sauer F, Gamboa C, Lovalekar M, Shubnikov E, Sekikawa A, Sa E. Papyrus to PowerPoint (P2P): Metamorphosis of scientific communication. Brit Med J 325:1478-1481;2002.

LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Sa E, Linkov F, Lovalekar M. Whisking research into classroom (infopoints). Brit Med J 324; 99: 2002.

Sekikawa A, Satoh T, Hayakawa T, Ueshima H, Kuller LH. Coronary heart disease mortality among men aged 35-44 by prefecture in Japan in 1995-1999 and its comparison with that among white men aged 35-44 by state in the United States in 1995-1998: Vital statistics data in recent birth cohort. Jpn Cir J 65:887-894:2001.

LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Dearwater S, Sekikawa A, Sa E, Aaron DJ, Shubnikov E. Towards an internet civil defense against bioterrorism. Lancet Inf Dis 1:125-127;2001.

Sekikawa A, Aaron D, Acosta B, Sa ER, LaPorte RE. Does the perception of downloading speed influence the evaluation of web-based lectures? Public Health 115:152-156; 2001.

Satoh T, Sekikawa A. Mortality from ischemic heart disease corrected for mortality from heart failure using the WHO method: geographic variation in mortality from ischemic heart disease in Japan. Jpn Med J 4004:26-30;2001 (in Japanese).

Ze Y, Shoubnikov E, Acosta B, Sekikawa A, Furuse N, Lee V. Leapfrogging the Digital Divide {eLetter}. Brit Med J 2001; http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/322/7287/627#EL14

Acosta B, Sekikawa A, Sa E, LaPorte RE. Evolution of scientific communication. Food Sci Tech Int 7:183-84;2001.

Sekikawa A, Ueshima H, Satoh T, Kuller LH. Rise in mortality from coronary heart disease among post World War II birth cohorts in Japan? {letter} Epidemiology 11:738 : 2000.

Sekikawa A. Screening for diabetes mellitus at workplace {letter} Jpn J Pub Health 47;375, 2000.

Sekikawa A, Eguchi H, Tominaga M, Igarashi K, Abe T,Manaka H,Sasaki H,Fukuyama H,Kato T,Kihohara Y, Fujishima M. Prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural area of Japan, the Funagata diabetes study. J Diab Complications 14: 78-83; 2000.

Sekikawa A, Kuller LH. Striking variation in CHD mortality in the United States among black and white women aged 45-54 by state J Women Health Gender based Med 9: 545-558; 2000.

Sekikawa A, Kuller LH. Trend analysis of age-adjusted and age-specific mortality {letter} Euro J Epidemiol 16: 305-306; 2000.

Sekikawa A, Sa ER, Acosta B, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Sharing health information via the internet in developed and developing countries alike: Supercourse mirror sites {letter}. Lancet 355: 2000; 2000.

Randolph MGLM, LaPorte RE, Sauer F, Sekikawa A, Sa ER, Aaron D, Acosta B. Advanced classroom learning through civilian-military shareware. Mil Med 165: 714-15; 2000.

Sauer F, LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Aaron D, Acosta B, Sa ER. Portal to Prevention: Towards Increasing "Prevention Literacy" in the USAF {letter} Avi Space Environ Med 71: 1166-67: 2000.

Acosta-Cazares B, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Sa ER, Rico-Verdin B, LaPorte RE. El Supercurso de Epidemiologia: un ejemplo de collaboration multinacional. Gac Sanit 14: 71-72; 2000 (in Spanish).

LaPorte RE, Randolph LH Jr., Sauer F, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ. Information Dominance over Disease. {letter} Lancet 355: 1370; 2000.

Supercourse Faculty. Global Cooperation in Higher Education: Supercourse. Nat Med 6: 358; 2000.

Sauer F, Randolph L, Akazawa S, Sekikawa A, Aaron D. LaPorte R e-Prevention. Telemedicine Today 8:23-25;2000.

Sekikawa A, Randolph L, Sa E, Acosta B, Aaron D, Sauer F, LaPorte RE. Problem: Boring Web Lectures. Solution: New Web Formats. Brit Med J 2000 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/320/7232/432.

Sekikawa A, Suyama A, Yahata K, Tamashiro H, Aaron DJ, LaPorte RE. Supercourse model for we-based education in health. Jpn J Comp Sci. 6: 55-58; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Kuller LH. Coronary Heart Disease Mortality in the United States Among Black and White Men 35-44 Years Old by State. CVD Prevention 2: 212-221; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Ueshima H, Park JE, Suh I, Jee SH, Lee HK, Pan WH. Trends of mortality from coronary heart disease in the post World War II birth cohorts aged 35-44 in men in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, and a comparison with the United States. Intl J Epidemol 28: 1044-49; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Eguchi H, Igrashi K, Tominaga M, Abe T, Fukuyama H, Kato T. Waist to hip ratio, body mass index, and glucose intolerance from Funagata population-based diabetes survey in Japan. Tohoku J Exp Med 189: 11-20; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Eguchi H. One future direction of diabetes epidemiology in Japan. J Epidemiol 9;355, 1999.

Global Health Network Supercourse Faculty. The Global Health Network Supercourse: Epidemiology, the Internet and Global Health. Telmed J 5: 303-7; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Kuller LH. Why heart disease mortality is low in France - Miscoding may explain Japan's low mortality from coronary heart disease. {Letter} Brit Med J 319: 255; 1999.

Sekikawa A, Eguchi H, Tominaga M, Manaka H, Sasaki H, Chang YF, Kato T. Evaluating the prevalence of type 2 diabetes reported by the Oguni registry, using a two-sample model of capture-recapture methods. Intl J Epidemiol 28: 498-501, 1999.

Tominaga M, Eguchi H, Igarashi K, Manaka H, Kato T, Sekikawa A. IGT is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but not IFG. Diabetes Care 22: 920-924, 1999.

Sekikawa A, Satoh T. Experience of Internet-based distance learning on epidemiology. Medical Education 30: 55-59, 1999 (in Japanese).

Sekikawa A, Nishimura R, Satoh T. Supercourse - web-based learning modules on Epidemiology, Global Health, and the Internet. Public Health Practice 63: 219-222, 1999 (in Japanese).

Tamashiro H, Oshima T, Takahashi S, LaPorte RE, Sekikawa A, Satoh T. An Internet-based "distance" learning for health, environment and sustainable development "distance learning without a frontier. Jpn J Pub Health. 46; 130-3, 1999 (in Japanese).

Ochi G, Shirakawa Y, Asahi S, Toriba M, Sekikawa A, LaPorte RE. Information transmission through the Internet for the Preparedness against Venomous Snakes in the Aftermath of Cambodian Flood in 1997. Jpn J Disaster Med 4;1999.

Acosta B, Sekikawa A, Aaron DJ, Sa E, LaPorte RE. Breaking the language barrier. Web. Brit Med J 1999. http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/313/7067/1264/b#EL1

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