Mariko Kanamori Guest Researcher
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Name and title: Mariko KanamoriGuest Researcher
ORCID0000-0001-8733-1336 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of Public Health Sciences Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room A4500Albanovägen 12 Plan 5
Postal address Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap106 91 Stockholm
About me
I am an early-career researcher specializing in social epidemiology and public health and am also a qualified veterinarian. I was awarded a postdoctoral research fellowship by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and have been visiting the Department of Public Health Sciences since 2023 (with plans to stay through 2027). My primary research interests focus on how community contexts impact the mental health of residents, with a particular emphasis on rural areas, farmers, and migrants. I am also interested in human-animal relationships and working on a project focusing on dog ownership.
I previously visited this department in 2019 to conduct part of my doctoral research. My doctoral project focused on urban-rural inequalities in suicide and its underlying social structure, and as a result of this work, I was awarded the IKUSHI Prize, the most prestigious award for doctoral students across all academic fields in Japan. I had the great honor of being encouraged by Emperor of Japan, and I appreciate the excellent research environment this department offers (additional details are available here) .
Currently, in Japan, I have a base at the Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University. I am also a Guest Associate Professor at the School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, and a Collaborator at the Department of Social Epidemiology, Kyoto University.
Education background
- Doctor of Philosophy, the University of Tokyo, 2022
- Master of Public Health, the University of Tokyo, 2018
- Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, 2015
Research topics
- How do urban-rural social inequalities affect the mental health of residents?
- How do some industrial structures of agriculture affect health of farmers?
- Mental health among migrants in rural areas
- The impact of gender norms on mental health
- Human and animal relationships
On my website, I publish commentary articles related to my key publications (https://mariko-kanamori.moo.jp/en/). For each paper addressing the above topics, I introduce the research findings to the public. Most of the contents is in Japanese, through some articles are available in English. As of December 2024, these articles have collectively received more than 12,000 views.