Associate Professor Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Contact: E-mail: mizumoto.kenji.5a(at)kyoto-u.ac.jp.SPAM (when you send me an e-mail, please replace (at) by @ and remove ".SPAM").
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Message and Research interests
Professional areas:
Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Area of interest:
Theoretical Epidemiology
Mathematical Statistics
Decision Science
Education
MPH, Tulane University, USA, 2005 (Public Health)
B.M., Kyoto University, Japan, 2006 (Medicine)
Ph.D., Nagasaki Univesity, Japan, 2014 (Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science)
Professional Experience (Research)
The University of Tokyo, Project Associate Professor (April/2014 - April/2016)
Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Medicine, Research Assistant Professor (May/2016 - Dec/2016)
Georgia State University, School of Publich Health, Distinguished International Visiting Scholar (Jan/2017 - Mar/2018)
Georgia State University, School of Publich Health, Clinical Assistant Professor (Apr/2018 - Nov/2018)
Kyoto University, Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Adjunct Assistant Professor (The Hakubi Project) (Dec/2018 - Aug/2021)
Kyoto University, The Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Assistant Professor (Tenure-track position) (Dec/2018 - Aug/2021)
Kyoto University, The Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Associate Professor (Sep/2021 - Present)
Chowell G, Dahal S, Bono R, Mizumoto K*.: Harnessing testing strategies and public health measures to avert COVID-19 outbreaks during ocean cruises. Sci Rep. 2021;11(1):15482. (doi:10.1038/s41598-021-95032-4.)[URL]
Akhmetzhanov AR, Mizumoto K, JungS, Linton NM, Omori R, Nishiura H.: Estimation of the Actual Incidence of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Emergent Hotspots: The Example of Hokkaido, Japan during February–March 2020. J Clin Med. 2021;10(11),2392. (doi:10.3390/jcm10112392)[URL]
Dahal S, Banda JM, Bento AI,Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Characterizing all-cause excess mortality patterns during COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. BMC Infect Dis. 2021;21:432. (doi:10.1186/s12879-021-06122-7)[URL]
Undurraga EA, Chowell G, Mizumoto K.: Case fatality risk by age from COVID-19 in a high testing setting in Latin America: Chile, March-May, 2020. Infect Dis Poverty. 2021;10(1):11. (doi:10.1186/s40249-020-00785-1)[URL]
Khare S, Dahal S, Luo R, Rothenbeg R, Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Stillbirth Risk during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Arizona, USA. Epidemiologia. 2020;1(1):23-30 (doi:10.3390/epidemiologia1010005)[URL]
Mizumoto K, Kagaya K, Chowell G.: Early epidemiological assessment of the transmission potential and virulence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Wuhan City: China, January-February, 2020. BMC Med. 2020;18(1):217. (doi:10.1186/s12916-020-01691-x.)[URL]
Munayco C*, Chowell G*,Tariq A, Undurraga EA, Mizumoto K.: Risk of death by age and gender from CoVID-19 in Peru, March-May, 2020. Aging : Aging (Albany NY) (by Medline/PubMed), Aging-US (by Web of Science). 2020;12:1945-4589. (doi:10.18632/aging.103687)[URL]
Shim E, Mizumoto K, Choi W, Chowell G.: Estimating the risk of COVID-19 death during the course of the outbreak in Korea, February- May, 2020. J Clin Med. 2020; E1641. (doi:10.3390/jcm9061641)[URL]
Oshitani H, the Experts Members of The National COVID-19 Cluster Taskforce at Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.: Cluster-based approach to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response in Japan—February–April 2020. Jpn J Infect Dis.2020. (doi:10.7883/yoken.JJID.2020.363.)[URL]
Mizumoto K*, Dahal S*, Chowell G.: Spatial variability in the risk of death from COVID-19 in 20 regions of Italy. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis.2020;24(8)829-837 (doi:10.5588/ijtld.20.0262.)
Mizumoto K, Kagaya K, Chowell G.: Effect of the Wet Market on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission dynamics in China, 2019-2020. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;97:96-101. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.080)[URL]
Omori R, Mizumoto K, Nishiura H.: Ascertainment rate of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan. Int J Infect Dis. 2020;S1201-9712(20)30292-7. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.080.)[URL]
Omori R, Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Changes in testing rates could mask the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) growth rate. Int J Infect Dis. 2020.pii: S1201-9712(20)30236-8. (doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2020.04.021)[URL]
Chowell G, Mizumoto K.: The COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: what might we expect? Lancet. 2020;395:1093-1094. Comment. (doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30743-1)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Chowell G: Transmission potential of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) onboard the diamond Princess Cruises Ship, 2020. Infect Dis Model. 2020;5:264-270. (doi:doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2020.02.003)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Estimating Risk for Death from 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease, China, January–February 2020. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(6):1251-1256. (doi:10.3201/eid2606.200233)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Kagaya K, Zarebski A, Chowell G: Estimating the asymptomatic proportion of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship, Yokohama, Japan, 2020. Euro Surveill. 2020;25(10). (doi: )[doi]
Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Temporary fertility decline after a large rubella outbreak, Japan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2020;26(6):1122-1129. (doi:10.3201/eid2606.181718)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Tariq A, Roosa K, Kong J, Yan P, Chowell G.: Spatial variability in the reproduction number of Ebola virus disease, Democratic Republic of the Congo, January–September 2019. Euro Surveill. 2019;24(42):pii=1900588. (doi: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.42.1900588.)[doi]
Suzuki A, Mizumoto K, Akhmetzhanov AR, Nishiura H.: Interaction Among Influenza Viruses A/H1N1, A/H3N2, and B in Japan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(21). (doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214179.)[doi]
Tariq A, Roosa K, Mizumoto K, Chowell G.: Assessing reporting delays and the effective reproduction number: The 2018-19 Ebola epidemic in DRC, May 2018-January 2019. Epidemics. 2019;26:128-133. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2019.01.003.)[doi]
Chowell G, Mizumoto K, Juan B, Silvestro P, Charles P.: Assessing the potential impact of vector-borne disease transmission following heavy rainfall events: A mathematical framework. Philosophical Transactions B. 2019;374:20180272. (doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0272.)[doi]
Dahal S, Mizumoto K, Bolin B, Viboud C, Chowell G.: Natality decline and Spatial Variation in Excess Death Rates During the 1918-1920 Influenza Pandemic in Arizona, USA. Am J Epidemiol. 2018;187:2577-2584. (doi:10.1093/aje/kwy146)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Kobayashi T, Chowell G: Transmission potential of modified measles during an outbreak, Japan, March–May 2018. Euro Surveill. 2018;23(24):pii=1800239. (doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.24.1800239)[doi]
Dahal S, Jenner M, Dinh L, Mizumoto K, Viboud C, Chowell G: Excess mortality patterns during 1918-1921 influenza pandemic in the state of Arizona,USA. Annals of Epidemiology. 2017;pii:S1047-2797:30682-8. (doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2017.12.005)[doi]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Asai Y: Assessing the transmission dynamics of measles in Japan, 2016. Epidemics. 2017;20:67-72. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.03.005.)[doi]
Dinh L, Chowell G, Mizumoto K, Nishiura H: Estimating the subcritical transmissibility of the Zika outbreak in the State of Florida, USA, 2016. Theor Biol Med Model. 2016;13:20. (doi: 10.1186/s12976-016-0046-1.)[doi]
Nah K, Mizumoto K, Miyamatsu Y, Yasuda Y, Kinoshita R, Nishiura H: Estimating risks of importation and local transmission of Zika virus infection. PeerJ. 2016;4:e1904. [journal]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Villamil-Gomez WE, Rodriguez-Morales AJ: Preliminary estimation of the basic reproduction number of Zika virus infection during Colombia epidemic, 2015-2016. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2016;14:274-6. (doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2016.03.016)[doi]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Rock KS, Yasuda Y, Kinoshita R, Miyamatsu Y: A theoretical estimate of the risk of microcephaly during pregnancy with Zika virus infection. Epidemics. 2016;15:66-70. (doi: 10.1016/j.epidem.2016.03.001.)[doi]
Nishiura H, Kinoshita R, Mizumoto K, Yasuda Y, Nah K: Transmission potential of Zika virus infection in the South Pacific. Int J Infect Dis. 2016;45:95-7. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2016.02.017.)[doi]
Nishiura H, Endo A, Saitoh M, Kinoshita R, Ueno R, Nakaoka S, Miyamatsu Y, Dong Y, Chowell G, Mizumoto K: Identifying determinants of heterogeneous transmission dynamics of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015: a retrospective epidemiological analysis. BMJ Open. 2016;6:e009936. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009936.)[doi]
Nishiura H, Miyamatsu Y, Mizumoto K: Objective Determination of End of MERS Outbreak, South Korea, 2015. Emerg Infect Dis. 2016;22:146-8. Letter (doi: 10.3201/eid2201.151383.)[doi]
Mizumoto K , Endo A, Chowell G, Miyamatsu Y, Saitoh M, Nishiura H: Real-time characterization of risks of death associated with the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) in the Republic of Korea, 2015. BMC Med. 2015;13. (doi: 10.1186/s12916-015-0468-3.)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Saitoh M, Chowell G, Miyamatsu Y, Nishiura H: Estimating the risk of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) death during the course of the outbreak in the Republic of Korea, 2015. Int J Infect Dis. 2015;39. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.08.005.)[doi]
Nishiura H, Kinoshita R, Miyamatsu Y,Mizumoto K: Investigating the immunizing effect of the rubella epidemic in Japan, 2012-14. Int J Infect Dis. 2015;38. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2015.07.006.)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Ejima K, Yamamoto T, Nishiura H: On the risk of severe dengue during secondary infection: A systematic review coupled with mathematical modeling. Journal of Vector Borne Diseases. 2014;51:153-64. [journal]
Nishiura H, Ejima K, Mizumoto K, Nakaoka S, Inaba H, Imoto S, Yamaguchi R, Saito MM: Cost-effective length and timing of school closure during an influenza pandemic depend on the severity. Theor Biol Med Model. 2014;11:5. (doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-11-5.)[doi]
Nishiura H, Ejima K, Mizumoto K: Missing information in animal surveillance of MERS-CoV. Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2014;14:100. Correspondence. (doi: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70699-6)[doi]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Ejima K: How to interpret the transmissibility of novel influenza A(H7N9): an analysis of initial epidemiological data of human cases from China. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2013;10:30. (doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-10-30)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Ejima K, Yamamoto T, Nishiura H: Vaccination and clinical severity: Is the effectiveness of contact tracing and case isolation hampered by past vaccination? International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2013;10:816-829. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph10030816)[doi]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K: Epidemiological determinants of successful vaccine development. International Journal of Medical Sciences. 2013;10:382-384 (doi: 10.7150/ijms.5689)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Yamamoto T, Nishiura H: Age-dependent estimates of the epidemiological impact of pandemic influenza (H1N1-2009) in Japan. Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine. 2013;2013:637064. (doi: 10.1155/2013/637064)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Nishiura H, Yamamoto T: Effectiveness of antiviral prophylaxis coupled with contact tracing in reducing the transmission of the influenza A (H1N1-2009): A systematic review. Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. 2013;10:4. (doi: 10.1186/1742-4682-10-4)[doi]
Mizumoto K, Yamamoto T, Nishiura H: Contact behaviour of children and parental employment behaviour during school closure against the pandemic influenza A (H1N1-2009) in Japan. The Journal of International Medical Research. 2013;41:716-724. (doi: 10.1177/0300060513478061)[doi]
Nishiura H, Mizumoto K, Ejima K, Zhong Y, Cowling BJ, Omori R: Incubation period as part of the case definition of severe respiratory illness caused by a novel coronavirus. Eurosurveillance. 2012;17:pii=20296. [journal]
Oral/Poster presentation in International Conference:
Poster, Nov 2017, EPIDEMIC 6, Sitges, Spain
Oral, Nov 2016, Innovative Mathematical Modeling for the Analysis of Infectious Disease Data(IMAID2016), Kobe, Japan
Oral, Jan 2016, The Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Control of Communicable Diseases, Rio de Janeiro
Poster, Nov 2015, EPIDEMIC 5, Florida, USA
Oral, Oct 2015, Innovative Mathematical Modeling for the Analysis of Infectious Disease Data(IMAID2015), Hokkaido, Japan
Oral, Aug 2015, the 5th China-Japan-Korea Colloquium on Mathematical Biology, Kyoto, Japan
Poster, Aug 2015,the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases , Atlanta, USA
Oral, July 2015, Society for Mathematical Biology, 2015 Annual Meeting and Conference, Atlanta, USA
Oral, Dec 2014, 12th International Conference on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand
Oral, July 2014, the Joint Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology and the Society for Mathematical Biology, Osaka, Japan
Oral, June 2014, ECMTB, Gothenberg, Sweden
Poster, Nov 2013, EPIDEMICS, Amsterdam, Netherland
Oral/Poster presentation in National Conference
Oral, Nov 2016, Research Institute for Mathematical Science, Kyoto, Japan
Oral, Nov 2016, The 75th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Public Health, Osaka, Japan
Oral, Sep 2016, The 2016 (26th) annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Fukuoka, Japan
Oral, May 2016, The 86th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Hygiene, Asahikawa, Japan
Oral, Mar 2016, The Annual Meeting of Biometric Society of Japan(2016), Tokyo, Japan
Oral, Sep 2015, Research Institute for Mathematical Science, Kyoto, Japan
Oral, Nov 2015, The 74th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Public Health in Nagasaki, Nagasaki, Japan
Oral, Oct 2014, Institute of Mathematics for Industry, Fukuoka, Japan
Oral, Sep 2014, Research Institute for Mathematical Science, Kyoto, Japan
Poster, Oct 2013, Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki, Japan
Oral, Oct 2013, the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology, Shizuoka, Japan
Grants/Awards
(Currency exchange rate: 100JPY= 1USD )
PI: SICORP (2021, JST), $45,000/1YRS
PI: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research（A） (2021-2023, JSPS), $108,000/3YRS
PI: J-RAPID (2020, JST), $45,500/1YRS
PI: Grant in Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General) (2020-2023, JSPS), $135,000/4YRS
PI: Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers, (2018-2022, JSPS), $240,000/5YRS
PI: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (2018-2020, JSPS), $32,000/3YRS
Overseas Scholarship, 2004, The Nakajima Foundation
Teaching
Instructor
Basic statistics (in English) (Undergraduate)
Spring 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Environmental hygienics (Basic epidemiology) (in English) (Undergraduate)
Fall 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Health Science and the Environment (Critically Reviewing an Epidemiologic Study) (in English) (Undergraduate)
Spring 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Life science (in English) (Undergraduate)
Spring 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Spring 2014 at The University of Tokyo
Environmental Management and Policy (in English) (Master/PhD)
Fall 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Fall 2014 at The University of Tokyo
Physical science (in English) (Undergraduate)
Spring 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Spring 2014 at The University of Tokyo
Fieldwork and case studies for health science (in English) (Undergraduate)
Spring 2015 at The University of Tokyo
Co-Instructor
Global Survivability Risk Management (Master/PhD)
(Scheduled)Fall 2020 at Kyoto University
Fall 2019 at Kyoto University
Hygienics (Undergraduate)
Spring 2016 at Hokkaido University
Lecturer
"How to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak", 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Japan Epidemiological Association, Feb 2020, Japan
"Excess Mortality"(in English), Infectious Disease Modeling Seminar, Aug 2016, Japan
"Who mixes with whom? WAIFW Matrix", Infectious Disease Modeling Seminar, Aug 2015, Japan
Workshop on the problems in quake-hit areas hosted by Public Health Career Network (PHCN), Mar 2011, Tokyo, Japan
Training Seminar for translators working for foreign patients hosted by Association of Nagano Prefecture for Promoting International Exchange, Nagano, Japan, Dec 2009, Nagano Japan
"Community medicine"&"Community healthcare, Department of Health Science Nagano College of Nursing, Dec 2009, Nagano, Japan
Study session on medical care of the elderly for care workers, Saku Central Hospital, Dec 2009, Nagano, Japan
Other teaching experiences
Teaching Assistant, Infectious Disease Modeling Seminar, Aug 2016, Japan
Teaching Assistant, Infectious Disease Modeling Seminar, Aug 2015, Japan
Teaching Assistant, Infectious Disease Modeling Seminar, Aug 2014, Japan
Teaching Assistant, Seminar for future infectious diseases specialist in 2012 hosted by MHLW, Jan 2012, Tokyo, Japan
Teaching Assistant, Workshop on Evidence Based Medicine (EBM), Sep 2007, Tottori, Japan
Workshop Participation
Practical introduction to Bayesian Analysis using WinBUGS, Center for Medical Statistics, Jan 2016, Japan
Spring Seminar, The Behaviormetric Society of Japan, Mar 2015, Japan
Short Course on Practical Pharmacoepidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Sep 2013, UK
Short Course on Mathematical Modeling and Influenza Vaccination Strategy, The University of Hong Kong, June 2011, Hong Kong
