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（Last updated : 2025-12-02 12:52:07）

NITTA Yumiko
Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences

Professor

■ Present specialized field

●Specialized field
Integrative animal science, Hygiene and public health, Environmental impactassessment, Environmental remodeling
●Keyword
environmental evaluation, epidemiology, experimental animal, pathology, radiation, wildlife,
●The main research themes
1.	evaluation of the contamination of Cadmium in the wildlife of the Hiroshima wide area urban districts.
2.	Age-dependent contributions of neck circumference indices to obesity and metabolic syndrome.
3.	Nutritional and toxicologic research of the oysters (Crassostrea gigas) in Japan.
4.	A model to visualize the influence of Mn mine over the mammals in Satoyama
●Capable of joint research and research consultation content

■ Academic background

1.	1978/04～1982/03	Yamaguchi University Faculty of Agriculture Department of Veterinary Medicine Graduated Bachelor of Agrisulture
2.	1982/04～1984/03	Yamaguchi University Graduate School, Division of Agriculture Course of Veterinary Medicine〔Master degree program〕 Completed Master of Agriculture
3.	1988/04～1992/03	Graduate School, Hiroshima University Graduate School, Division of Medical Sciences Pathology〔Doctoral course〕 Completed Ph.D.
4.	2004/04～2006/03	The Open University of Japan Graduate School, Division of Cultural Studies Education development program〔Master degree program〕 Completed Master of Academic
5.	2018/04～2022/03	Graduate School, The Open University of Japan Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Ph.D. Program, Division of Natural Sciences〔Doctoral course〕 Completed Ph.D.

■ Qualification and license

1.	2017/08/17	Trap Hunting License
2.	2017/11/20	Narcotics researcher

■ Research activities

1.	2020/03～	Environmental Information Science
2.	2021/02～	Japanese Society of Phychosomatic Medicine
3.	2023/09～	∟ delegate
4.	2021/07～	Japan Geriatrics Society
5.	2022/06～	The Japanese Society for Magnecium and Calcium Research

■ Business career

1.	2011/04～2017/03	Kindai University
2.	2017/04～	Hiroshima shudo University The Faculty of Health Sciences Professor

■ Book and thesis

1.	Book	The National Elementary schools at that time in Hiroshima. (Collaboration) 2005/11
2.	Book	ICS1236. Radiation and Homeostasis, Sugahara T. (ed) (Collaboration) 2002
3.	Book	Molecular Mechanisms for Radiation−induced Cellular Response and Cancer Development. Tanaka K., Takabatake T., Fujukawa K., Matsumoto T., & Sato F., (Eds.) (Collaboration) 2002
4.	Book	Brest cancer resistance (Collaboration) 1999/05
5.	Book	Pathology of aging rat (Vol.2), Albercht J. (ed) (Collaboration) 1994
6.	Thesis	Sequel: Adaptation of nutria　(Myocastor coypus) , an invasive alien species, to manganese (Mn) soils. (Collaboration) 2025/09
7.	Thesis	Correlation between the weight of eye lens and cadmium (Cd) in kidney of wild nutria (Myocastor coypus) (Collaboration) 2025/07
8.	Thesis	A model to visualize the influence of abandoned manganese (Mn) mine over the mammals in satoyama (Collaboration) 2024/09
9.	Thesis	Thinking about the safety and security of pesticide and medicine (Collaboration) 2024/09
10.	Thesis	Prediction of bone density loss after 1 year by general medical examination in postmenopausal women (Collaboration) 2024/06
11.	Thesis	A model of biological Accumulation of Environmental Pollution in Satoyama by Wild Raccoon Dogs (Nyctereutes procynoides) (Collaboration) 2024/02
12.	Thesis	Relationship between the characteristics of Parkinsonian lumbago and efficacy of Neurotropin. (Collaboration) 2023/12
13.	Thesis	Correlation between the canine tooth cementum incremental line and Cadmium(Cd) in kidney of wild raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) (Collaboration) 2023/07
14.	Thesis	Measurements of Mg in the ecosystem of HiroshimaRegional Urban Area. (Collaboration) 2023/02
15.	Thesis	Sequel: Research on the domestication of a perilla (Perilla citriodora) (Collaboration) 2022/09
16.	Thesis	Age estimation of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procynoides) by the morphometry of cranium (Collaboration) 2022/07
17.	Thesis	Evaluation of the environmental heavy metals and their circulation in the Hiroshima Regional Urban Area (Single) 2022/03
18.	Thesis	Bean sprouts (Pisum sativum L.) accumulate cadmium (Cd) in their foliage (Single) 2022/02
19.	Thesis	Research on the domestication of a perilla (Perilla citriodora) (Collaboration) 2021/09
20.	Thesis	Sequel: The national elementary school　いんHiroshima at tat time; Focusing on teh A-bombed trees at schools (Collaboration) 2021/02
21.	Thesis	Wildlife as a Biomonitoring Model of Terrestrial Cadmium (Cd): Kidneys of Female Wildlife Reflecting the Environmental Cd. (Collaboration) 2020/10
22.	Thesis	Bean sprouts (Pisa sativum L.) accumulate cadmium (Cd) in their foliage. (Single) 2020/09
23.	Thesis	Wildlife as the bioindicator of terrestrial cadmium distribution in an urban districts. (Collaboration) 2020/07
24.	Thesis	Pteridophytes in the Hiroshima wide-area urban districts concentrates cadmium (Cd) in their leaf and stem (Single) 2020/02
25.	Thesis	Relationship between characteristics of genetic study and essential thrombocythemia in aged patients. a case report. (Collaboration) 2019/10
26.	Thesis	Relationship between the characteristics of therapy goat and children and older people. (Collaboration) 2019/10
27.	Thesis	Oyster (Crassostrea Gigas) in the Hiroshima wide-area urban districts concentrate cadmium (Cd) in their shells. (Single) 2019/09
28.	Thesis	The measurement of wildlife exposure to Cadmium contributes to assess its contamination in the Hiroshima wide area urban districts and the human health. (Collaboration) 2019/07
29.	Thesis	Impacts of High-Resolution and High-Cut Music Box Audio on Balance (Collaboration) 2019/04
30.	Thesis	Evaluation of the contamination of Cadmium in the wildlife of a western part of Japan (Single) 2019/02
31.	Thesis	Relationship between Acceleration Plethysmography and Headphone High-Resolution Music Box Audio. (Collaboration) 2018/10
32.	Thesis	Concentrations of zinc (Zn) and cadmium (Cd) in wild meat of birds and beast (givier) around Hiroshima area. (Collaboration) 2018/07
33.	Thesis	Impact of Tai Chi Balance in healthy young adults. (Collaboration) 2018/02
34.	Thesis	Age-dependednt contribution of neck circumference to indices of obesity among female college students aged 18 to 20 years. (Collaboration) 2017/12
35.	Thesis	Effect of Joyful and Anxiety-Provoking Music on Autonomic Nervous System Function (Collaboration) 2017/04
36.	Thesis	Epidemiological study of eating habit of middle aged and elderly women; Mihara and Hiroshima questionnaire study (Collaboration) 2017/04
37.	Thesis	Influences of High-Resolution Music Box Sounds on the Peripheral Vascular System (Collaboration) 2016/12
38.	Thesis	Psychological Stressor Affects Autonomic Cardiovascular Function and Peripheral Circulation (Collaboration) 2016/12
39.	Thesis	Relationship between the Characteristics of Lumbago of Parkinson's Disease and Efficacy of Neurotropin in Aged Patient (Collaboration) 2016/12
40.	Thesis	An evidence of high concentration of zinc at the habitat of oysters in the northean part of Hiroshima Bay (Collaboration) 2016/07
41.	Thesis	Association of changes in neck circumference with cardiometabolic risk in postmenopausal healthy women. (Collaboration) 2016/06
42.	Thesis	Changes in plasma triiodothyronine, thyroxine, and thyroid-stimulating hormone after ¹³¹I irradiation of newborn rats fed with iodine deficient diet. (Collaboration) 2016/05
43.	Thesis	Effects of high-resolution audio misic box sound on EEG. (Collaboration) 2016/04
44.	Thesis	Nutritional Analysis of Oysters Cultivated in the Northern Hiroshima Bay Region: Implications for Aquaculture Environment and Public Health. (Collaboration) 2015/07
45.	Thesis	Neck circumference has possibly as a predictor for metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. (Collaboration) 2014/12
46.	Thesis	Comparison of Peripheral Circulation and Metabolism between Summer and Winter in Middle-Aged and Elderly Females. (Collaboration) 2014/01
47.	Thesis	Thermographic study on the preservability of heat effects of footbath with salt. (Collaboration) 2014/01
48.	Thesis	Changes in Bone Mineral Density and Metabolism in Women: Evaluation of Bodily characteristics, bone metabolic markers and bone mineral density. (Collaboration) 2013/03
49.	Thesis	Usefulness of the touchpanel-type dementia assessment scale( TDAS) and evaluation of correlation between hemoglobin A1c and RDAS in middle-aged and older women. (Collaboration) 2013/03
50.	Thesis	Case study of V-P shunt surgery for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus with rigidity and tremor. (Collaboration) 2011/12
51.	Thesis	New dopamine agonist pramipexole improves Parkinsonism and depression in Parkinson's disease. (Collaboration) 2011/12
52.	Thesis	Study on epigenetic differences of monozygotic twin atomic bomb survivors in Hiroshima. (Collaboration) 2011/12
53.	Thesis	Clinical characteristics of anhedonia in Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease. (Collaboration) 2011/09
54.	Thesis	Alcohol-induced persistent mild cognitive impairment with successful withdrawal from alcohol dependence, a case report. (Collaboration) 2011/03
55.	Thesis	Case study of successful surgery for chronic subdural hematoma associated with Alzheimer's disease recovering warfarin. (Collaboration) 2011/01
56.	Thesis	Relationship between characteristics of dementia and progressive supranuclear palsy in the elderly. (Collaboration) 2010/10
57.	Thesis	Relationship between characteristics of family case and Alzheimer's disease in the elderly. (Collaboration) 2010/10
58.	Thesis	Circadian rhythm of heart-rate variability and autonomic cardiovascular regulation in Parkinson's disease. (Collaboration) 2009/08
59.	Thesis	Kinetics of the blood glucose in mice carrying hemizygous Pax6. (Collaboration) 2009/04
60.	Thesis	Evaluation of correlations between a simple touch-panel method and conventional methods for dementia screening in the elderly. (Collaboration) 2009
61.	Thesis	The experimental study of Alzheimer’s disease model. (Collaboration) 2009
62.	Thesis	Upregulation of c-myc gene accompanied by PU.1 deficiency in radiation-induced acute myeloid leukemia in mice. (Collaboration) 2008/07
63.	Thesis	Microchip will decrease the burden on the family of elder people with wandering dementia. (Collaboration) 2008/02
64.	Thesis	Intestinal tumorigenicity of mice carrying hemizygous Pax6, pax6<sey-4H>. (Collaboration) 2007/07
65.	Thesis	Study on management of poorly controlled epileptic seizure. (Collaboration) 2006/12
66.	Thesis	Comparison of the effectiveness of high and low LET radiations for the proportion of Survivals with liver tumors at every age in (C57BL/6N x C3H/HeN) F1 mice. (Collaboration) 2006/07
67.	Thesis	Circadian rhythm of cardiovascular autonomic nervous function in Parkinson’s disease, early onset Parkinsonism and multiple system atrophy. (Collaboration) 2006/06
68.	Thesis	Characteristics of Cryptococcal　Meningitis and Liver Dysfunction in Aged Patients. (Collaboration) 2006
69.	Thesis	Effect of pramipexole treatment for depression in Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease. (Collaboration) 2005/08
70.	Thesis	Effects of Monoenergetic Neutron irradiation on the Postnatal Development of Cochlea in C3H/HeN Mouse. (Collaboration) 2005/06
71.	Thesis	Effects of high linear energy transfer radiation on the cochlea of C3H/HeN mice during postnatal developmental course. (Collaboration) 2005/03
72.	Thesis	Changes in plasma IL-3 in patients with acute cerebral infarction. (Collaboration) 2005
73.	Thesis	Circadian rhythm of cardiovascular autonomic function in Parkinson’s disease and multiple system atrophy. (Collaboration) 2005
74.	Thesis	Relationship between characteristics of genetic study and polyneuropathy in aged patients. (Collaboration) 2005
75.	Thesis	Relationship between characteristics of soybean isoflavone treatment and climacteric syndrome. (Collaboration) 2005
76.	Thesis	Study on the effect of Xinnaotongluo liquid on hemarhelogy in patients with　coronary disease. (Collaboration) 2005
77.	Thesis	Effects of high linear energy transfer radiation on the cochlea of C3H/He mouse. (Collaboration) 2004/09
78.	Thesis	Effects of a hemizygous deletion of mouse chromosome 2 on the hematopoietic and intestinal tumorigenesis. (Collaboration) 2004/06
79.	Thesis	Relative Biological Effectiveness of gamma rays in rat thyroids exposed internally to externally. (Collaboration) 2004/06
80.	Thesis	Spontaneous and Radiation-induced Leukemogenesis of the Mouse Small Eye Mutant, Pax6Sey3H. (Collaboration) 2004/06
81.	Thesis	An analysis of apolipoprotein E polymorphism in aged patients with vascular dementia. (Collaboration) 2004
82.	Thesis	Study on relation between hypertension and the function of Nitric Oxide as the messenger. (Collaboration) 2004
83.	Thesis	Relationship between oocyte apoptosis and ovarian tumors induced by high and low LET-radiations in mice. (Collaboration) 2003/04
84.	Thesis	Aged patients with dextocardia. (Collaboration) 2003
85.	Thesis	Gamma-ray dose response of ESR signals in tooth enamel of cows and mice in comparison with human teeth. (Collaboration) 2003
86.	Thesis	Causal relationship between radiation-induced oocyte apoptosis and ovarian tumor-qualitative difference of biological effectiveness between high and low LET radiations in the mouse ovarian caicinogenesis. (Collaboration) 2002/12
87.	Thesis	The tissues of A-bomb survivors, which have been preserved in formalin for decades, will be the resources for the analysis of human genome with regard to molecular epidemiology. (Collaboration) 2002/09
88.	Thesis	The quality of DNA recovered from the archival tissues of Atomic bomb survivors is good enough for the single nucleotide polymorphism analysis in spite of the decade-long preservation in formalin. (Collaboration) 2002/03
89.	Thesis	The relationship between the minimally deleted region of the mouse chromosome 2 and the murine acute myeloid leukemia development, (Collaboration) 2001/12
90.	Thesis	Age-dependent Exposure to Radioactive Iodine (131I)　in the Thyroid and Total Body of Newborn, Pubertal and Adult Fischer 344 Rats. (Collaboration) 2001/06
91.	Thesis	Characterization of two murine mutants, Del(2)59H and Del(2)Sey3H, which delete the region of aputative tumor suppressor gene of acute myeloid leukemia on chromosome 2. (Collaboration) 2000/12
92.	Thesis	Testing of SHIRPA, a mouse phenotypic assessment protocol, on Dmdmdx and Dmdmdx3cv dystrophin-deficient mice. (Collaboration) 2000
93.	Thesis	A crack model of the Hiroshima atomic bomb: explanation of the contradiction of "Dosimetry system 1986". (Collaboration) 1999/12
94.	Thesis	新生仔、思春期、成体のFischer 344ラットにおける甲状腺および全身への放射性ヨウ素（131I）取り込みの年齢依存性 (Collaboration) 1999/03
95.	Thesis	FISH mapping of the mouse Ret oncogene to the junction of G-bands E3/F1 on chromosome 6 indicates a need for reassessment of the physical and consensus maps. (Collaboration) 1999
96.	Thesis	Changes in triiodothyronine and TSH after an I-131-injection in newborn, puberty and adult rats fed with iodine deficient diet. (Collaboration) 1998/03
97.	Thesis	Fischer 344ラットにおける甲状腺および全身への放射性ヨウ素（131I）取り込みの年齢依存性 (Collaboration) 1998/03
98.	Thesis	The carcinogenic effects of ionizing radiation exposure among residents in the Semiparatinsk area, 1957-1993. (Collaboration) 1998/03
99.	Thesis	Estimation of dose absorbed fraction for 131I-beta rays in rat thyroid. (Collaboration) 1998
100.	Thesis	Analysis of radiation-induced carcinogenesis : age-dependent mammary carcinogenesis. (Collaboration) 1995/12
101.	Thesis	Association of minisatellite instability with c-myc amplification and K-ras mutation in methylcholanthrene-induced mouse sarcomas. (Collaboration) 1995/12
102.	Thesis	Vitamin E and Carcinogenesis. (Collaboration) 1994
103.	Thesis	Carcinogenic effect of in utero 252Cf and 60Co irradiation in C57BL/6N x C3H/He F1 (B6C3F1) mice. (Collaboration) 1992
104.	Thesis	Induction of transplantable tumors by repeated subcutaneous injections of natural and synthetic vitamin E in mice and rats. (Collaboration) 1991/05
105.	Thesis	Effects of administration of natural vitamin E on spontaneous hepatocarcinogenesis and N-nitrosodiethylamine initiated tumors in mice. (Collaboration) 1991
106.	Thesis	Unstable expression of　E-cadhelin molecules in metastatic ovarian tumor cells. (Collaboration) 1989/05
107.	Thesis	Occurrence of Tumors of Domestic Animals in Yamaguchi and Neighbouring Prefectures. (Collaboration) 1983/11
108.	Other	A preliminary trial on microchip- spredding (Single) 2025/04
109.	Other	A Japanese wolf at Aki Ota-cho Kake, in the Hiroshima Regional Urban Area (Collaboration) 2025/02
110.	Other	Susceptibility of rabbit or hare to atropin (Single) 2024/02
111.	Other	Why are organisms diverse in Satochi-satoyama? ~2022 Academic Lecture Report~ (Collaboration) 2023/09
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■ Academic conference presentation

1.	2025/10/12	Tick Parasitism Observed in Nutria, a Designated Alien Species —Evaluating Environmental Indicator Values Revealed by Wildlife from a Public Health Perspective— (2025 Chugoku Region Veterinary Science Conference)
2.	2025/08/24	Tick Parasitism Observed in Nutria, an Invasive Alien Species (The 65th Hiroshima Prefectural Veterinary Science Conference)
3.	2025/01/25	Effects of manganase on nutria in satoyama (Annual Convention of the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science)
4.	2024/12/16	Quantifying environmental flows of the essential trace element manganese (Mn) (43rd Academic meeting of magnesium)
5.	2024/10/19	Visualizing the impact of abandoned manganese (Mn) mines on Satoyama mammals - using wild boars, raccoon dogs, and nutrias as examples
6.	2024/08/25	Visualizing the impact of abandoned manganese (Mn) mines on Satoyama mammals - using wild boars, raccoon dogs, and nutrias as examples -
7.	2024/05/25	In order to evaluate the environmental indicators of wild animals from the viewpoint of public health, we conducted a study to evaluate the environment of Satoyama adjacent to an abandoned manganese (Mn) mine, using Mn concentrations in plants and animals as an indicator. (The 78th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science)
8.	2023/08/20	Concentration of Mn in wild boar (Sus scrofa)
9.	2022/12/11	A way of evaluation of ecosystem throught the oil and metal compositions in P. citriodora
10.	2022/12/03	An Attempt to Measure Magnesium (Mg) in the Ecosystem of Hiroshima Regional Urban Area
11.	2022/06/11	Nutrition of the oysters aqua-cultured in the ecosystem of the Hiroshima Regional Urban Area (22ND IUNS-ICN 2022 TOKYO, JAPAN (22nd International Congress of Nutrtion in Tokyo, Japan))
12.	2021/11/06	Research of health effects of a perilla (Perilla citriodora)
13.	2021/10/17	Age estimation of raccoon dogs by the morphometry of cranium
14.	2019/03/14	The measurement of wildlife exposure to cadmium contribute to assess its contamination in the Hiroshima wide area urban districts and human health (5th International Conference on Pollution Control and Sustainable Environment)
15.	2018/09/30	Contaminations of Cd in the game meat (gibier) and the kidney
16.	2018/08/19	Contamination of cadmium in the game meat (gibier) and kidney
17.	2018/03/12	An accessment of environmental Cadmium (Cd) by wild boar and raccoon dog (14th World Congress on Toxicology and Pharmacology)
18.	2016/10/23	To measure the concentration of zinc and cadmium in wild oyster shells was informative to evaluate the sanitary environment
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■ Winning science prize

2023/08

Academic Encouragement Award, Veterinary Medicine

■ Subject

1.	Basic Genetics
2.	Food Hygiene Experiment
3.	Food Hygiene Experiment
4.	Food Hygienics
5.	Graduate Seminar
6.	Graduation Foundation Seminar
7.	Health Management Introduction
8.	Public Health
9.	Public Health
10.	Seminar of Graduate Year
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■ Main Subject

Public Health, Health Managements, Food Hygiene, Food Hygiene Experiments, Mammalian Genetics, Graduation thesis seminars, first-year seminars

■ Teaching Experiences

1.	Public Health Experiments
2.	Pathology
3.	Pharmacology
4.	Clinical Nutrition

■ Activity in society

1.	2018/05～2018/05	Health managements with functional foods.
2.	2016/10～2016/10	Japan-USA-Germany Wolf Forum 2016

■ Committee and society

1.	2000/05～	director
2.	2008/04/01～	Network for the Action against Academic Harassment

■ Educational ability

● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2023/09	Why are organisms diverse in Satochi-satoyama?