Hiroyasu Iso
Preventive Cardiology
University of Tsukuba
About
Hiroyasu Iso works in Preventive Cardiology affiliated with University of Tsukuba.
Hiroyasu Iso is a public health researcher and physician with expertise in epidemiology and cardiovascular disease prevention. He currently serves as Center Director of the Global Health Policy Research Center at the National Institute for Health Security in Japan. He previously held professorships at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine and the University of Tsukuba.
Research focus
Nutritional Epidemiology in Cardiovascular DiseaseEpidemiologic Studies on Stroke Risk FactorsHypertension and Blood Pressure ResearchDiabetes and Cardiometabolic MultimorbidityPhysical Activity and CVD Prevention
Impact
1,242 pubs · 104,585 cites · h-index 112
Training
MD
University of Tsukuba
1982
PhD
University of Tsukuba
1986
MPH
University of Minnesota
1988
Affiliations
Work Experience
Center Director
Global Health Policy Research Center, National Institute for Health Security · 2025 - Present
Professor of Public Health
Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine · 2005 - 2022
Professor
University of Tsukuba · 2002 - 2005
Associate Professor
University of Tsukuba · 1993 - 2001
Visiting Associate Professor
Harvard University School of Medicine · 1996 - 1997