| Study Name |
TMM Community-Based Cohort Study; TMM Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study; ToMMo Child Health Study |
| Study Acronym |
TMM CommCohort Study; TMM BirThree Cohort Study |
| Funding Agency |
Reconstruction Agency from the Ministry of Education Culture Sports Science and Technology (MEXT), and from the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) |
| Primary Research Focus |
The Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) and resulting tsunami of March 11, 2011 gave rise to devastating damage on the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region. The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project (TMM), which is being conducted by Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) and Iwate Medical University Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (IMM), has been launched to realize creative reconstruction and to solve medical problems in the aftermath of this disaster. |
| Study Design Name |
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| Number Participants |
>1000 |
| Study Website |
https://www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/english/research/cohortbiobank/ |
| Protocol Ids |
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| Grant Number |
Japan, not NIH Awards |
| Citation Link |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27374138 |