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  1. A Culturally and Linguistically Tailored Intervention to Improve Diabetes-Related Outcomes in Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR mhealth and uhealth, October 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  2. County-level residential segregation and sedentary behavior in US adults

    Article • Journal of Activity Sedentary and Sleep Behaviors, September 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Shariful Islam, Kosuke Tamura

  3. The Role of the Neighborhood Social Environment on Adulthood Depression: Insights from Midlife in the United States III

    Article • Community Mental Health Journal, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  4. Connecting underlying factors in the associations between perceived neighborhood social environments and type 2 Diabetes: Serial mediation analyses

    Article • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, June 2025, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  5. A Culturally and Linguistically Tailored Intervention to Improve Diabetes-Related Outcomes in Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

    Article • May 2025, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  6. A systematic review of the relationship between neighborhood stressors, discrimination, and cardiometabolic outcomes during pregnancy

    Article • npj Women s Health, April 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  7. Culturally Tailored Social Media Intervention Improves Health Outcomes in Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes: Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot RCT

    Article • Journal of General Internal Medicine, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  8. Unveiling inequalities: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes: Findings from the 2007-2020 NHANES data among U.S. adults

    Article • Preventive Medicine Reports, February 2025, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  9. Oral microbiome alpha diversity and all-cause, cardiovascular, and non-cardiovascular mortality in US adults: Evidence from the NHANES 2009–2019

    Article • Atherosclerosis, February 2025, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  10. Multilevel Mediators on the Associations of Neighborhood Social Environmental Factors and Severity of Metabolic Syndrome: The Jackson Heart Study

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, January 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Kosuke Tamura

  11. Neighbourhood deprivation and cardiometabolic outcomes in the UK Biobank: differences by sex and ethnicity

    Article • Open Heart, January 2025, BMJ

    Kosuke Tamura

  12. Understanding the association between neighborhoods and adolescent sleep: Evidence from Add Health

    Article • Sleep Epidemiology, December 2024, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  13. Modeling Health and Economic Outcomes of Eliminating Sex Disparities in Youth Physical Activity

    Article • JAMA Network Open, November 2024, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Kosuke Tamura

  14. The Integrating Cultural Aspects Into Diabetes Education (INCLUDE) Study to Prevent Diabetes in Chinese Immigrants: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, November 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  15. Trends and key disparities of obesity among US adolescents: The NHANES from 2007 to 2020

    Article • PLOS One, October 2024, PLOS

    Kosuke Tamura

  16. Association between a diagnosis of diabetes mellitus and smoking abstinence: An analysis of the National Health Interview Survey (2006-2018)

    Article • Preventive Medicine, October 2024, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  17. County-level Racial/Ethnic Residential Segregation and Physical Activity Behavior among US Adults

    Article • Journal of Urban Health, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  18. Characterizing Mental Health Status and Service Utilization in Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes in New York City: Cross-Sectional Study

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, July 2024, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  19. Perceived Neighborhood Social Environment and Adolescent Depressive Symptoms: Insights from the Add Health

    Article • Health Equity, May 2024, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Kosuke Tamura

  20. The Role of the Perceived Neighborhood Social Environment on Adolescent Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity: Findings from Add Health

    Article • Journal of Community Health, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  21. Geospatially clustered low COVID-19 vaccine rates among adolescents in socially vulnerable US counties

    Article • Preventive Medicine Reports, January 2024, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  22. County-Level Sociodemographic Characteristics and Availability of COVID-19 Therapeutic Drugs

    Article • JAMA Network Open, September 2023, American Medical Association (AMA)

    Kosuke Tamura

  23. Customizing Place-Tailored Messaging Using a Multilevel Approach: Pilot Study of the Step It Up Physical Activity Mobile App Tailored to Neighborhood Environment

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, November 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Kosuke Tamura

  24. The Impact of a Place-Tailored Digital Health App Promoting Exercise Classes on African American Women’s Physical Activity and Obesity: Simulation Study

    Article • Journal of Medical Internet Research, August 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  25. Associations between neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and severity of depression: Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–2014

    Article • SSM - Population Health, June 2022, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  26. A Social Media–Based Diabetes Intervention for Low-Income Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Immigrants in the United States: Feasibility Study

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, May 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  27. A Social Media–Based Diabetes Intervention for Low-Income Mandarin-Speaking Chinese Immigrants in the United States: Feasibility Study (Preprint)

    Article • March 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  28. Social Determinants of Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Circulation Research, March 2022, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Kosuke Tamura

  29. Relationships between neighborhood social stressors and sleep among Jackson Heart Study participants: mediation through physical activity and psychosocial stressors

    Article • SLEEP Advances, January 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Kosuke Tamura

  30. Spatial Clustering of County-Level COVID-19 Rates in the U.S.

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Kosuke Tamura

  31. Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood Environmental Stress in Relation to Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women: Protocol for a Pilot Study

    Article • JMIR Research Protocols, July 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  32. Comparing Methods to Identify Wear-Time Intervals for Physical Activity With the Fitbit Charge 2

    Article • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, June 2021, Human Kinetics

    Kosuke Tamura

  33. Geospatial Analysis of Neighborhood Environmental Stress in Relation to Biological Markers of Cardiovascular Health and Health Behaviors in Women: Protocol for a Pilot Study (Preprint)

    Article • March 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  34. Chronic Stress-Related Neural Activity Associates With Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in a Community-Based Cohort: Data From the Washington, D.C. Cardiovascular Health and Needs Assessment

    Article • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, March 2021, Frontiers

    Kosuke Tamura

  35. The Mediating role of perceived discrimination and stress in the associations between neighborhood social environment and TV Viewing among Jackson Heart Study participants

    Article • SSM - Population Health, March 2021, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  36. Multilevel mobile health approach to improve cardiovascular health in resource-limited communities with Step It Up: a randomised controlled trial protocol targeting physical activity

    Article • BMJ Open, December 2020, BMJ

    Kosuke Tamura

  37. <p>The Oral Glucose Tolerance Test: 100 Years Later</p>

    Article • Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity, October 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Kosuke Tamura

  38. Time to listen: a mixed-method study examining community-based views of mobile technology for interventions to promote physical activity

    Article • BMJ Health & Care Informatics, August 2020, BMJ

    Kosuke Tamura

  39. Neighborhood environment perceptions associate with depression levels and cardiovascular risk among middle-aged and older adults: Data from the Washington, DC cardiovascular health and needs assessment

    Article • Aging & Mental Health, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Kosuke Tamura

  40. Physical activity-mediated associations between perceived neighborhood social environment and depressive symptoms among Jackson Heart Study participants

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  41. Park Proximity and Use for Physical Activity among Urban Residents: Associations with Mental Health

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Kosuke Tamura

  42. Unfavorable perceived neighborhood environment associates with less routine healthcare utilization: Data from the Dallas Heart Study

    Article • PLOS One, March 2020, PLOS

    Kosuke Tamura

  43. Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Sleep Health and Potential Interventions Among Women in the United States

    Article • Journal of Women s Health, March 2020, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Kosuke Tamura

  44. Immune cell phenotyping in low blood volumes for assessment of cardiovascular disease risk, development, and progression: a pilot study

    Article • Journal of Translational Medicine, January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  45. Geospatial analysis of neighborhood deprivation index (NDI) for the United States by county

    Article • Journal of Maps, January 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Kosuke Tamura

  46. Childhood Obesity and the Food Environment: A Population‐Based Sample of Public School Children in New York City

    Article • Obesity, November 2019, Wiley

    Kosuke Tamura

  47. Accelerometer and GPS Data to Analyze Built Environments and Physical Activity

    Article • Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, June 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Kosuke Tamura

  48. Disparities in food access around homes and schools for New York City children

    Article • PLOS One, June 2019, PLOS

    Kosuke Tamura

  49. Neighborhood Social Environment and Cardiovascular Disease Risk

    Article • Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  50. Community Engagement in the Development of an mHealth-Enabled Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Intervention (Step It Up): Pilot Focus Group Study

    Article • JMIR Formative Research, January 2019, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  51. Assessments of residential and global positioning system activity space for food environments, body mass index and blood pressure among low-income housing residents in New York City

    Article • Geospatial health, November 2018, PAGEPress Publications

    Kosuke Tamura

  52. Accelerometer and GPS Analysis of Trail Use and Associations With Physical Activity

    Article • Journal of Physical Activity and Health, July 2018, Human Kinetics

    Kosuke Tamura

  53. Community Engagement in the Development of an mHealth-Enabled Physical Activity and Cardiovascular Health Intervention (Step It Up): Pilot Focus Group Study (Preprint)

    Article • May 2018, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Kosuke Tamura

  54. Evaluating State-Level Differences in E-cigarette and Cigarette Use Among Adults in the United States Between 2012 and 2014: Findings From the National Adult Tobacco Survey

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, February 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Kosuke Tamura

  55. Characteristics of Adults Who Switched From Cigarette Smoking to E-cigarettes

    Article • American Journal of Preventive Medicine, November 2017, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  56. Do sedentary behavior and physical activity spatially cluster? Analysis of a population-based sample of Boston adolescents

    Article • GeoJournal, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  57. Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York City

    Article • Journal of Community Health, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  58. Geospatial clustering in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Boston youth

    Article • International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Kosuke Tamura

  59. Quantifying spatial misclassification in exposure to noise complaints among low-income housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) study

    Article • Annals of Epidemiology, January 2017, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura

  60. Direct and Indirect Associations Between the Built Environment and Leisure and Utilitarian Walking in Older Women

    Article • Annals of Behavioral Medicine, November 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Kosuke Tamura

  61. Analysis of State-Specific Prevalence, Regional Differences, and Correlates of Hookah Use in U.S. Adults, 2012–2013

    Article • Nicotine & Tobacco Research, September 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Kosuke Tamura

  62. Spatial clustering of physical activity and obesity in relation to built environment factors among older women in three U.S. states

    Article • BMC Public Health, December 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  63. Factorial validity of an abbreviated Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for seniors in the Nurses’ Health Study

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Kosuke Tamura

  64. Relationships Between the Built Environment and Walking and Weight Status Among Older Women in Three U.S. States

    Article • Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, January 2014, Human Kinetics

    Kosuke Tamura

  65. Perceived Built Environment and Physical Activity in U.S. Women by Sprawl and Region

    Article • American Journal of Preventive Medicine, November 2011, Elsevier

    Kosuke Tamura