Global Research Team
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology
Boston University, Epidemiology · Japan
Koichiro Shiba is an assistant professor of epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health, where he applies rigorous causal inference methods to study social determinants of health and wellbeing. He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an M.P.H. from the University of Tokyo. His research investigates how traumatic events, social relationships, and positive psychological factors shape population health, with a particular focus on older adults in Japan and cross-national flourishing patterns.
A cross-national analysis of childhood predictors of physical pain
Communications Medicine · 2025
A cross-national analysis of sociodemographic variation in suffering across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
An exploratory cross-national analysis of the childhood predictors of inner peace in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Analytic methodology for childhood predictor analyses for wave 1 of the Global Flourishing Study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Analytic methodology for demographic variation analyses for wave 1 of the global flourishing study
BMC Global and Public Health · 2025
Childhood predictors of balance in life: a cross-national analysis of the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood predictors of charitable giving and helping across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood Predictors of Dispositional Forgivingness in Adulthood: A Cross-National Analysis with 22 Countries
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2025
Childhood predictors of social support and intimate friends in a Cross-National analysis of the global flourishing study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Childhood predictors of suffering in adulthood across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
Childhood predictors of volunteering across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Demographic Variation in Balance in Life Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study
Applied Research in Quality of Life · 2025
Demographic variation in charitable giving and helping across 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study
Scientific Reports · 2025
Demographic Variation in Inner Peace Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis of the Global Flourishing Study
Journal of Happiness Studies · 2025
Demographic variation in pain across 22 countries
Communications Medicine · 2025
Demographic Variation in Social Support and Intimate Friend Across 22 Countries: A Cross-National Analysis
International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology · 2025
Demographic variation in symptoms of depression and anxiety across 22 Global Flourishing Study countries
Communications Medicine · 2026
Identifying childhood correlates of adult purpose and meaning across 22 countries (Global Flourishing Study)
npj Mental Health Research · 2025
Life course insights into social relationship quality: a cross-national analysis of 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Sociodemographic variation in dispositional forgivingness: a cross-national analysis with 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
Strangers, Friends, and Everything Between: Sociodemographic Variation in Social Relationship Quality Across 22 Countries
Social Indicators Research · 2025
The distribution of optimism across sociodemographic groups in 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
The Global Flourishing Study: Study Profile and Initial Results on Flourishing
Nature Mental Health · 2025
Understanding who volunteers globally through an examination of demographic variation in volunteering across 22 countries
Scientific Reports · 2025
When the glass is half full: early life experiences and adult optimism in 22 countries
npj Mental Health Research · 2025