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Thomas Svensson
2 Academic thesis
1)

Staffini A, Svensson T, Chung UI, Svensson AK. (Peer reviewed)
A Disentangled

VAE-BiLSTM

ModelforHeart

RateAnomaly

Detection.

Bioengineering. 2023;10(6),683. (Impact factor: 4.6)
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/bioengineering10060683
2)

Svensson T, Madhawa K, Hoang NT, Chung UI, Svensson AK
Validity and reliability of the Oura Ring Generation 3 (Gen3) with Oura sleep staging
algorithm

2.0(OSSA2.0)

whencomparedto

multi-night

ambulatorypolysomnography: A validation study of 96 participants and 421,045 epochs. Sleep
Medicine. 2024;115:251-63. (Impact factor: 4.8)
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2024.01.020
3)

Svensson T, Madhawa K, Hoang NT, Chung UI, Svensson AK
Response to comment on "Validity and reliability of the Oura Ring Generation 3(Gen3) with Oura Sleep Staging Algorithm 2.0 (OSSA 2.0) when compared to multinight ambulatory polysomnography: A validation study of 96 participants and 421,045epochs". Sleep Med. 2024.
Available from: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1ipiS4y2Nr8jjc

4)

Svensson T, Svensson AK, Kitlinski M, Engström G, Nilsson J, Orho-Melander M,Nilsson P, Melander O.
Very short sleep duration reveals a proteomic fingerprint that is selectively associatedwith incident diabetes mellitus but not with incident coronary heart disease: a cohort
study. Under review in BMC Medicine5)

Yulong R, Kojima Y, Tsuji K, Svensson T, Suto A, Ochi E
Longitudinal changes in physical activity of early-stage breast cancer survivors inJapan during and after the COVID-19 lockdown. Under review in Journal of Exercise

Science & Fitness6)

Ishikawa Y, Svensson T, Madhawa K, Hoang NT, Chung UI, Svensson AKAssociation between sedentary behavior and sleep quality among urban white-collar
workers: a multilevel analysis using ecological momentary assessment and wearable
device data. In submission7)

Sjöland O, Svensson T, Madhawa K, Hoang NT, Chung UI, Svensson AK
Associations of subjective sleep quality with wearable device-derived resting heart
rate during REM sleep and non-REM sleep in a cohort of Japanese office workers. Insubmission

3

Other Authorship1)

Svensson AK, Svensson T, Melander O.
Conference Report. Journal of Internal Medicine Key 18 Symposium: “Longevity andhealthy ageing: What can we learn from Blue Zones?”

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Available from Journal of Internal Medicine:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/13652796/homepage/key_symposia.htm
4Membership of academic society, academies, and public institutions
1) Member of the Japan Epidemiological Association
2)

Member of the Swedish Society of Medicine

3)

Member of the Swedish Medical Association

4)

Member of the Sleep Research Society5)

Member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine

5

Regional contributions
1)

I was a member of the organizing committee that in May 2023 arranged a symposium
in Okinawa sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Journal ofInternal Medicine. The topic of the seminar was Longevity and Healthy Ageing. 20
world-renowned international researchers participated in the event which attracted
significant media attention and participants ranging from graduate school students,
medical2)

professionals,media,andlocalresidents(https://www.okinawa-congre.co.jp/key-symposium2023/).
Ongoing social implementation of the Lifestyle Evaluation Algorithm MIRAMED inKanagawa Prefecture’s アプリ「マイＭＥ-ＢＹＯカルテ」で未病を改善
https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/docs/fz7/cnt/f532715/p991437.html

3)

Ongoing social implementation of MIRAMED in the following products for lifestyle
improvement:(ア) SoftBank affiliate, Healthcare Technology Corporation, applied the MIRAMED
technology to a remote specific health guidance service using the "HELPO" healthapp.
(イ) Hitachi Systems applied the MIRAMED technology to the "HISYS-MIRAMED"
system, allowing the remote specific health guidance service provider companies
to use the app.
(ウ) MEDMIRAI Inc is one of the above providers and in development of MEDMIRAI
for regulatory approval as Software as a Medical Device (SaMD).

6Lectures and Broadcastings
1)

Speaker at the Drug Information Association (DIA) symposium in Tokyo on
November7th. Title of presentation: Sleep dBM – possibilities and challenges inresearch

2)News release of Key Symposium
QAB Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
https://www.qab.co.jp/news/20230117159796.html

3)News item related to Key Symposium
Ryukyu Shimpo

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https://ryukyushimpo.jp/news/entry-1657269.html
8 Educational activities at KUHS/SHI1) Course manager, “Introduction to Epidemiology”
2) Course manager, “Oral presentation”
3) Course manager, “Global Health Policy”
4) Main supervisor to one PhD Student
5) Main supervisor to two Masters’ Students
6) Assistant supervisor to one PhD student
7) Assistant supervisor to one Masters’ Student
9 Activities of various committees at KUHS/SHI
1) Serving on the International and Regional Collaboration Committee
2)

Serving on the Entrance Examination Committee

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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) or other grants

1)

AMED Moonshot Research and Development Program (FY2022 – FY2025). Moonshot
goal: The research and development on Target 2 (Realization of medical networks
accessible for anyone from anywhere in the world). Project title: “Bring hospital intohome toward controlling inflammation at home”

2)

Sawai Pharmaceutical Co. "Development of Sleep application and Dashboard"(FY2022 - FY2024).

3)

Oura Ring Oy. Preventive Healthcare and Bioengineering (FY2022-FY2024).

13 Patents and Copyrights
1) Precision sleep evaluation system
2)

Healthy Ageing Index

14

Other works1)

Actively reviewing manuscripts for international journals. The following list shows
my reviewer activity in chronological order between 2023.04.01 – 2024.03.31 (eachentry represents a separate review):(ア) Sleep Health (Impact Factor: 4.450)(イ) Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Impact Factor: 4.0)(ウ) Sleep Epidemiology (Impact Factor: N/A)(エ) Sleep Medicine (Impact Factor: 4.842)(オ) Sleep Health (Impact Factor: 4.450)(カ) JAMA Network Open (Impact Factor: 13.8)(キ) Maturitas (Impact Factor: 4.9)(ク) Sleep Medicine (Impact Factor: 4.842)(ケ) Sleep Medicine (Impact Factor: 4.842)

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神奈川県立保健福祉大学 教育研究活動報告書