Global Perspectives of the Short-term Association between Suicide and Nighttime Excess Heat during Tropical Nights

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24K10701
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Review Section	Basic Section 52030:Psychiatry-related
Research Institution	The University of Tokyo
Principal Investigator	金允姫東京大学, 大学院医学系研究科(医学部), 准教授 (40746020)
Project Period (FY)	2024-04-01 – 2027-03-31
Project Status	Granted (Fiscal Year 2024)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000) Fiscal Year 2026: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) Fiscal Year 2025: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2024: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	Suicide / Temperature / Multi-country / Climate change
Outline of Research at the Start	Suicide is a public health concern. We propose a systematic investigation into the association between suicide and nighttime excess heat during tropical nights, using a unified analytical framework on a large-scale multi-city multi-country data across 408 locations in 26 countries/regions.