John Takayama, MD, MPH
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

I am involved with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts both within and outside of UCSF. I serve on the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. My interest areas include health care communication, transition for youth with special health care needs, mental and behavioral health screening and disaster recovery.

• Prenatal visits for allergy prevention.
  Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2019 Yamamoto-Hanada K, Takayama JI, Saito-Abe M, Futamura M, Ohya Y
• National anthropometric reference values and growth curves for Japanese children: history and critical review.
  Annals of human biology 2019 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Indication for voiding cystourethrography during first urinary tract infection.
  Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 2019 Kobayashi Y, Mishina H, Michihata N, Miyasaka M, Takayama JI
• Caring for Children with Special Health Care Needs: Profiling Pediatricians and Their Health Care Resources.
  Maternal and child health journal 2018 Okumura MJ, Knauer HA, Calvin KE, Takayama JI
• Obesity in elementary school children after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
  Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 2018 Moriyama H, Fuchimukai T, Kondo N, Takayama JI
• WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards overestimate short stature and underestimate overweight in Japanese children.
  Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM 2018 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Beliefs and practices regarding solid food introduction among Latino parents in Northern California.
  Appetite 2017 Beck AL, Hoeft KS, Takayama JI, Barker JC
• Pediatricians' Comfort Level in Caring for Children With Special Health Care Needs.
  Academic pediatrics 2017 Okumura MJ, Knauer HA, Calvin KE, Takayama JI
• Anxiety Associated with Asthma Exacerbations and Overuse of Medication: The Role of Cultural Competency.
  Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2017 Horikawa YT, Udaka TY, Crow JK, Takayama JI, Stein MT
• Waist-to-height ratio centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978-1981 cross-sectional national survey data.
  International journal of obesity (2005) 2015 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Latino Parents' Beliefs about Television Viewing by Infants and Toddlers.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2015 Beck AL, Takayama J, Badiner N, Halpern-Felsher B
• Trends in thin body stature among Japanese female adolescents, 2003-2012.
  Annals of human biology 2014 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Understanding how Latino parents choose beverages to serve to infants and toddlers.
  Maternal and child health journal 2014 Beck AL, Takayama JI, Halpern-Felsher B, Badiner N, Barker JC
• Waist circumference centiles by age and sex for Japanese children based on the 1978-1981 cross-sectional national survey data.
  Annals of human biology 2014 Anzo M, Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Reference standard of penile size and prevalence of buried penis in Japanese newborn male infants.
  Endocrine journal 2014 Matsuo N, Ishii T, Takayama JI, Miwa M, Hasegawa T
• Anxiety associated with asthma exacerbations and overuse of medication: the role of cultural competency.
  Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP 2014 Horikawa YT, Udaka TY, Crow JK, Takayama JI, Stein MT
• Trends in thin body stature among Japanese male adolescents, 2003-2012.
  Annals of human biology 2013 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Comparison of patients with Kawasaki disease with retropharyngeal edema and patients with retropharyngeal abscess.
  European journal of pediatrics 2013 Nomura O, Hashimoto N, Ishiguro A, Miyasaka M, Nosaka S, Oana S, Sakai H, Takayama JI
• Late development of coronary artery abnormalities could be associated with persistence of non-fever symptoms in Kawasaki disease.
  Pediatric rheumatology online journal 2013 Fukuda S, Ito S, Oana S, Sakai H, Kato H, Abe J, Ito R, Saitoh A, Takayama JI
• Trends and variations in infant mortality among 47 prefectures in Japan.
  Journal of evaluation in clinical practice 2012 Mishina H, Hilton JF, Takayama JI
• Maternal childrearing anxiety reflects childrearing burden and quality of life.
  Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 2012 Mishina H, Takayama JI, Aizawa S, Tsuchida N, Sugama S
• BMI z-score is the optimal measure of annual adiposity change in elementary school children.
  Annals of human biology 2011 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Tracking of BMI in Japanese children from 6 to 18 years of age: Reference values for annual BMI incremental change and proposal for size of increment indicative of risk for obesity.
  Annals of human biology 2010 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• The enigma of spontaneous preterm birth.
  The New England journal of medicine 2010 Takayama JI, Matsuo N
• Screening for maternal depression in primary care pediatrics.
  Current opinion in pediatrics 2009 Mishina H, Takayama JI
• Can pediatricians accurately identify maternal depression at well-child visits?
  Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society 2009 Mishina H, Hayashino Y, Takayama JI, Kasahara M, Fukuhara S
• Official Japanese reports significantly underestimate prevalence of overweight in school children: Inappropriate definition of standard weight and calculation of excess weight.
  Annals of human biology 2009 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Antibiotics during Pregnancy is a Risk Factor for Child's Eczema and Wheezing.
  Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2008 Y. Ohya, I. Nomura, M. Natori, M. Kitagawa, A. Akasawa, S. Sugama, S. Aizawa, J.I. Takayama
• Prevalence and trends of underweight and BMI distribution changes in Japanese teenagers based on the 2001 National Survey data.
  Annals of human biology 2007 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Age-dependent percentile for waist circumference for Japanese children based on the 1992-1994 cross-sectional national survey data.
  European journal of pediatrics 2006 Inokuchi M, Matsuo N, Anzo M, Takayama JI, Hasegawa T
• Advocacy by any other name would smell as sweet.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2006 Chamberlain LJ, Sanders LM, Takayama JI
• Child advocacy training: curriculum outcomes and resident satisfaction.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2005 Chamberlain LJ, Sanders LM, Takayama JI
• Management and outcomes of care of fever in early infancy.
  JAMA 2004 Pantell RH, Newman TB, Bernzweig J, Bergman DA, Takayama JI, Segal M, Finch SA, Wasserman RC
• Phototherapy use in jaundiced newborns in a large managed care organization: do clinicians adhere to the guideline?
  Pediatrics 2003 Atkinson LR, Escobar GJ, Takayama JI, Newman TB
• Urine testing and urinary tract infections in febrile infants seen in office settings: the Pediatric Research in Office Settings' Febrile Infant Study.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 2002 Newman TB, Bernzweig JA, Takayama JI, Finch SA, Wasserman RC, Pantell RH
• Giving and receiving gifts: one perspective.
  The Western journal of medicine 2001 Takayama JI
• Principles of patient safety in pediatrics.
  Pediatrics 2001 Lannon CM, Coven BJ, Lane France F, Hickson GB, Miles PV, Swanson JT, Takayama JI, Wood DL, Yamamoto L, National Initiative for Children's Health Care Quality Project Advisory Committee
• Promoting education, mentorship, and support for pediatric research.
  Pediatrics 2001 Chesney RW, Dungy CI, Gillman MW, Rivara FP, Schonfeld DJ, Takayama JI, Alexander DF, Cairo MS, Dreyer BP, van Dyck P, Ferrieri P, Kohrt AE, McAnarney ER, Margolis LH, Orr DP, Rothstein E, Simpson L, …
• A one-month cultural competency rotation for pediatrics residents.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2001 Takayama JI, Chandran C, Pearl DB
• Child advocacy training for pediatrics residents.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2001 Takayama JI, Song EH
• Body temperature of newborns: what is normal?
  Clinical pediatrics 2000 Takayama JI, Teng W, Uyemoto J, Newman TB, Pantell RH
• Universal childhood immunization against hepatitis A: whoa!
  The Western journal of medicine 1999 Takayama JI
• Regional differences in infant immunization against hepatitis B: did intervention work?
  Preventive medicine 1999 Takayama JI, Iser JP, Gandelman A
• Health Care for Children.
  Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 1998 John Ichiro Takayama
• Urinary tract infection controversy and questions.
  Pediatrics 1998 Newman TB, Takayama JI
• Relationship between reason for placement and medical findings among children in foster care.
  Pediatrics 1998 Takayama JI, Wolfe E, Coulter KP
• Insights into medical students' career choices based on third- and fourth-year students' focus-group discussions.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 1997 Mutha S, Takayama JI, O'Neil EH
• Gender differences in physician-patient communication. Evidence from pediatric visits.
  Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine 1997 Bernzweig J, Takayama JI, Phibbs C, Lewis C, Pantell RH
• Children in foster care in the state of Washington. Health care utilization and expenditures.
  JAMA 1994 Takayama JI, Bergman AB, Connell FA
• Admission, recruitment, and retention: finding and keeping the generalist-oriented student. SGIM Task Force on Career Choice in Primary Care and Internal Medicine.
  Journal of general internal medicine 1994 Linzer M, Slavin T, Mutha S, Takayama JI, Branda L, VanEyck S, McMurray JE, Rabinowitz HK
• Costs and benefits of lead screening.
  JAMA 1993 Pantell RH, Takayama JI, Newman TB