Honjo-JMSA Scholarship
Miyuki Tanino (MS4, Weill Cornell Medical College)
Project: To continue expanding Ameilog, a blog portal that enables medical professionals to share information among Japanese medical professionals and the general public.
Contact: miyukitanino@gmail.com
Alisa Prager (MS2, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
Project: To expand the CJR Nishimiya Fellows program to provide opportunities for more medical students to go to Fukushima.
Contact: alisa.prager@gmail.com
Mitsui USA-JMSA Scholarship
Kenji Fujitani (MS1, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Project: To plan Mount Sinai Global Health program to visit Fukushima during the summer to study the effects of the the nuclear disaster on mental and physical health.
Contact: kenji.fujitani@mssm.
Jay Starkey, MD (Radiology Resident, UCSF School of Medicine)
Project: To continue working on radiology and safety with collaborators in a Japanese University.
Contact: jaystarkey@gmail.com
Ayaka Iwata (Medical student, NYU School of Medicine)
Project: To re-introduce Radio Taiso to the Japanese community in the US as a simple exercise designed to improve flexibility and general health.
Sara-Megumi Naylor (Internal Medicine Resident, UCLA Medical Center)
Project: To conduct a Health Lecture Series for seniors in the Venice Japanese Community Center in LA.
Ken Stern (MS3, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine)
Project: To create a JMSA facebook page to help build the community by helping to connect members.
Contact: k-stern@fsm.northwestern.edu
Nishioka-JMSA Scholarship
Michael Hurley (MS1, Stanford University Medical School)
Project: To study the influence of DPC (flat-fee payment system) on resource utilization by hospitals in the Japanese healthcare system.
Contact: mphurley@stanford.edu
Yumeko Kawano (MS1, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons)
Project: To create a website or booklet to help Japanese people navigate the US healthcare system.
Contact: yk2447@columbia.edu
Kaoru Takasaki (MS1, Yale University School of Medicine)
Project: To create a medium of exchange to link medial students and physicians who had firsthand experience in Japan and US.
Contact: kaoru.takasaki@yale.edu
Joji Kohjima (MS1, Rush Medical College)
Project: To create a blog on radiation effect on the people who worked in the Fukushima clean-up effort and also the people exposed to the nuclear bomb to document the intergenerational effects of radiation poisoning.
Cotntact: joji_w_kohjima@rush.edu
Nippon Life-JMSA Scholarship
Chihiro Shinohara (Physician’s Assistant student, Pace University)
Project: To introduce PA’s to the Japanese Community and to create a student committee to provide support for Japanese high school and college students who seek to work in the healthcare profession.
Contact: shinohara.chihiro@gmail.com
Yousuke Horikawa, MD, PhD (2nd year Pediatric Resident, Rady Children’s Hospital, UCSD)
Project: To study the effect of children leaving their homes in Japan and living abroad in the United States.
Contact: yhorikaw@ucsd.edu
Toyota-JMSA Scholarship
Hiroshi Kurosawa, MD, PhD (Pediatrician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia)
Project: His research project called “PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) on Demand” is a training program approach augmented by remote co-facilitation from US training centers. He hopes to improve and maintain Japanese healthcare providers’ resuscitation performance for acutely ill or injured children.