In 2022, JMSA student representatives created a mentorship program to connect predmedical students, medical students, and residents of Japanese and Japanese-American backgrounds with JMSA physicians from various specialties. If you are interested in becoming a mentor or mentee, pelase email…
Category: Student News
Dr. Rie Uni, a recipient of a 2023 Nippon Life-JMSA Scholarship, develops a social network platform to raise awareness for health related issues
Greetings, everyone. I am Rie Uni privileged to be a recipient of the JMSA scholarshipfor the year 2023. Currently holding a board certification in internal medicine in Japan, Iam actively involved in fundamental research at the prestigious Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer…
7th New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship 2024:
Dear Applicants for the 7th New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship 2024: This scholarship is designed to support budding life scientists from Japan who are pursuing a research career in the US. The New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, Inc. (HNMS) was established in…
The Tohoku Resident Education Program resumes once again after the Pandemic
During the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake of 2011, I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Satomi, the medical director of Tohoku University Hospital, during my voluntary trip to Miyagi a week after the disaster. His vision from then was…
JMSA Celebrates its 51 st Annual Dinner
JMSA hosted the 51 st Annual Dinner on Saturday September 16 th at the Yale Club.Almost 250 guests attended, making this annual dinner one of the most well attended dinnersin recent years.The program started with an introduction by Ms. Kaoriko…
JMSA Spotlight: Dr. Shoko Mori
JMSA would like to spotlight outstanding board members, members and student members of JMSA that have contributed so much to JMSA. Dr. Mori started out her career as a medical student scholarship recipient and is now a board certified attending…
Report: Kanazawa University Medical Student and Resident Observership Program
*The program took place from August 21st through August 25th. Message from the director, Mr. Andrew Schneider: My name is Andrew Schneider and I`m originally from NYC. I have been teaching Medical ESL and Cross-Cultural communication at Kanazawa University School…
2023 JMSA Scholarship Mentor-Mentee Meeting
I recently had the privilege of attending an inspiring event known as the JMSA Scholarship Mentor Meeting. This unique gathering brought together JMSA scholarship recipients and their dedicated mentors, creating a platform for us, the scholarship recipients, to showcase the…