2013 Project Midterm Report 3 Kenji Fujitani (MS1, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) Project: One of my projects was to plan a global health program to visit Fukushima during the summer to study the effects of the nuclear…
Year: 2013
CJR Nishimiya Fellows Program
2013 Project Year End Report 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 Project Summary and Update…
A Guide to Healthcare Professions
2013 Project Midterm Report 2 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…
Creating a JMSA Facebook Page
2013 Project Midterm Report 1 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 Proposal Summary: My proposal involves creating a…
2013 JMSA Scholarship Recipients
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…
Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort by JMSA
Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort: Typhoon Haiyan unleashed the fiercest winds ever recorded on the Philippines on November 8, 2013. It left a wide, deadly path of destruction, eerily similar to what we witnessed in the Tohoku region more than two…
Announcing a New Scholarship: Kuro Murase MD-JMSA Scholarship
Dear JMSA Family and Friends, We are proud to announce a new scholarship, Kuro Murase MD-JMSA Scholarship, sponsored by Mr. Satoru Murase in honor of his late grandfather who was one of the first Japanese doctors to practice in NY.…
Event at Japan Society – Unlocking the Secret of Global Health Victories
CORPORATE PROGRAM GHIT Fund: Unlocking the Secret of Global Health Victories Tuesday, November 12 at 6 – 8:30 PM Admission: This is a free event open to the public, but you must pre-register for the program. Seating is available on…
2013 JMSA Holiday Party – Coming on 12/13/13!
Dear JMSA Members and Friends, Greetings! We wish you a lovely upcoming holiday season. We will be hosting our popular annual holiday reception once again at the Columbus Citizens Foundation at 8 East 69th Street (Manhattan, NYC) on Friday December…
MESSAGE ON A WING (Part 3/3)
Together with American Airlines, we brought an origami crane fabricated out of steel recovered from 9/11 on our 1st mission in 2012. This symbol of quake recovery from the international community dedicated for children’s comfort was inspired by Sadako Sasaki,…