Congratulations to this year’s JMSA Scholarship Recipients!
Below are the awardees of the JMSA scholarship 2019, along with their proposed scholarship projects.
Nishioka – JMSA Scholarship
- Kristen Homma, Medical Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Project: To create a directory of Japanese healthcare providers for the DC science forum
- Riku Moriguchi, Medical Student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
- Project: To serve as a bridge between JMSA and Japanese youth in NYC area
- Mihoko Tanabe, Medical Student at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Project: To enhance global health awareness and health access in Philadelphia
Honjo – JMSA Scholarship
- Rei Yamada, Medical Student at Thomas Jefferson University
- Project: To investigate Japanese immigrant women’s experiences and needs for healthcare in the US
- Sam Rashkovich, Medical Student at Weill Cornell Medical College
- To create a system to inform healthcare providers with care of Japanese-American patients
- Shawn Tsutsui, Medical Student at University of Virginia
- To build a website to help facilitate connections between student and faculty JMSA members
Mitsui USA – JMSA Scholarship
- Dan Ebner, Medical Student at Brown University
- To decentralize healthcare to underserved areas using technology such as AI and telemedicine
- Nicholas Love, Medical Student at Stanford University
- To increase cultural and linguistic exchange between the US and Japan using visual arts
Kuro Murase, MD – JMSA Scholarship
- Akimasa Hayashi, MD Postdoctoral research fellow at Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Project: To organize a panel discussion on liver transplantation at the JMSA Science Forum
Nippon Life – JMSA Scholarship
- Cyrus Ghaznavi, Medical Student at Washington University
- Project: To study fertility and sexual health in Japan at Tokyo University
- Kaiho Yu, MD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Project: To improve the quality of databases in Japan with epidemiology techniques from the US
Raymond Sekiguchi MD – JMSA Scholarship
- Maki Ishizuka, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Project: To expand the activities of the Japanese Association of Pediatrics in North America
- Ichiro Watanabe, MD, Research fellow at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Project: To improve the safety of pediatric airway management in Japan
Toyota-JMSA Scholarship
- Ariel Daoud, Medical Student at University of Colorado
- Project To study the experiences of bias by patients and providers of Japanese descent
- Mika Tabata, Medical Student at Stanford Univeristy
- To produce yoga videos in English and Japanese to promote healthy living