Dear Applicants for the 4th New York Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Scholarship 2021: The deadline for the applications is April 10th, 2021 and we will announce the recipient in early May. We will present the recipient on May 21st, 2021, the memorial date…
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Medical Column: I’m Vaccinated! Sharing Vaccine Experience
Written by Yusuke Nakagawa, Lead JMSA Student Representative & Third-Year Medical Student at Tulane University School of Medicine For more details, please visit Las Vegas Japan Times https://www.lasvegasjapantimes.com/
Myth about COVID vaccine development and our fate. Mainichi Newspaper 12/24/20
WHO states 65-70 % of population needs to be vaccinated to reach a herd immunity to reduce viral transmissions in the population. According to Johns Hopkins’s study, many non-white Americans indicate they are weary of political pressure on COVID vaccines…
Scholarship Application for the Japanese Medical Society of America
Our Mission The Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) was established in 1973, as a nonprofit organization by Japanese medical professionals serving the New York region with a mission to support the Japanese and Japanese-American communities through various health related…
Harnessing New Technologies to Battle COVID-19 with a Nobel Laureate Dr. Shinya Yamanaka
The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE) and the Consulate General of Japan in New York co-hosted a special webinar featuring Dr. Shinya Yamanaka, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The event started with special remarks from…
Virtual 9/11-3/11 Tohoku Outreach Program with Live Zoom discussions
Our Virtual 9/11-3/11 Tohoku Outreach Program with Live Zoom discussions will take place on Tue 9/29 8:40-10:40pm EST. Thanks to Professor Yabe of FMU, the conference chairman, it will be open to the public. The recorded conference is now available…
JCOP 2020 Application
Dear JMSA Member and Friend:We hope you are doing well despite these challenging times. JMSA is now accepting JCOP 2020 applications! JMSA Community Outreach Program Grant Application 2020: The Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA) seeks to help support social and medically related Japanese…
JMSA to receive 2020 Japan Society’s Recognition
On 6/18/2020, Japan Society will recognize JMSA with a gratitude for its COVID-19 frontline responses through the presentation of a special donation, signaling our historical and shared commitment to helping our colleagues in Japan. It’s a reflection of JMSA’s commitment…
JMSA distributes more than 10,000 masks received from Medical Students and Resident Physicians of Tohoku Region
Yuzo Takeguchi, MD a graduate student at Fukushima Medical University led a donation drive among FMU Medical Students, Resident Physicians and Faculties of Tohoku Region to help NYC front-line medical staff fight Corona virus pandemic. They raised over $18,000 and supplied us with much needed medical masks.
Nippon Club / JMSAWebinar: COVID-19 Discussions in Japanese
We are happy to share the link to the recent Nippon Club / JMSA webinar presented by Dr. Tomonori Nakagama and Dr. Satoko Kanahara on the recent updates in the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Nakagama discusses public health implications of the…