Category: Student News

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…

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.

JMSA and Nippon Club co-host a webinar featuring JMSA doctors speaking about COVID-19

On 4/13, Board members from JMSA and the Nippon Club came together to broadcast a one hour webinar on COVID-19 with latest information and updates. The webinar was geared for the Japanese community and there were over 400 people mostly…