{"id":2777,"date":"2018-10-05T09:26:42","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T19:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/?p=2777"},"modified":"2020-02-14T02:56:32","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T12:56:32","slug":"generous-gift-from-noguchi-institute-provides-education-opportunities-for-japanese-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/generous-gift-from-noguchi-institute-provides-education-opportunities-for-japanese-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Generous gift from Noguchi institute provides education opportunities for Japanese students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2777\" class=\"elementor elementor-2777\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63e6cfce elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63e6cfce\" 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elementor-repeater-item-a474e5f elementor-inline-item\" itemprop=\"datePublished\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/2018\/10\/05\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-calendar\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time>October 5, 2018<\/time>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68031b00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68031b00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" 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data-id=\"33fef3f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>October 5, 2018 &#8212;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><em>Pictured above, from L-R: Dean Jerris Hedges, Dr. Yoshihisa Asano, and Dr. Larry Shapiro signing the MOA to move forward with this gift, as UHP Chief Medical Officer Dr. Patricia Blanchette looks on. Deborah Dimaya photo.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p>Written by Marybeth Kotrodimos<\/p><p>We have some exciting news: Dr. Yoshihisa Asano and the Noguchi Medical Research Institute Group will be investing $1,000,000 in JABSOM and UHP ($100,000 over the next ten years). Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Noguchi Medical Research Institute (NMRI) and also President and CEO of Noguchi Medical Research, Inc. (NMR, Inc.), Dr. Asano is dedicated to the cause of international medical education and to raising the awareness of the importance of humanity and empathy in medicine and medical education.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This very collaborative project, titled the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hedges \/ Izutsu \/ Asano Project in Humanity and Empathy in Medicine and Medical Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, will utilize the talents of JABSOM but be fiscally managed by UHP. \u00a0According to the agreement between UHP and NMR, Inc., each year JABSOM will carry out the following activities:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scholarships will be awarded to two Japanese graduate medical trainees to be exposed to medical care and clinical skills in Hawaii for up to one month each. <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A medical student training program, consisting of workshop seminars emphasizing humanity and empathy in medicine skills, will be implemented at JABSOM and receive consultation from NMR, Inc.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every two years international conferences in Humanity and Empathy in Medicine will be developed and presented in Honolulu under the sponsorship of NMRI and other supporting parties.<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2782 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahaffey_1.jpg?resize=300%2C215&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahaffey_1.jpg?w=419&amp;ssl=1 419w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahaffey_1.jpg?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/mahaffey_1.jpg?resize=300%2C215&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/><em>The late Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, with Rockerfeller Institute researcher Dr. Alexander Mahaffey.\u00a0<\/em><\/li><\/ul><p>To appropriately honor Dr. Noguchi and his achievements, Dr. Asano named his nutritional supplement business and international outreach programs after Dr. Noguchi. As the sponsor of the Hedges\/Izutsu\/Asano Program, Dr. Asano has long been associated with the health field.<\/p><p><strong>About the Noguchi Medical Research Institute (NMRI)<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NMRI was established in 1983 and named for the very accomplished Japanese doctor and bacteriologist, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi. \u00a0It is dedicated to research and development of innovations in medicine, nursing, dentistry and pharmacology as well as the promotion of international exchange of health professionals and the development of humanity and empathy in medicine. \u00a0Born in 1876, Dr. Noguchi made significant contributions to medicine and medical research. Among these, he first discovered the causative agent of syphilis in the brains of persons suffering from paresis. In 2004, he became the first scientist whose portrait was printed on a Japanese bank note (the thousand yen note). \u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download.jpg?resize=300%2C152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download.jpg?w=316&amp;ssl=1 316w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/uhphawaii.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/download.jpg?resize=300%2C152&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><em>Dr. Noguchi&#8217;s photo on the thousand yen note.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout his career, Dr. Asano has developed various businesses focused on manufacturing and marketing health and beauty products such as supplements, OTC preparations, and cosmetics, which have served as the financial base for all NMRI\u2019s educational exchange, tutoring, and mentoring programs. \u00a0He has sought to bridge the gap between business and medicine through the development of longstanding and personal relationships with medical professionals and educators.<\/span><\/p><p>Among these, NMRI and Dr. Asano have formed partnerships with JABSOM, the University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University, and other educational institutions. The seminars and symposiums that have resulted from this partnership have benefited thousands of students and doctors. \u00a0\u00a0More than 800 young doctors have had externships in the US; more than 120 doctors have completed residency programs and become board certified in the US; and more than 50 have become professors as a result of the work of NMRI and Dr. Asano.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64407890 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64407890\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6d86d6b6\" data-id=\"6d86d6b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b15644d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2b15644d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/uhphawaii.org\/index.php\/news-all\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">&lt;&lt;   &nbsp;Return To News<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 5, 2018 &#8212; Over the next ten years, Dr. Yoshihisa Asano and the Noguchi Medical Research Institute Group will be investing $1,000,000 in JABSOM and UHP. 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