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About the Japanese Gastroenterological Association (JGA) Awards |
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The Japanese Gastroenterological Association recognizes selected outstanding clinical and basic papers written by JGA members, and presents them with the Association Awards with the aim of triggering academic activity and encouraging the young investigators among JGA members.
There are three types of Association Awards:
1. Award for Academic Excellence
This award is presented to between one and three top authors of original papers selected from among those published during the past year in Digestion, the official JGA journal, or those published in the other English journal after being presented at the Annual Meeting.
2. Best Case Report Award
This award is presented to one top author of a case report selected from among those published during the past year in Digestion, the official JGA journal, or those published in the other English journal after being presented at the Annual Meeting.
3. Young Investigators’ Achievement Award
This award is presented to three top authors (under 35 years of age) of original papers selected from among those published during the past year in Digestion, the official JGA journal, or those published in the other English journal after being presented at the Annual Meeting.
The winners of the awards are selected by the Association Award Screening Committee based on recommendations made by the directors, councilors or self-recommendations. The Committee may select the candidates from papers published by a JGA member as a top author in Digestion, the official JGA journal, with or without recommendations.
Screening Process
- Recommendations by the directors or the councilors are accepted before the end of August every year.
(Papers published between August of the previous year and July of the current year are eligible. )
The presenter shall complete Form 1 below, which is available in Japanese only, and send it together with 10 copies of the paper to the Association Award Screening Committee at the Secretariat of the Japanese Gastroenterological Association by the end of August.
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The Association Award Screening Committee shall convene in October and November to select the winners by voting after confirming eligibility.
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Reported in the meeting of the Board of Directors
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Announced in the Annual Meeting
The names of the winners, the organizations to which the winners belonged to at the time of writing, the titles of the award-winning papers and the names of the journals in which the papers appeared shall be published on the website.
The JGA Awards for the year 2011 will be announced at the 8th Annual Meeting.
Recommendations for the awards for the year 2012 are accepted now.
The form must be submitted to the secretariat office no later than August 31, 2012.
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Updated: Nov 17, 2011
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Award
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Awardee (Affiliation at the time of writing) |
| Article Title |
| Journal, year of publication, vol.#, issue#, page# |
URL address of the article
(the link is provided only where it is permitted)
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(In an alphabetical order)
Year 2010 4 Winners total
Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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TOYOMASU, Yoshitaka
(Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University, Graduate School of Medicine) |
| 'Intragastric monosodium L-glutamate stimulates motility of upper gut via vagus nerve in conscious dogs' |
| Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2010 Apr;298(4):R1125-35 |
http://ajpregu.physiology.org/content/298/4/R1125.abstract(Abstract)
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Comment from the Winner:
I am very excited for receiving such an honorable award. I deeply appreciate everyone for their great support. |
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Year 2009 6 Winners total
Award for Academic
Excellence
(Basic study)
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OOTANI, Fumiaki
(Department of Internal Medicine and Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Saga Medical School) |
| "Sustained in vitro intestinal epithelial culture within a Wnt-dependent stem cell niche" |
| Nature Medicine., 2009, 15: 701-706 |
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n6/abs/nm.1951.html?lang=en
(Abstract)
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Best Case
Report Award
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NISHIYAMA, Ryu
(Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nihon University School of Medicine) |
| "Endoscope Images of Schönlein-Henoch Purpura" |
| Digestion, 2008; 77: 236-241 |
http://content.karger.com/
ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract?ArtikelNr=000150697
?Ausgabe=237336?ProduktNr=223838
(Abstract)
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| *If you are a JGA member and want to read full text or PDF, click here |
Comment from the Winner:
I am excited to receive an excellent award. I wish to express my gratitude to everyone involved for this article. I would like to continue further research on deseases following encounter of each cases with care. Thank you very much and I will step up efforts for the development of gastroenterology, inspired by winning this award. |
Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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NAKAMURA, Hiroyuki
(Department of Surgery, Division of Clinical Medical Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University) |
| "Analysis of Fat Digestive and Absorptive Function after Subtotal Gastrectomy by a 13C-Labeled Mixed Triglyceride Breath Test" |
| Digestion, 2009; 80: 98-103 |
http://content.karger.com/
ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowAbstract?ArtikelNr=000220098
?Ausgabe=249595?ProduktNr=223838
(Abstract)
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| *If you are a JGA member and want to read full text or PDF, click here |
Comment from the Winner:
I am much obliged to have received a treasured award. I most deeply appreciate doctors who had instructed me at the Department of Surgery in Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of Hiroshima University. |
Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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MISHIMA, Yoshiyuki
(Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University School of Medicine) |
| "Alterations of peripheral blood CD5+B cells in inflammatory bowel disease" |
| Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2009, 44(2): 172-179 |
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00365520802433223
(Abstract)
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Year 2008 5 Winners total
Award for Academic
Excellence
(Clinical study)
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TAJIRI, Hitoshi
(Department of Pediatrics, Osaka General Medical Center) |
| "Efficacy and Safety of Azathioprine and 6-Mercaptopurine in Japanese Pediatric Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: A Survey of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease." |
| Digestion, 2008;77(3-4):150-154 |
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?
Aktion=ShowAbstract&ArtikelNr=140974
&Ausgabe=237336&ProduktNr=223838
(Abstract)
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| *If you are a JGA member and want to read full text or PDF, click here |
Comment from the Winner:
I am most grateful for winning the honorable JGA Award. I will continue the research that will contribute to medical care of IBD. |
Award for Academic
Excellence
(Basic study)
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SHIMURA, Takaya
(Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences) |
| "Suppression of proHB-EGF Carboxy-terminal Fragment Nuclear Translocation: A New Molecular Target Therapy for Gastric Cancer." |
| Clinical Cancer Research, 2008; 14(12):3956-65. |
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/14/12/3956
(HTML) |
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/reprint/14/12/3956
(PDF)
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Comment from the Winner:
I am mostly excited for being an awardee of such an honorable award. I deeply appreciate those who have supported me. This award will be a good incentive for further research. |
Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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KAJIKAWA, Hirokazu
(Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine) |
| "Helicobacter pylori Activates Gastric Epithelial Cells to Produce Interleukin-8 via Protease-Activated Receptor 2" |
| Digestion, 2007;76:248-255 |
http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?
Aktion=ShowAbstract&ArtikelNr=113041
&Ausgabe=234203&ProduktNr=223838
(Abstract)
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| *If you are a JGA member and want to read full text or PDF, click here |
Comment from the Winner:
I am very glad to receive a recognition on my research. I am grateful to Professor Yoshikawa, my tutor as well as the support staff. This award will be my inspiration to try harder. |
Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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SUGAWA, Takashi
(Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University, Graduate School of Medicine) |
| "A novel rat model to determine interaction between reflux oesophagitis and bronchial asthma" |
| Gut, 2008;57;575-581 |
http://gut.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/57/5/575
(Abstract)
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Best Case Report Award: No Winner
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Year 2007 3 Winners total
Award for Academic
Excellence
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OSE, Takayuki
(Department of Internal Medicine, Kasai Municipal Hospital) |
| "Reg I-Knockout mice reveal its role in regulation of cell growth that is required in generation and maintenance of the villous structure of small intestine." |
| Oncogene, 2007, 26(3), 349-359 |
http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v26/n3/abs/1209799a.html
(Abstract)
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Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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SUGITO, Nobuyoshi
(Nagoya City University) |
| "RNASEN Regulates Cell Proliferation and Affects Survival in Esophageal Cancer Patients" |
| Clinical Cancer Research, 2006, 12, 7322-7328 |
http://clincancerres.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/full/12/24/7322
(HTML)
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Comment from the Winner:
I appreciate for giving me this honorable award. I will do my best further for my study to come useful upon diagnosis and treatment. |
Best Case Report Award: No Winner
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Year 2006 5 Winners total
Award for Academic
Excellence
(Clinical study)
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FUJIWARA, Yasuhiro
(Department of Gastroenterology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine) |
| "Association Between Dinner-to-Bed Time and Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease" |
| American Journal of Gastroenterology, 2005, 100, 2633-2636 |
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118681760/abstract
(Abstract)
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Comment from the Winner:
I am very much honored. This is one of the most memorable study to myself. I would like to send my gratitude to doctors worked on this investigation together. |
Award for Academic
Excellence
(Basic study)
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SEKIKAWA, Akira
(Department of Surgical and Molecular Pathology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine) |
| "REG Iα Protein May Function as a Trophic and/or Anti-apoptotic Factor in the Development of Gastric Cancer" |
| Gastroenterology, March 2005, 128(3), 642-653 |
http://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(04)02348-0/abstract
(Abstract)
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Young Investigators'
Achievement Award
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FU, Hai Ying
(Osaka University) |
| "East Asian-type Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene A protein has a more significant effect on growth of rat gastric mucosal cells than the Western type" |
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
March 2007, 22-3, 355-362 |
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118533978/abstract
(Abstract)
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Best Case Report Award: No Winner
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Updated: March 15, 2011 |
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