The Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology
Academic Awards
JSID Award JSID's Fellowship SHISEIDO Award Diploma of the Dermatological Scientist

Activities

The JSID bestows the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology Award (JSID Award) to enhance the motivation of junior researchers.

■Eligibility (Qualifications)

Awarded to the most notable researcher in Japan during the last 5 years, who meets the following conditions.

  1. A member of the Japanese Society for Investigative Dermatology (for 5 years or more)
  2. Professors, or those holding an equivalent position when the selection is made, shall be excluded.
  3. The award winner shall give a plenary lecture at the annual JSID conference.
■Application
  1. Nominees must be recommended by a current or former member of the Board of Directors.
    In the case of former members of the Board of Directors, only those under 60 years of age shall be eligible to make nominations.
    Each current or former member of the Board of Directors shall make one nomination.
    (The Committee on Scientific Activities shall be able to independently raise additional nominees.)
  2. Each nominee shall submit their research achievements (papers and a list of their JSID academic conference presentations) to the Committee on Scientific Activities.
■Selection method
  1. The Committee on Scientific Activities shall recommend a limited number of nominees at a meeting of the Board of Directors, considering the nominees' academic achievements.
  2. One finalist shall be selected by vote of the Board of Directors.
  3. Award recipients are selected via approval by the Councilors' Meeting and the General Assembly.
■Past Award Recipients

2000 Masayuki Amagai (Department of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine)
2001 Yoshiki Tokura (Department of Dermatology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
2002 Akemi Yamamoto (Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College)
2003 Shinichi Sato (Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences)
2004 Daisuke Sawamura (Department of Dermatology, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine)
2005 Hironobu Ihn (Department of Dermatology & Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University)
2006 Shigetoshi Sano (Department of Dermatology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University)
2007 Masashi Akiyama (Department of Dermatology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine)
2008 Koji Sayama (Department of Dermatology, Ehime University School of Medicine)

Tanioku Kihei Memorial Lecture

The Tanioku Kihei Memorial Lecture was established through contributions from dermatologists from Okayama University, in honor of the late Kihei Tanioku, professor emeritus of Okayama University, who aided in the Society's founding.
A lecture is presented every year by a domestic or foreign researcher who has made noteworthy achievements in dermatology or closely related research fields.

Lecturers

1995 Norbert Fusenig (German Cancer Research Center/DKFZ)
1996 Elaine Fuchs (Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
1997 Stuart Yuspa (National Cancer Institute, NIH)
1998 Tung-Tien Sun (New York University School of Medicine)
1999 James Cleaver
2000 John Stanley (University of Pennsylvania)
2001 Fiona Mary Watt (Imperial Cancer Research Fund)
2002 Thomas Luger (University of Münster)
2003 Dennis Roop (Baylor College of Medicine)
2004 Vincent J. Hearing (National Cancer Inst., NIH)
2005 Richard A. Spritz (Univ. of Colorado Health Sciences Center)
2006 Kathleen J. Green (Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine)
2007 Stephen J. Galli (Stanford University School of Medicine)
2008 Paul Khavari (Stanford University School of Medicine)

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