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Tanaka, Akemi was born on December 30, 1952 in Osaka, Japan. Daughter of Ryoichi and Kotsuru Tanaka.
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Akemi Tanaka, Japanese pediatrician, researcher. Diplomate National Board Medical Licensure, Japan. Recipient prize for medical research, Osaka City Mayor, 1984, 1991; grantee, Department Education, Japan, 1979-1984, 1983-1986, 1987-1999, since 1999, Ministry of Welfare, Japan, 1980-1982, since 1993, since 2001.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1977. Doctor of Philosophy, Osaka City University, 1981.
Career
Assistant professor department bacteriology Osaka City University School Medicine, 1981—1982, assistant professor department pediatrics, 1982—1990, associate professor department pediatrics, 1990—1999, professor department pediatrics and clinical genetics, since 1999. Visiting researcher Neurosci. Research Center University North Carolina School Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1988—1990.
Medical advisor Japanese Society Patients and Families with Mucopolysaccharidoses, since 1987.
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Membership
Member of Japanese Society for Genetic Counseling (councilor since 2001), Japanese Society Gene Therapy, Japanese Society Human Genetics (certified clinical genetics specialist, certified clinical genetics educator, councilor since 1999), Japanese Society Pediatrics since 2002, Japanese Society Child Neurology (certified clinical child neurology specialist), Japanese Society for Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism (councilor since 1999), American Society Human Genetics, International Society for Study of Inborn Errors of Metabolism.
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Japanese
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1977
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1981
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Recipient prize for medical research, Osaka City Mayor, 1984, 1991. Grantee, Department Education, Japan, 1979-1984, 1983-1986, 1987-1999, since 1999, Ministry of Welfare, Japan, 1980-1982, since 1993, since 2001.Recipient prize for medical research, Osaka City Mayor, 1984, 1991. Grantee, Department Education, Japan, 1979-1984, 1983-1986, 1987-1999, since 1999, Ministry of Welfare, Japan, 1980-1982, since 1993, since 2001.