Background
Kawamura, Hiroshi was born on January 26, 1927 in Antong, Manchuria, China.
Kawamura, Hiroshi was born on January 26, 1927 in Antong, Manchuria, China.
Doctor of Medicine, University Tokyo, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science, University Tokyo, 1959.
Instructor, U. Tokyo Brain Research Institute, 1959-1961; associate professor physiology, Yokohama (Japan) U. Medical School, 1961-1963; assistant research anatomist, University of California at Los Angeles, 1963-1965; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization fellow, Institute Physiology U. Pisa, Italy, 1965-1966; research associate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, 1966-1971; visiting scientist, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1971-1972; from chief neurophysiology laboratory to director neuroscience department, Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences, Machida-Shi Tokyo, 1972-1992; professor neuroscience, U. East Asia Graduate School, Shimonoseki-shi, Japan, since 1992. Visiting professor Toho U. Medical School, 1993-1997.
Member Japan Neurosci. Society (councillor, secretary 1983-1992), International Brain Research Organization (Pan-Asian oceanic committee, chairman national organizing committee 4th World Neurosci. Congress 1995), Brain Science Foundation (councillor), Japanese Association for Study Biological Rhythms (councillor, president 1983-1993, honorary member since 1994).
Married Keiko Tsuruta, January 12, 1971. 2 children.