Hiroshi Okamoto

Background

Okamoto, Hiroshi was born on April 10, 1939 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. Son of Hajime and Kiyo (Niwa) Okamoto.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kanazawa U. School Medicine, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Science, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1969.

Career

Intern, St. Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, 1964-1965; assistant professor department medical chemistry, Kyoto U., 1969-1971; research fellow division molecular biology, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1971-1972; from assistant professor to associate professor department biochemistry, Kanazawa U. School Medicine, 1972-1976; professor, department chairman biochemistry, Toyama (Japan) Medical and Pharmaceutical U., 1976-1984; professor, department chairman biochemistry, Tohoku U. School Medicine, Sendai, Japan, since 1984. Invited lecturer University of Pennsylvania Diabetes Research Center, Philadelphia, 1989, Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990.

Achievements

• Hiroshi Okamoto has been listed as a noteworthy Biochemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • Molecular Biology of the Islets of Langerhans MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS By Okamoto, Hiroshi ( Author )Dec-11-2008 Paperback

Membership

Member Japanese Bio-chemical Society (Society award 1973), Japanese Cancer Association, Japanese Diabetes Society, American Diabetes Association, 13th Congress the International Diabetes Federation (Plenary lecturer 1988).

Interests

• Avocation: fishing.

Connections

Married Noriko Murakami, April 29, 1966. Children: Yasuo, Muneo.

Father:

Hajime Okamoto

Mother:

Kiyo (Niwa) Okamoto

Spouse:

Noriko Murakami

child:

Muneo Okamoto

child:

Yasuo Okamoto