Background
Yamashita, Hiroshi was born on February 4, 1935 in Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Miroku and Ayako (Kawasumi) Yamashita.
Yamashita, Hiroshi was born on February 4, 1935 in Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Miroku and Ayako (Kawasumi) Yamashita.
Doctor of Medicine, Kobe University, Japan, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Kobe University, Japan, 1966.
Assistant Kobe University, 1966-1971, postdoctoral fellow, State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1968—1970, instructor, 1970-1971. Associate professor Kobe University, 1971—1978. Visiting associate professor State University of New York, Brooklyn, 1976-1977.
Professor University Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, 1978-2000, professor emeritus, since 2000. Visiting scholar Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, England, 1984-1985.
Member Physiology Society, Japanese Physiology Society, Japanese Neuroendocrine Society, Japanese Endocrine Society, Society for Neurosci., Japan Neurosci. Society, Japan Obesity Society.
Married Fumiko Sakai. Children: Takeshi, Yuri, Junko.