Kazuhiko Abe

Background

Abe, Kazuhiko was born on March 16, 1933 in Kurume, Fukuoka-ken, Japan. Son of Ietsugu and Fusako (Ushijima) Abe.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, 1958. Doctor in Medical Science, Osaka City University, Japan, 1965.

Career

Resident Department Psychiatry, Osaka, 1959-1963. Assistant Osaka City University Medical School, 1963-1966, associate professor psychiatry, 1969-1978. Visiting researcher Institute Psychiatry Maudsley Hospital, London, 1966-1968.

Professor, chairman department psychiatry University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan, 1978-1998. Professor faculty health & welfare Seinan JoGakuin University, since 1999.

Achievements

• Kazuhiko Abe has been listed as a noteworthy Psychiatry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member World Federation Societies Biological Psychiatry (liaison committee psychiatric genetics 1989-1991), International Society Psychiatric Genetics (board directors 1994-1997), Japanese Society Biological Psychiatry (trustee 1991-1994).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, cycling, foreign languages, music.

Connections

Married Hiroko Kumamaru, January 26, 1969. 1 child, Shuei.

Father:

Ietsugu Abe

Mother:

Fusako (Ushijima) Abe

Spouse:

Hiroko Kumamaru

child:

Shuei Abe