Background
Hirakawa, Senri was born on October 24, 1929 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Kimiyuki and Teru (Tanahashi) Hirakawa.
Hirakawa, Senri was born on October 24, 1929 in Kyoto, Japan. Son of Kimiyuki and Teru (Tanahashi) Hirakawa.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, 1960.
Assistant in medicine, Kyoto U. Hospital, 1955-1960; research fellow in physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1957-1958; instructor in physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University Medical, Kyoto, 1961-1963; instructor in medicine, Kyoto University School Medicine, 1964-1967; assistant professor medicine, Gifu University School Medicine, Japan, 1968-1969; associate professor medicine, Gifu University School Medicine, Japan, 1970-1977; professor medicine, Gifu University School Medicine, Japan, 1978-1993; professor emeritus, Gifu University School Medicine, Japan, 1993; professor nutrition, Kobe Women's U., Japan, since 1993. Visiting associate professor medicine University of California, San Diego, 1975. Research fellow physiology U. Mississippi Medical Center, 1975.
Member Japanese Circulation Society (secretary/treasurer since 1991), Japanese Society Biorheology (councillor since 1990), Japanese Society Applied Physiology (councillor since 1981).
Married Ishida Yasuyo, April 24, 1960. Children: Michiko, Reiko, Shigeto.