Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu

Background

Kohwi-Shigematsu, Terumi was born on August 30, 1949 in Tokyo. Daughter of Teruhiko and Futaba Shigematsu.

Education

Bachelor of Science magna cum laude, Washington College, 1971; Master of Arts, John Hopkins University, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tokyo, 1978.

Career

Science fellow, Japan Society for Promotion, Tokyo, 1978-1979; research scientist, Institute Tuberculosis and Cancer, Sendai, Miyaginken., Japan, 1979-1981; postdoctoral fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, 1981-1984; assistant staff scientist, La Jolla (California) Cancer Research Foundation, 1984-1988; staff scientist, La Jolla (California) Cancer Research Foundation, La Jolla, 1988-1994; senior staff scientist, La Jolla (California) Cancer Research Foundation, 1994-1996; senior staff scienist life science division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory-University of California, Berkeley, since 1996.

Achievements

• Terumi Kohwi-Shigematsu has been listed as a notable Research scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Institutes of Health (chemical pathology study section 1992-1996), American Cancer Society (Faculty award 1988-1993).

Connections

Married Yoshinori Kohwi. 1 child, Minoree.

Father:

Teruhiko Shigematsu

Mother:

Futaba Shigematsu

Spouse:

Yoshinori Kohwi

child:

Minoree Kohwi-Shigematsu