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Nakajima, Yasuko was born on January 8, 1932 in Osaka, Japan. Came to the United States, 1962, 69.
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Yasuko Nakajima
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Yasuko Nakajima, Japanese, American Medical educator. Fulbright travel grantee, 1962-1965; University scholar University of Illinois, since 1997. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Society Neurosci., American Society Cell Biology, American Association Anatomists, Biophysics Society, Marine Biological Laboratory Corporation.
Education
Doctor of Medicine, U. Tokyo, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tokyo, 1962.
Career
Intern, U. Tokyo School Medicine, 1955-1956;
resident, U. Tokyo School Medicine, 1956-1957;
instructor, U. Tokyo School Medicine, 1962-1967;
associate professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1969-1976;
professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1976-1988;
professor anatomy and cell biology, University of Illinois College Medicine, Chicago, since 1988. Visiting research fellow College Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City,1962-1964. Assistant research anatomist University of California at Los Angeles School Medicine, 1964-1965.
Visiting research fellow Cambridge U., 1967-1969. Member study section National Institutes of Health, 1996-1998.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physiological Society, Society Neurosci., American Society Cell Biology, American Association Anatomists, Biophysics Society, Marine Biological Laboratory Corporation.
Connections
M. Shigehiro Nakajima. Children: Hikeko H., Gene A.
