Associate Professor Tomoki Kosho of the University Hospital Receives the 2013 Medical Research Encouragement Prize of the Japan Medical Association
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Associate Professor Tomoki Kosho of the Division of Medical Genetics of the University Hospital has received the 2013 Medical Research Encouragement Prize of the Japan Medical Association for “Discovery and Delineation of Dermatan 4-O-Sulfotransferase-1 (D4ST1)-Deficient Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Development of Treatment Method”. This prize is awarded every year to 15 researchers who have carried out medical research with promising future prospects in the fields of basic medicine, public health, and clinical medicine. The prize is recommended by the chairpersons of committees of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences, heads of medical research laboratories of graduate schools or the deans of the faculty of medicine of universities, the directors of university hospitals, the heads of other relevant institutions, and the presidents of prefectural medical associations, so it is a notable honor.
Associate Professor Kosho stated “Receiving this award encourages me to want to produce original research under the watchword “from Shinshu to the world”, as I confront my patients in the future with sincerity and have lively exchanges with my collaborating researchers”.
