Lifetime Achievement Award
APPSPGHAN Council and Committee had the honor to present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Distinguished Professor Mei-Hwei Chang and Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Cleghorn during the Opening Ceremony of the 15th Congress of APPSPGHAN which was held on October 13, 2022 in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
This marks the second time such an honor has been awarded to an active member of APPSPGHAN for substantial contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition, as well as outstanding contributions to APPSPGHAN.
Current Position
Education and Postdoctoral Training
Academic and Professional Appointments
Major Research Interest and Field of Specialty:
Publication:
Up to June 2022, H-Index 66 (Scopus)
421 peer-reviewed original articles, 54 review articles in peer-reviewed journals or chapters in books, 14 editorials or letters to the editor, and book editorship 2
Major Awards and Honors
Harvard Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - The Marvin L. Dixon Memorial Visiting Professorship |
1997 |
ISI Citation Classic Award |
2001 |
Sheila Sherlock Award of the International Association for the Study of the Liver |
2002 |
Outstanding Asian Pediatrician Award |
2006 |
The World Academy of Science Prize |
2013 |
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan |
2014 |
Canadian Association for the Study of Liver/Canadian Liver Foundation Sass-Kortsak Award |
2015 |
Asian Pacific Primary Liver Cancer Expert (APPLE) Professor Jei-Low Sung’s Award |
2015 |
Fellow of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases |
2016 |
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Distinguished Achievement Award |
2017 |
Member of The World Academy of Science |
2018 |
Patent
Infant stool color card - ROC Patent number I 236889 (Filed august 1, 2008; Granted December 16, 2023)
Major International Society or Committee Assignments, and Professional Activities
Editorial Board
(Representing Asian Pan Pacific Region (1999-Present)
Emeritus Professor, The University of Queensland, Australia
Professor Geoff Cleghorn is of course well known to most of you and was instrumental in the formation of this society
He is a graduate of The University of Queensland Medical School in Brisbane, Australia and undertook postgraduate training in paediatric gastroenterology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto Canada. Following his training he entered academic practice within The University of Queensland where he ultimately became the Director of Research at the School of Medicine and the Deputy Head of School. He was the Foundation Director of the Institute for Biomedical Innovation for the Centre for Children’s Health Research at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.
Professor Cleghorn has published more than 350 scientific articles and book chapters and is an invited lecturer and public speaker on a number of infant related issues including gastroenterology, perinatal and paediatric nutrition. His research interests include the use of energy expenditure and body composition analysis in a number of disease states including chronic liver disease, cystic fibrosis, and general nutritional rehabilitation. He has been the recipient of a number of research grants from national and international granting bodies including the Australian Research Council, the National Health & Medical Research Council from Australia and the National Institutes of Health from the USA.
Professor Cleghorn has over 3 decades’ experience as an active clinician in the discipline within Australia and has been instrumental in communicating and facilitating research collaborations across the breadth of paediatrics. He has developed an extensive network of associations throughout Asia Pacific and is a frequent, invited visitor to countries throughout the region. Professor Cleghorn was formally appointed to the Academic Teaching Staff of the Department of Child Health, University of Indonesia as a visiting Professor, and has been involved in several multinational trials in S.E. Asia. These collaborations have seen a number of trainees travel to Brisbane to further their paediatric gastrointestinal and nutritional studies with him and his colleagues.
He has been involved in many of the historical and seminal advances in paediatric liver transplantation including the world's first successful living related donor liver transplant and the development of the liver cut down technique now universally known as the "Brisbane Technique". Research from the Queensland Liver Transplant Service has highlighted the importance of nutrition in these patients and again is acknowledged internationally.
His memberships include:
In addition, he has served as the:
Lifetime Achievement Award 2018
The organizing committee of the 14thAPPSGHAN Congress in Bangkok had the honor to present to Emeritus Professor Yuichiro Yamashiro the Lifetime Achievement Award during the Opening Ceremony on 24th October 2018.
This marks the first time such an honor has been awarded to an active member of APPSPGHAN for substantial contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition.
Professor Yamashiro graduated from Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine and stayed on as staff in 1972-1979, then joined the University of Wales Medical School in the UK as a lecturer for 2 years before returning back to Japan in 1981. In 1994, at the 4thAPPSGHAN meeting in Tokyo, Prof. Yamashiro also officially established our Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition or APPSPGHAN. His idea to devote to promoting pediatric medicine in Asia brought also establishing the Asian Society for Pediatric Research (ASPR) in 2004. He had been a professor and chairman at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine at the Juntendo University in 1997-2007. After retiring from the chairman, he set up Probiotics Research Laboratory and he has been dedicating his research on gut microbiota and probiotics. He is now currently an emeritus professor of Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine.
Professor Yamashiro has made an exceptional contribution in the field of intestinal microbiota, dysbiosis in C-section born infants, probiotics especially with related to obesity and metabolic syndrome for over 30 years. The impact of his work has been realized among health care personnel across Japan and worldwide. Professor Yamashiro’s contribution has brought an understanding not only in the field of gastroenterology but also in the field of nutrition for gut health and well being for better health of children in the Asia-Pacific region. He has authored several publications, proceedings, and books. Prof Yamashiro is a person to look up to; works well as a team and creates substantial inspiration for trainees and young investigators.
Prof. Yamashiro received Lifetime Achievement Award from Prof. Wandee Varavithaya (Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok)
Prof. Berthold Koletzko delivered a congratulatory speech for Prof. Yamashiro, a long-time friend and colleague.
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