Prof. Fukuchi

APSR / KYF Young Investigator Award for Geriatric Respirology

KYF is a acronym from the transliteration of 敬和以慧富 and Prof. Yoshinosuke Fukuchi, the joint financial sponsor of this Award.

Yoshinosuke Fukuchi M.D. Ph.D. is a professor emeritus at Juntendo University, Tokyo.

Inaugurated for the 2018 Congress, the Award will be available at each annual APSR Congress until 2025.

The Award is to promote investigations in aging lung in health and disease (basic science, translational clinical medicine, epidemiology, socio-economic study). Graying of society casts a universal burden on keeping society healthy and the lung is known as most vulnerable organ in old people. The scientific approach to tackle this serious issue is emerging but not enough yet.

One Award is available each year for eight years, to the first author of the best paper accepted for presentation at the year's APSR Congress. The paper must be of original work on geriatric respirology in any of the following fields:

Eligibility:

The awardee must be:

Award includes:

Where a paper has more than one author, the $500 and invitation to the social event is for one of the authors, selected by the paper's senior author. The certificate is in the name of all the paper's authors.

Selection:

Award presentation:

*"LMIC" is defined as a "lower-middle income country", a list of which can be seen at data.worldbank.org/income-level/low-and-middle-income.