Okuda Lectureship

Professor Okuda was one of the pioneers of Hepatology and a pillar of strength for gastroenterology and liver disease in the Asia-Pacific region. In a career that spanned over 50 years since his first paper, he made an extraordinary number of contributions to knowledge, published many books and innumerable articles and reviews and trained and influenced two generations of liver specialists from throughout the Asia-Pacific Region as well as his native Japan.

Among his many distinctions, prizes and awards (in Japan, North America and internationally), he was very proud of having been a co-founder of the Asia-Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), an inaugural editor of the Journal of Gastroenterology (Editor-in-Chief until the time of his death in February 2003) and a Founding Trustee of the JGH Foundation. With his permission the JGH State of the Art Lecture was re-named the “Okuda Lectureship” in September 2002.

First Okuda Lecture

The first Okuda Lecture was delivered at the APASL meeting in Taipei in the presence of Professor Okuda by Professor Geoffrey Farrell from Sydney, Australia, titled NASH. What is it and why is it important in the Asia Pacific Region?

Conditions

The Scientific Program Committee for APDW nominates three (3) potential lecturers and appropriate topics.

Potential nominees should come from more than one country within the Region.
The list of nominees should be forwarded to the JGH Foundation by 30 September in the previous year.
The list should be in order of preference.
The Trustees of the JGH Foundation will make the final decision on the selection of the Okuda Lecturer.
The decision on the selected nominee will be conveyed to the APDW Organisers.
The Organisers will be responsible for notifying the selected nominee and making all arrangements.

Funding

The funding package is currently up to US$5,000 to assist in covering the following expenses:

Return business class airfare between home city and venue for regional meeting (APDW).
Accommodation for the duration of APDW.
Honorarium of US$1,000 for submission of manuscript at the time of the meeting for publication in JGH.

APDW Organisers must ensure that receipts and the manuscript are received prior to reimbursement of funds. The JGH Foundation will reimburse the APDW Organisers on presentation of an invoice with the relevant receipts attached.

Manuscript

The Okuda State-of-the-Art Lecturer is required to submit a manuscript at the time of the meeting which will cover the content of his or her lectureship. The manuscript should be structured as a review article between 3000-5000 words and between 3-8 tables and figures. It is expected that this will be a detailed and learned exposé of the topic concerned, and will also emphasise practical points for clinicians and investigators. For information on JGH style guidelines, please visit www.blackwell-science.com/jgh

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