For five days from February 18 (Mon) to 22 (Fri), the final assessment meeting of SATREPS project under AMED-JICA was held at the Veterinary Medicine Institute of Mongolian Univers
ity of Life Sciences (Ulaanbaatar). After the closing of the meeting, Professor Naoaki Yokoyama of National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases was awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by the host university.
The title of Professor Emeritus was awarded in acknowledgement of many years of dedication by the professor as the supervisor of students from Mongolia, more than 80 international papers published under AMED-JICA SATREPS project, for which the professor was the leader, and his contribution to the improved piroplasmosis countermeasures in Mongolia.
Our academic collaborations with Mongolian University of Life Sciences continue for a stretch of over 20 years, during which six faculty members, including the 11th President Naoyoshi Suzuki, the 12th President Hideyuki Nagasawa, Professor Emeritus Morikazu Shinagawa, former professor Dr. Kozo Fujisaki, Professor Ikuo Igarashi, and Director and Vice President Noboru Inoue, have been awarded the title of Professor Emeritus by the university.
Articles by the Mongolian University of Life Sciences are available here.
