Dr. Fumiaki Imamura

Current position: 2013 Apr – Present Title: Senior Investigator Scientist Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic ScienceUniversity of Cambridge School of Clinical MedicineCambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
Education: 2002 Mar BS in Chemistry, with distinctionSophia University, Tokyo, Japan Dissertation: “Organic Synthesis and Electric Properties of Cobalt Complex
2003 Aug MS in NutritionInstitute of Human Nutrition, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, USADissertation: “Dietary Consumption of Rural Adult Population in Bangladesh”
2009 Feb Ph.D. in Nutritional EpidemiologyTufts University, Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science andPolicy, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Massachusetts, USA Dissertation: “The Applications of Dietary Pattern Analyses” Mentor: Prof. Paul Jacques
Post-doctoral training: 2009 Mar – 2013 MarResearch FellowCardiovascular Epidemiology Group (Prof. Dariush Mozaffarian)Department of EpidemiologyHarvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA
Awards and honours: 1999 Jul Academic Excellence, Department of Chemistry, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Mar Graduation with Distinction and with Honours, Department of Chemistry, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Sep Nutrition School Scholarship, Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Massachusetts, USA
2004 Sep Doctoral Stipend Award in the area of nutrition and aging research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Gerald J and Dorothy R Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2008 Sep Ajinomoto Co, Inc. International Nutrition Symposium Executive Invitation and Travel Scholarship for the 15th International Congress of Dietetics, 2008, Yokohama, Japan
2009 Apr Finalist, Annual Travel Award, Experimental Biology Meeting 2009, New Orleans, New Jersey, USA
2009 Apr Award at Poster Competition at Harvard School of Public Health for outstanding poster at the School-wide competition of research poster, Harvard School of Public Health, Massachusetts, USA
2009 May The HNRCA Irwin H Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Pre-Doctoral Research, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2009 Sep National Institute of Health Administrative Supplement Award, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (3R01 HL085710-03S1)
2010 May Harvard Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Fellow and Trainee Friday Forum – Annual Winner, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2010 Sep Fellowship, the International Union of Nutritional Sciences Workshop on Capacity and Leadership Development in Nutritional Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
2011 Mar Epidemiology and Prevention Early Career Research Grant, American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention | Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism
2011 Scientific Sessions, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2011 Apr Japanese Disaster Relief Fund in Boston Award for the proposal of volunteer activities for medical relief activities in the disaster-affected areas in Japan, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
2012 Jan Fellowship, 44th Ten-Day International Teaching Seminar on CVD Epidemiology and Prevention, Cape Town, South Africa
2012 Mar Scott Grundy Fellowship Award for Excellence in Metabolism Research, American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention | Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2012 Scientific Sessions, San Diego, California, USA
2012 Mar to 2015 Mar Honour for exceptional quality of peer reviews in 2011-2014 (annual), Annals of Internal Medicine, the American College of Physicians, Pennsylvania, USA
2013 Mar Finalist, Jeremiah and Rose Stamler Research Award for New Investigators, American Heart Association Epidemiology and Prevention | Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism 2013 Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
2014 Jun Certificate of Reviewing Excellence in 2013, Atherosclerosis, Elsevier Inc.
2014 DecBest Research Award, the British Medical Association, London, UK
2015 Apr to 2017 AprInnovator in Diabetes (IDia) programme, Diabetes UK, London, UK2015 AprEnd of Year Special Award Scheme 2015, Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK
2015 OctFellowship Award, the Rank Prize Funds, London, UK
2015 DecReviewer of the Year 2015, BMJ, the British Medical Association, London, UK
2016 Jun Vice-Chancellor’s Impact Awards, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK