Awards/Presentation Ceremony

FY2016: 28th SGH Cancer Research Grants, 14th SGH Special Awards, SGH Special Nursing Awards Ceremony

Date	Saturday, December 3, 2016
Location	Mizuho Banquet Room, 4F, The Westin Miyako Hotel Kyoto

The 28th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony, and the 14th SGH Special Award, SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony were held in Kyoto on Saturday, December 3, 2016.
This fiscal year, following careful screening by the judges, 15 recipients were chosen from among 201 applicants, including universities, research institutions, and medical institutions from across Japan, for SGH Cancer Research Grants (1 million yen/grant, for a total of 15 million yen) .

In addition, as SGH Special Awards 5 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi a prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” [“Kibou”]) and the SGH Special Nursing Award of 1 million yen and the Kuriwada Eiichi prize (a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” [“Yuu”]) were presented to winners who have made marked contributions to the progress of cancer research and nursing and were expected to continue to contribute in the future.

we held commemorative lectures by the 13th (previous year) SGH Special Award winners and SGH Nursing Special Award winners.

Message from the Chair

Eiichi Kuriwada

Chairperson and CEO of SG Holdings Co., Ltd.
Chairperson of Sagawa Express Co., Ltd.

28th SGH Cancer Research Grants Presentation Ceremony

28th SGH Cancer Research Grant (in Japanese order)

Mr. Tomohiro
Mr. Masanari Umemura
Mr. Tsunekazu Oikawa
Mr. Shuzo Kaneko
Mr. Masato Kanemaki
Mr. Yasusei Kudo
Mr. Susumu Goyama
Ms. Natsuko Kondo
Mr. Hidehisa Takahashi
Mr. Yuichiro Nakajima
Mr. Takashi Fukuda
Mr. Toshitsugu Fujita
Mr. Takeshi Fuchigami
Mr. Yukihiro Furusawa
Mr. Takao Miki

14th SGH Special Award/SGH Special Nursing Award Ceremony

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”希望” (“Kibou”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “希望” (“Kibou”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize

14th SGH Special Award Winners (in Japanese order)

Mr. Ikuo Konishi

Mr. Tatsuhiro Shibata

Kuriwada Eiichi prize”悠” (“Yuu”)
Bronze sculpture by the sculptor Chizuko Sasado, titled “悠” (“Yuu”), presented to the winner of the SGH Special Nursing Award as the Kuriwada Eiichi Prize.