Juhn Atsushi Wada

Juhn Atsushi Wada, OC (born 1924, Sapporo) is a Japanese Canadian neurologist known for research into epilepsy, including his description of the Wada test for cerebral hemispheric dominance of language function.

Biography

Juhn Wada studied medicine at Hokkaido University, qualifying in 1946 and becoming Doctor of Science in 1951. He worked at the University of Minnesota and the Montreal Neurological Institute before settling at the University of British Columbia in 1956, becoming professor of neurology. He was an associate of the Medical Research Council of Canada from 1966 to 1994.^[1] He was the founding president of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE) from 1977 to 1979, and president of the American Epilepsy Society in 1988. He was awarded the Wilder Penfield Gold Medal by the CLAE in 1988.^[2] He was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 1992.^[3]

References

^ Juhn Atsushi Wada at Who Named It?
^ A Brief History of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy (CLAE) By Juhn A. Wada at the CLAE website.
^ Juhn A. Wada at Governor General of Canada website

Canada-Japan relations

Japan

People	Mickey Curtis Glen Ennis Aaron Keller Ron Korb Herbert Marler R.W. Mayhew Monkey Majik Herbert Norman Maria Ozawa Richard Rochefort Barry Steers Mervin Tran Mel Wakabayashi Jai West

Places	Canadian Academy Embassy of Canada, Tokyo List of Canadian ambassadors to Japan

Events	Canada WET

Canada

Japanese Canadians	Ken Adachi Nobu and Mio Adilman Dennis Akayama David Akutagawa Severn Cullis-Suzuki Hiromi Goto Arthur S. Hara Kanao Inouye Mary Ito Robert Ito Hiro Kanagawa Martin Kariya Paul Kariya Steve Kariya Sarah Kawahara Andrew Kishino Roy Kiyooka Joy Kogawa (Obasan) Bruce Kuwabara Jon Matsumoto Nina Matsumoto Art Miki Roy Miki Masajiro Miyazaki Kenzo Mori Raymond Moriyama Issey Nakajima-Farran Paris Nakajima-Farran Kazuo Nakamura George Nozuka Justin Nozuka Philip Nozuka Bev Oda Kristy Odamura Midi Onodera John Kimura Parker Michelle Sagara Kerri Sakamoto Devin Setoguchi Tetsuro Shigematsu Aki Shimazaki Rick Shiomi Yellow Fever Thomas Shoyama Jeff Chiba Stearns Jennifer Spence Jamie Storr Vicky Sunohara David Suzuki Mutsumi Takahashi Takao Tanabe Miyuki Tanobe David Tsubouchi Masami Tsuruoka Irene Uchida Juhn Atsushi Wada Terry Watada Michelle Sagara West Ayaka Wilson Naomi Yamamoto Christine Yoshikawa Kimiko Zakreski

Japanese in Canada	Manzō Nagano Utako Wakamatsu

Other people	HIMEKA Jillian Michaels John Powles Bruce Ross

Issues	Japanese Canadian internment Reference re Persons of Japanese Race

Events	Powell Street Festival

Places	Embassy of Japan, Ottawa Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Japantown, Vancouver Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada Kuroki, Saskatchewan Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre Nitobe Memorial Garden

Organisations	Hitachi Canadian Industries Kokoro Dance National Association of Japanese Canadians Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited Sony Canada

Works	Minoru: Memory of Exile Obasan Skim Yellow Fever

Other

Persondata
Name	Wada, Juhn Atsushi
Alternative names
Short description	Japanese Canadian neurologist
Date of birth	1924
Place of birth	Tokyo
Date of death
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