Matthew Akiyama
About Matthew Akiyama
Matthew Akiyama is in his third year at University of Hawaii's Internal Medicine Residency Program. As an undergraduate at at McGill University, he studied Microbiology & Immunology with a minor concentration in Social Studies of Medicine. During this time, he assisted with two projects entitled 'Anthropology, Inequality, and Disease' published in the Annual Review of Anthropology and 'The Social Science of HIV/AIDS: A Critical Review and Priorities for Action' published by Canada's International Development Research Centre. His studies and extracurricular research led to an interest in global health equity and medical anthropology with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS. To further these interests, he undertook an M.Sc. at University College London in England. His thesis involved three months of field research examining HIV, ART adherence, and social change in Ghana, West Africa. Driven to gain a more hands-on/multi-disciplinary understanding of HIV, he worked with former President of the International AIDS society Dr. Mark Wainberg at the Lady Davis Institute in Montreal researching additive, inhibitive, and synergistic combinations of reverse transcriptase inhibitors in cell free assays.
His plans following residency include pursuing a fellowship in infectious disease.
Role(s) / Profession(s)
- Physician
Organization
- McGill University
- New York University - NYU
- University College London - UCL
Work Location(s)
- Canada
- United States
Language(s)
- English
- French
Recent Contributions
Recent Recommendations
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Matthew Akiyama recommended "Continuing Education Credits for Nurses: RWJF" in the community.