(ANA) AAPI Heritage Month Series: Dr. Maiko Sakamoto
Channel: TheAsianNeuropsychologicalAssociation
Date: 27/05/2021

Dr. Maiko Sakamoto Pomeroy sits down with Dr. Nicholas Thaler at the Asian Neuropsychological Association (ANA) to discuss her observations and ideas on the important work of establishing the field of neuropsychology in Japan. She encourages other neuropsychologists and faculty members to consider what is structurally and culturally important to address within research and how it is vital for the practice of neuropsychology to grow.

The AAPI Heritage month series is inspired by the conversations from the Society for Black Neuropsychology. In the spirit of connecting our members to a broader range of topics and issues in our field, the ANA Newsletter and Media committee aims to connect people's personal and career identities together to spark deep discussions. This talk was organized and curated by the Newsletter and Media committee at ANA. Learn more at https://the-ana.org

Dr. Maiko Sakamoto Pomeroy is an Associate Professor at Saga University Faculty of Medicine. She received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Drexel University in Philadelphia. 

Her peer-reviewed article on the field of neuropsychology in Japan was published as a special issue article in The Clinical Neuropsychologist journal in August 2016. Due to privacy reasons, we will not be freely distributing Dr. Sakamoto Pomeroy's contact information here, but it can be accessed through her publication: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13854046.2016.1204012

She has also provided the following resources for neuropsychology in Japan:
1. Neuropsychological Society of Japan (日本神経心理学会): http://www.neuropsychology.gr.jp/index.html

2. Japanese Society of Cognitive Neuroscience (認知神経科学会): https://plaza.umin.ac.jp/~scn/

3.　Japanese Society for Cognitive Psychology (日本認知心理学会) ：http://cogpsy.jp/