International Association of Physiological Anthropology

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[NEW]	2020.10.22	Organizations
	2019.01.09	The 14th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology

About IAPA

International Association of Physiological Anthropology is the union of Anthropology, Human Biology and Physiological Anthropology societies around the world. The IAPA (former ISPA, International Society of Physiological Anthropology) was first established when the 3rd International Congress of Physiological Anthropology was held in Nara, Japan in 1996. Physiological Anthropology is the scientific discipline which focused on homo sapiens as the subjects existing in modern technological society of today and aspired to the creation of living environments and lifestyle systems based on research which attaches importance to human characteristics evaluated from a viewpoint encompassing the past, present and future.

Goals and Objectives

The goals of the IAPA are to promote research exchange and collaborationin the field of physiological anthropology. The objectives are to contribute to the advancement in physiological anthropology with the cooperation of its members, to hold theinternational congresses and to support other activities for the attainment of objectives of the IAPA (e.g. workshops, schools, education, etc.).

Organizations

The association is governed by a Council comprised of delegates from the member societies and members and the Executive Committee of the Council.

President: Barry Bogin (Loughborough, UK)
Vice-President: Fook Tim Chew (Singapore, Singapore); Taro Yamauchi (Sapporo, Kyoto, Japan)
President Emeritus: Alan Bittles (Perth, Australia); Douglas Crews (Columbus, USA); Hans W. Jürgens (Kiel, Germany); Tetsuo Katsuura (Chiba, Japan); C G Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Cambridge, UK)
Secretary General: Yuko Tsunetsugu (Tokyo, Japan)
Secretaries: Sung-Phil Kim (Ulsan, South Korea); Takayuki Nishimura (Fukuoka, Japan)
Treasurer: Koichi Iwanaga (Chiba, Japan)
Executives: Kamruddin Ahmed (Sabah, Malaysia); Daniel Brown (Hilo, USA); Elena Godina (Moscow, Russia); Kathrin Gransitzki (Kiel, Germany); Michael Hermanussen (Altenhof, Germany); Sigekazu Higuchi (Fukuoka, Japan); Susumu Kudo (Fukuoka, Japan); Jason Kai Wei Lee (Singapore, Singapore); Joo Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea); Yee How Say (Kajang, Malaysia); Gwanseob Shin (Ulsan, South Korea); Josh Snodgrass (Eugene, USA); Akira Yasukouchi (Fukuoka, Japan)

Membership

Each member is obliged to support the objectives of the IAPA. Members may be affiliated to the IAPA in one of three categories:
1. The Society of Physiological Anthropology and representative of Physiological Anthropology in each country;
2. Individual Member (who does not belong to a society of Physiological Anthropology);
3. Supporting Member.

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