The winner of this year’s Ikemi Award was Hiroki Nishimura, MA (National Institute of Mental Health, NCNP, Tokyo) for his article published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine.

Psychological and weight-related characteristics of patients with anorexia nervosa-restricting type who later develop bulimia nervosa
Nishimura H, Komaki G, Ando T, Nakahara T, Oka T, Kawai K, Nagata T, Nishizono A, Okamoto Y, Okabe K, Koide M, Yamaguchi C, Saito S, Ohkuma K, Nagata K, Naruo T, Takii M, Kiriike N, Ishikawa T, Japanese Genetic Research Group for Eating Disorders
BioPsychoSocial Medicine 2008, 2:5 (12 February 2008)

The 2008 Ikemi Award was presented to Mr Nishimura at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine.

The Ikemi Award is presented to the first author of the best article (as decided by the selection committee) published in BioPsychoSocial Medicine during the previous year. To be considered for the 2009 Ikemi Award, submit your next manuscript to BioPsychoSocial Medicine. Please see the Award page of the journal website for further details.

BioPsychoSocial Medicine is the official journal of the Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Medicine and publishes research on psychosomatic disorders and diseases. For more information, please see the ‘About’ page or contact the Editorial office.