Working Group

– Members

The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) is an international academic consortium founded and co-led by Drs. Liang-Kung Chen, Hidenori Arai, and Jean Woo. The organization established a steering committee by inviting sarcopenia researchers from various Asian nations, including Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore. The initial steering committee members were appointed during the AWGS’s establishment. Subsequently, new steering committee members are nominated by the chairpersons and approved by the existing steering committee based on their scholarly contributions to sarcopenia research. Additionally, steering committee members nominate AWGS members to participate in AWGS-related research initiatives. AWGS members also form specialized interest groups to conduct targeted research projects in their respective areas of expertise and interest on the knowledge gap of sarcopenia.

Steering committee member

Masahiro Akishita

Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan

Steering committee member

Li-Ning Peng

Taipei Veterans General Hospital & National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Steering committee member

Wee Shiong Lim

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Steering committee member

Reshma Aziz Merchant

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Steering committee member

Maw Pin Tan

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Steering committee member

Chang Won Won

Kyung-Hee University, Korea

Steering committee member

Lin Kang

Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China

Steering committee member

Prasert Assantachai

Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Member

Koichi Yamamoto

Osaka University, Japan

Member

Keisuke Maeda

Aichi Medical University, Japan

Member

Hidetaka Wakabayashi

Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan

Member

Minoru Yamada

Tsukuba University, Japan

Member

Katsuya Iijima

University of Tokyo, Japan

Member

Chih-Kuang Liang

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Member

Ming-Yueh Chou

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Member

Wei-Ju Lee

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

Member

Fei-Yuan Hsiao

National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Member

Miji Kim

Kyung Hee University, Korea

Member

Jaeyoung Lim

Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Korea

Member

Jun Il Yoo

Inha university, Korea

Member

Tae Nyun Kim

Inje University, Korea

Member

Laura Tay

Sengkang General Hospital, Singapore

Member

Jun Pei Lim

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

Member

Tung Wai Auyeung

Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Member

Ming Yang

Sichuan University, China

Member

Shahrul Bahyah Kamaruzzaman

University of Malaya, Malaysia

Member

Weerasak Muangpaisan

Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand

Member

Sarath Lekawmwasam

University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Member

Ngọc Tâm Nguyễn

National Geriatric Hospital & Hanoi Medical University Hanoi, Vietnam

Member

Jagadish K. Chhetri

Nepal Geriatrics Center, Kathmandu, Nepal

Member

Robby Carlo A. Tan

Department of Science and Technology
Food and Nutrition Research Institute, Philippines

– Taiwan

Liang-Kung Chen

– Japan

Hidenori Arai

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