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Andrzej Szczeklik (July 29, 1938 – February 3, 2012) was a Polish immunologist working Jagiellonian University School of Medicine (''Collegium Medicum'') in Kraków. Having received numerous distinctions for his research, Szczeklik was also well known as a writer.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andrzej Szczeklik - Wydawnictwo Znak - księgarnia internetowa, książki )〕 He received his graduate degree from the Jagiellonian University, and after completing his one-year internship in the USA he worked for seven years at the Academy of Medicine in Wrocław. He completed his postgraduate training abroad; at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm and University of Uppsala, Sweden as well as at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA. In 1979 he became chairman of Department of Medicine, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine in Kraków. In 1990-1993 he was elected the Rector (President) of the Copernicus Academy of Medicine in Cracow, and then Vice-Rector of the Jagiellonian University for Medical Affairs (1993–1996). Szczeklik's main research interest included: cardiopulmonary diseases, aspirin-induced asthma, chemical mediators in diseases of circulatory and respiratory systems with special reference to eicosanoids. Szczeklik has been lecturing extensively in major European, American and Japanese universities. He was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Sheffield, UK, King's College School of Medicine, London, UK and Hochgebirgsklinik Davos-Wolfgang, Switzerland. ==Research== Szczeklik's scientific interest concentrated on heart and lungs diseases. In 1976, he was involved in the discovery of prostacyclin, done by Salvador Moncada and Ryszard Gryglewski.〔〔http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(80)92291-6/fulltext〕 He is perceived as an expert on aspirin-sensitive asthma.〔http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60708-9/fulltext〕 For the research on asthma he received "Lancet Invesigators Award" in 1997 (together with Marek Sanak). For discovering the anti-thrombotic properties of aspirin he was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 1998. He is an author and co-author of about 600 papers published in the leading biomedical journals, including: "Nature", "Lancet", "NEJM", "JCI", "BMJ", "Blood", "Circulation", "JACI", etc. He is also author and co-author and co-editor of several international and Polish medical textbooks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andrzej Szczeklik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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