“Graduate students are the future of research, so supporting their efforts is a privilege and a pleasure,” said Chancellor Emeritus Virginia Hinshaw, PhD.
By UH Med Now
The University of Hawaiʻi Tropical Medicine Graduate Program Awards Committee has awarded the 2018 Chancellor Emeritus Virginia S. Hinshaw Biomedical Research Scholarship to four graduate students. The graduate students, all seeking their advanced degrees from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) were presented a $1,000 prize, which may be used to support any aspect of the students’ graduate education.
“On behalf of the faculty and students of the Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology, we are grateful to Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Hinshaw for her generous contribution to encourage our students excel in their graduate studies,” said Dr. Vivek Nerurkar, Department Chair.
Mentored by JABSOM’s leading scientists, the scope of the award-winning research includes examining immune pathways to cure disease, better understand how the Zika virus can be transmitted sexually,
understanding immune signatures associated with Kawasaki Disease, and to improve screening to detect the Dengue and Zika viruses, looking for a reliable way to differentiate between the two.
“This is incredibly exciting,” said JABSOM Dean Jerris Hedges, MD, upon reviewing the work of the graduate researchers. “Hulo (congratulations) to the students, mahalo to the mentors, and deep appreciation to Chancellor-emeritus Hinshaw,” said Dr. Hedges.
Below, we meet the researchers and read their summaries of their work in the labs of JABSOM.
