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UH medical school is the backdrop as Governor Ige signs marijuana dispensary...
Governor David Ige signed a bill into law today which updates the State’s medical marijuana laws to allow easier access to the drug for patients through a system of dispensaries which are expected to...
View ArticleSenate passes Schatz-Hatch legislation to improve treatment for chronic pain...
From Senator Schatz’ office WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Conference Report which included the Safe Treatments and Opportunities to Prevent (STOP)...
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Research led by Dr. Linda Chang: Alzheimer’s gene may show effects on brain...
A gene associated with Alzheimer’s disease and recovery after brain injury may show its effects on the brain and thinking skills as early as childhood, according to a study published in the July 13,...
View ArticleNEW MD Class of 2020 largest ever at JABSOM, expanded due to doctor shortage
The University of Hawai’i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) welcomes its largest MD class in recent history in a “White Coat Ceremony” on Friday, July 15 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kaimukī...
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White Coat Ceremony welcomes MD 2020 in unique fashion
Pictured: Members of the MD 2020 class recite the Hippocratic Oath. The MD Class of 2020 was welcomed warmly by family, friends and faculty of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) on July 15,...
View ArticleRESEARCH: Positive preliminary results of a heat stable Ebola Vaccine...
Pictured: Dr. Lehrer in his lab at JABSOM. Amanda Shell photo. (Princeton, Honolulu) A biopharmaceutical company collaborating with Hawai’i scientists on an Ebola vaccine announced encouraging news...
View ArticleFIRST-PERSON: UH medical students learn about employing nutrition to reverse...
Pictured: Attendees at the event included community physicians and medical students from each of the four JABSOM classes. By Emily Jones, JABSOM MS2 On April 27th I had the privilege of joining a group...
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HOME Project, MD Alumni serve through “Convoy of Hope” Day
Jill Omori, MD (JABSOM 1995) and her team of capable John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) residents and medical students braved the sun and cared for patients on Convoy of Hope day (July 16) on...
View ArticleHinshaw Scholarship awardees announced
Pictured: Scholarship recipients Yukie Sato, David Siemann Scholarship Sponsor Dr. Virginia Hinshaw, UH Mānoa Chancellor Emeritus and Professor of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and...
View ArticleHALLWAY GLIMPSE: The new ʻImi are in the house!
Twelve new students have entered the Class of 2016-15 in the ʻImi Ho’ōla Post-Baccalaureate Program, one of the most successful programs in the country to promote diversity in medicine. If they...
View ArticleNEW Tropical Medicine Graduate Certificate Program accepting applications
Pictured: Chair of Tropical Medicine Dr. Vivek Nerurkar in his laboratory in Kakaʻako. The Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa John...
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U.S. Rep. Mark Takai dies of pancreatic cancer at 49
Pictured: Mark Takai and children visiting the State Capitol play a game sponsored by the UH Cancer Center during “UH Day” in 2013. It is with great sadness that we note the death of U.S. Rep. Mark...
View ArticleVIDEOS: White Coat Ceremony for MD 2020
Because just ONE video wouldn’t be enough…we have two video memories of your White Coat Ceremony, MD 2020! The first presents the ceremony and its sounds, the second is a fun celebration of the moments...
View ArticleNew Leadership for Graduate Medical Education at University of Hawai’i
Pictured: Holly Olson, MD; Naleen Andrade, MD; Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD; Dean Jerris Hedges, MD, at JABSOM. (Amanda Shell photo.) Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD, FAAFP, has been selected to lead Graduate...
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Call for Abstracts: Hawaiʻi Neuroscience Symposium, deadline Aug. 10
The 2016 Hawaiʻi Neuroscience Symposium comes to the John A. Burns School of Medicine on Saturday, August 20, with a keynote address, “New Era of Neuroscience: Looking into the Future,” by Raman...
View ArticleALERT: POWER RESTORED AT KAKA’AKO BUT STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF JABSOM...
By Tina Shelton Power to the Kaka’ako campus was restored mid-morning on Monday, July 25, 2016, after being out (except for emergency generator power) since Sunday evening. Flooding from the tropical...
View ArticleVIDEOS: Reconnect 2016 brings alumni from near and far–and the keiki loved it!
Reconnect 2016 brought alumni from near — and quite far — to the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) campus in Kaka’ako. The Class of 2006, for example, had members fly in...
View ArticleNew Director of UH Cancer Center interviewed on Hawai’i News Now Sunrise program
From Hawai’i News Now Dr. Randall Holcombe officially takes over as Director of the University of Hawai’i Cancer Center in October 2016. Holcombe has more than 25 years in academic medicine, serving in...
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TBT Video: Young patient gets his WISH to be a University of Hawai’i medical...
Originally published on August 19, 2015–this TBT story takes a look back at a memorable day at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school. Make A Wish Hawaiʻi and the John A. Burns School of Medicine...
View ArticleWhere to go for hepititis A vaccinations
Pictured: MD students at JABSOM practicing injections in June 2016. The ongoing hepatitis A outbreak in Hawai’i has some health officials, including the state’s lead epidemiologist, advising that...
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