Only in Hawaiʻi: Dancing doctors (and doctors-to-be) perform at the MD Senior...
The newest doctors to graduate from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) know medicine, of course, but did you know they also know how to dance? The graduating class is honored each year in a...
View ArticleCSD’s Amy Lower wins top award for faculty engagement at Spring 2017...
Pictured: Amy Lower is congratulated by UHM Vice Chancellor for Research Dr. Michael Bruno, at the Assessment for Curricular Improvement’s Spring 2017 Assessment Poster Exhibit Faculty member Amy Lower...
View ArticleLongtime JABSOM Leader Dr. Satoru Izutsu profiled by UH Alumni Association
Portrait by Arnold Kameda for UH Med Now. It is still nearly impossible for those of us at the University of Hawai’i medical school to believe that Dr. Satoru Izutsu is going to be 89 in September...
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Better diagnostics are among the ideas shared in the effort to stop malaria
Pictured: Mosquito nets at JABSOM’s “World Malaria Day.” Nets treated with long-lasting insecticide are one of the world’s most effective ways to prevent bites from malaria-infected mosquitos, who tend...
View ArticleThree minute thesis winner is one of four newest Doctors of Tropical Medicine...
Pictured: Dr. Yunga with his JABSOM mentor, Tropical Medicine’s Dr. Diane Taylor, in the lab. By Tina Shelton , UH Med Now Brand-new Doctor of Tropical Medicine graduate Samuel Tassi Yunga, MD, was the...
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New Video: Convocation Moments (MD 2017)
Pictured: Dr. Charles Egesdal with his mother, Wendy Wichman, and Dean Hedges at the Convocation Ceremony. Our newest video contains quick highlights from the MD 2017 Convocation Ceremony held at the...
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Documentary screened at JABSOM called an “eye-opening” look at a virus that...
Pictured: Kelsey Grossman (Gilead Sciences), Thaddeus Pham (Hep Free Hawai’i), Kenson Alik (Hep B Patient and Advocate), Dr. Naoky Tsai (The Queen’s Liver Center), Christopher Wong, film Director. More...
View ArticleWELCOME SCHOOLTEACHERS: JABSOM holds week-long course for teachers to “brush...
Twenty-four Hawai’i schoolteachers will prepare to go “back to school” this week by learning the latest in scientific research methods at the University of Hawai’i medical school. This is the sixth...
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UH Regents and Presidential Scholars Program celebrates 30th Anniversary at...
Pictured: Dr. Sheri Fong, of the Office of Medical Education, with Dr. Trudy Hong (JABSOM MD 2017) and Lauren Kida (MD Class of 2018). The University of Hawai’i is celebrating the 30th anniversary this...
View ArticleJABSOM-organized book drive for keiki exceeds 500 book goal!
Pictured: In Kalihi, Dr.Seiji Yamada (Family Medicine and Community Health), Dr. Michael Walter, Kalihi-Pālama Health Center Medical Director, and donation drive organizers Joel Sabugo, Arcelita Imasa...
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Mentor travels from Africa with special pride for three awarded PhDs from UH...
Pictured: Dr. Kenji Obadia Mfuh, Dr. Rose Leke, Dr. Ngu Njei Abanda, Dr. Diane Taylor of the JABSOM Department of Tropical Medicine, Microbiology and Pharmacology, and Dr. Samuel Tassi Yunga at the...
View ArticleVIDEO: 2017 kīhei ceremony welcomes new Native Hawaiian physicians
Pictured: Native Hawaiian members of the MD Class of 2017. The annual Kīhei Ceremony at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaiʻi, celebrates the entry into medicine of new...
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VIDEO: UH OB-GYN donates $100K to refurbish MD Resident Call Rooms at partner...
Pictured: Left to right: Raymond Vara, President & CEO of Hawaiʻi Pacific Health, Martha Smith, CEO of Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children, Dr. Ivica Zalud, JABSOM OB-GYN Chair, Dr....
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Faculty neurologists Matthew Koenig and Kazuma Nakagawa receive top awards...
University of Hawaiʻi (UH) medical professors Kazuma Nakagawa, M.D. and Matthew Koenig, M.D. have been selected from volunteers across a 10-state region for their outstanding work with the American...
View ArticleWhat’s NEW in the Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health?
In the June 2017 edition of the Hawaiʻi Journal of Medicine and Public Health, we feature a study on medical students’ attitudes toward obese patients; a paper on primary care integration of...
View ArticleVIDEO: UH Mānoa update for June 2017 by President David Lassner
A progress report on efforts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to improve student recruitment and retention, among other matters, was provided on June 1, 2017 to the Board of Regents by UH Mānoa...
View ArticleJABSOM Dean visits Hilo MD Alumni, reports about on-island student and MD...
Pictured: Hilo alum at the gathering in May. By Julie Inouye, JABSOM UH Foundation and Alumni (HILO, HAWAIʻI) Hilo may just be Hawaiʻi’s best-kept secret. No traffic, balmy weather, a tight-knit...
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MD 2018’s Gabriel Lapid reports: Ebola survivor inspires crowd at medical...
Pictured: Dr. Kent Brantly giving his talk at the Aloha International Mission dinner on July 10, 2017 By Gabriel M. Lapid, MD Candidate, UH JABSOM Class of 2018 A contingency of University of Hawai’i...
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Time to suit up! Transition to Clerkship begins for the MD Class of 2019 at...
Pictured: MD 2018 medical students Arcelita Imasa, Gabriel Lapid and Joel Sabugo learning to suit up for surgery in last year’s “Transition to Clerkship”. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now The week of...
View ArticleMedical students, faculty have new brain mapping courses to choose from this...
Dr. Jonas Vibell, a faculty member at the Medical School and a Research Professor at the UH Mānoa Department of Psychology, wants biomedical students to know about two upcoming courses he will lead...
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