Head’s up–and expect noise too! Hawai’i Five 0 will be filming around campus
You’ve got mail! From Hawai’i Five-0. It’s about this: Sign-HD 1080p from UHMed on Vimeo. Video. Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 To: Business Owners, Residents and Neighbors From: Locations...
View ArticleJABSOM Primary Care Progress sends trio of MS-2s to national leadership summit
Pictured: Left to Right- Ka’ahukane Leite-Ah Yo (MS2), Kayla Murata (MS2), Carrie Ip (MS2), Daniel Okubo (MS4), in Minnesota. The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Primary Care Progress sent...
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With new NIH funding, Hawai’i scientist aims to prevent the Zika virus from...
Pictured: Dr. Mukesh Kumar at JABSOM. Amanda Shell photo for UH-JABSOM. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now New funding awarded to the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) may lead to solution to a compelling dilemma —...
View ArticleFLU SHOT CLINICS coming to Kaka’ako Sept. 20 and Sept. 22
The H.O.M.E. (Homeless Outreach and Medical Education) Project will once again be sponsoring Flu Shot Clinics for the for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and University of Hawai’i Cancer...
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Professor of Native Hawaiian Health Marjorie Mau, MD receives Alumni Merit...
Pictured: UH-JABSOM Professor and Kalani High School graduate Dr. Marjorie Mau is recognized by Creighton University (her MD almer mater) for her work and service to the community. From Creighton...
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UH researchers among the world’s top experts on selenium, will host 2021...
Pictured: Drs. Berry and Hoffmann in the lab at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school. Tina Shelton photo for UH Med. Selenium (suh-leen’-ee-um) is an essential nutrient that has antioxidant...
View ArticleDr. Axel Lehrer awarded nearly $6.3 million to develop Ebola vaccine that...
Pictured: Dr. Axel Lehrer, Assistant Professor, in his JABSOM laboratory. University of Hawai’i (UH) vaccine researcher Axel Lehrer, PhD, has received funding of nearly $6.3 million to test whether the...
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Hokuleʻa, Hikianalia and the University of Hawaiʻi medical school: shared...
The Polynesian Voyaging Society canoe Hōkūleʻa, Vina Cristobal Photo. The Polynesian Voyaging Society navigators and crew have begun a mahalo voyage around the Hawaiian Islands to thank those who...
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Women in Medicine 2017: “Born to Lead” at the University of Hawaiʻi medical...
Pictured: Three of the panelists, the emcee and a speaker. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now Do YOU know who the first woman physician to graduate from an American medical school was? That question, posed by...
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BOOKNOTES: New editions from UH faculty of Native Hawaiian Health and...
Pictured: Dr. Lee, Mele Look and Dr. Lew, editors of new books. By A.J. McWhorter, UH Med Now Faculty at the University of Hawai’i (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) contribute to new books...
View ArticleJABSOM’s Jeff Yamamoto part of winning “Obstacle Course Challenge” team to...
Pictured: The UH Mānoa Team, including Jeff Yamamoto, front row, third from left. The University of Hawaiʻi (UH) Obstacle Course Team Challenge brought the Oʻahu UH campuses together to raise money for...
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Clinical Reference Tool: New mobile app available through Health Sciences...
The library is announcing a new way for “SEAMLESS ACCESS ON-THE-GO. The Health Sciences Library at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is pleased to provide all...
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Nearly 100 pupils, 6th to 12th grade, come to JABSOM campus to learn about...
Pictured: Students are shown learning how to prepare a patient for Emergency Transport, with advice from the EMT program at Kapiʻolani Community College. MD Admissions Office Photo. Close to 100 public...
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VIDEO: Collaborative Summer Forensics Course wins WASSA Award for JABSOM,...
Pictured, an image from the course, showing skeletal remains used to simulate a human burial at UH West Oʻahu. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now, JABSOM Communications Director The University of Hawaiʻi (UH)...
View ArticleVIDEO: UH medical school’s HOME Project treating homeless patients receives...
Pictured: Dr. Omori receives a gift from Kaiser Permanete on behalf of one of its award-winning physicians. Also pictured are Dr. Marcus Iwane, Michael McNulty, HOME Coordinator, and Dr. Todd Kuwaye....
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Remembering the UH medical school’s Yoshitsugi Hokama, PhD (1926-2017)
Pictured: Dr. Hokama, right, with his son Jon Hokama. Family photo. After a 42-year career of research, inventions and teaching, Yoshitsugi Hokama, PhD, retired in 2008 from the University of Hawaiʻi...
View ArticleTeen Health Camp at JABSOM open to grades 6 through 12 on October 28
The University of Hawaiʻi will host Teen Health Camp on Saturday, October 28, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). This free, one-day event will introduce...
View ArticleDean Hedges, JABSOM students to march for fourth year in Men’s March Against...
HONOLULU – Each year in Hawaiʻi, 50,000 women between the ages of 18 and 64 are harmed by domestic violence. In an effort to raise awareness of this alarming crisis, the community is invited to...
View ArticleUH medical school alumnus helps lead part of the Hurricane Harvey and...
Pictured: Dr. Char in the emergency operations Center in Washington, DC. By Tina Shelton, UH Med Now, JABSOM Communications Director University of Hawaiʻi medical school alumnus Dr. Douglas M. Char...
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Salamat po! Third-year medical students present their MD5 experience in the...
Pictured: The students with Dr. Robert Magsino and his mother, in the Philippines. By Erin Roberts, Jayden Galamgam, Krystina Begonia, and Matthew Lim, JABSOM Class of 2019 During the MD-5 curricular...
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