JABSOM Enquirer: One-on-one with Dr. Richard Kasuya, also “Coach Richard”
The JABSOM Enquirer recently learned that JABSOM faculty member Dr. Richard Kasuya, from the Office of Medical Education, also coaches high school basketball and was named as a national winner of the...
View ArticleA land-based health disparities project in Kalihi Valley is one of several...
Pictured: External Advisory Council members, RMATRIX-II leaders, staff and research investigators at Hoʻoulu ʻAina in Kalihi Valley. On February 15-16, 2018, the RMATRIX II External Advisory Council...
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JABSOM MD 2018’s Gabriel Lapid Reports: Christian med students give praise...
Pictured: Gabriel M. Lapid, Jared Hara, Teresa Choe, David Bailey, Nina Beckwith, Antonette Hernandez, Joy Piotrowski, Dustin Uchiyama and Monika Young. Gabriel Lapid Photo. By Gabriel Lapid, JABSOM...
View ArticleMemorial planned for the late Rich Meiers, donations in his honor welcome in...
Pictured: Rich Meiers. Photo courtesy of Meiers Family and Hawaiʻi Community Foundation. Rich Meiers led Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi and helped found the Farrington Health Academy at Farrington...
View ArticleTV program about youth suicide will feature JABSOM Psychiatry expert Dr....
Teen suicide prevention leaders and supporters are pictured at a “Prevent Suicide” workshop titled E Malama ‘Ola on February 20, 2016. University of Hawaiʻi Psychiatry expert Dr. Deborah Goebert will...
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Remembering U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka (1924-2018), with gratitude and respect
Pictured: Former U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka, speaking at JABSOM in 2016 at the services for Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell. By UH Med Now Former U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka has died at the age of 93, leaving a...
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Extraordinary, elite honor for Native Hawaiian Health’s Dr. Marjorie Mau
Pictured: Dr. Marjorie Mau (Biomedical Faces of Science portrait.) By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Dr. Marjorie Mau has earned another extraordinary honor for her life’s work in...
View ArticleJABSOM Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate students earn diversity...
Pictured: Ansley Davis and Ting-Ting Hsu Submitted by Barbara Ward For UH Med Now Two graduate students from the University of Hawaiʻi medical school’s Department of Communication Sciences and...
View ArticleHawaiʻi medical school one of 21 institutions with students selected as St....
Pictured, St. Baldrick’s 2018 JABSOM Summer Fellow Mark Brisco St. Baldrick’s Foundation exists to fill the gap in funding that goes to cancer research in children. Only 4% of federal cancer research...
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Harvard: University of Hawaiʻi medical school paved the way for our...
Pictured: Dr. Nash Witten (JABSOM MD 2017) during his longitudinal training at North Hawaiʻi Community Hospital, with surgery team members Ronny Triphahn, Carol Aceret, Kamalu Joaquin and Dr. Howard...
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Dr. Alex Anderson, 1929-2018, Pioneer of groundbreaking medical education at...
The Hawai’i version of the curriculum inspired Harvard University and other schools which adopted or adapted it around the country By UH Med Now Alex Anderson, MD, a pioneer in the innovative...
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UH Researcher discovers new approach to potentially stop Alzheimer’s Disease...
Pictured: Dr. Robert Nichols in the lab at the Biosciences Building at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya UH Med Now Correspondent Recognized by...
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Students pick top faculty, in the University of Hawaiʻi medical school’s...
Pictured: 2018 EME award winners present at the ceremony (Dr. Sean Munnelly not pictured.) Seven faculty members are recognized by the student body By the JABSOM Enquirer Medical students at the...
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See a record number of entries from colleges statewide at Kakaʻako this...
Pictured: a poster session during the 2017 Symposium. By UH Med Now The Annual Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium is another record breaker, with 171 college students, graduate...
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VIDEO: Childrens’ smiles trump a stormy Saturday at 2018 Healthy Keiki Camp
Pictured: JABSOM MD 2019 candidates Jayden Galamgam and Jack Branston lead the keiki in jump rope, part of the physical fitness station. Deborah Manog Dimaya Photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now...
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VIDEO Going bald for cancer research: JABSOM team raises over $6,500 to fight...
Pictured: JABSOM Team Shaven Things takes part in the St. Bladrick’s Foundation “Shave Off” on April 22, 2018 at Dave & Busters. By Tina Shelton , JABSOM Communications Director The newest St....
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2015 JABSOM MD Alumna earns Mayo Clinic Outstanding Research Achievement...
JABSOM MD 2015 graduate Dr. Isabel A. Hujoel pictured at Convocation 2015 Awards Ceremony with Dr. Hedges and Susan Foo. Arnold Kameda Photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director University...
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VIDEO: U.S. has highest maternal mortality rate among the world’s developed...
Photo from the CDC Public Health Image Library University of Hawai’i OB-GYN Trauma MD, Dr. Scott Harvey (JABSOM MD 2010) is working to reduce maternal mortality. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now A...
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Applications being accepted through May 30: Earn a Master’s Degree in...
Pictured: Rebecca Rodriguez, a graduate of the UH JABSOM Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research Program, discusses her project, at the 2018 JABSOM Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities...
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May 12 is Commencement for the JABSOM MD Class of 2018!
Pictured: Graduation Day 2017 with some of the members of the MD class that year. It is the day they’ve been working hard for and waiting for–the MD Class of 2018 from the John A. Burns School of...
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