VIDEO: MD 2019 Celebrates Completing Block One!!!
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“A lot of progress” recalls Dr. Marjorie Mau, in Women in Medicine month talk
by Vina Cristobal, UH Med Now journalist To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Women in Medicine Month, Dr. Marjorie Mau, professor and Endowed Chair of the JABSOM Department of Native Hawaiian Health,...
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Faculty: New book argues Ebola cannot be conquered without understanding West...
Felix I. Ikuomola, MD, Liberia’s Physician of the Year in 2006, recounts his real-life experiences with Ebola while analyzing the influences of war, cultural traditions, politics and poverty in the...
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Research in the News: JABSOM Inventors, the Institute for Biogenesis Research
Researchers at the University of Hawai’i (UH), including the John A. Burns School of Medicine, are working to transform their research into products that can improve health in our neighborhoods, and...
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Dean Hedges discusses his role as Honorary Chair for upcoming Men’s March...
In a thoughtful and at times sobering discussion about domestic violence, Dean Jerris Hedges, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, is interviewed by Dr. Neal Milner, in the studio at Hawai’i...
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Teen Health Camp coming to UH medical school Nov. 7
There was a huge turnout in Hilo in August, and next up–on November 7–the Teen Health Camp comes to the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in Kaka’ako. Applying short arm casts Twice a year...
View ArticlePublic school science teachers “back to college” this week, learning in...
Hawai`i Public school science teachers from Oʻahu and neighbor islands, participate in training in the University of Hawai`i medical school laboratories, through a Science Education Partnership Award...
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Dean Hedges shares his personal story about surviving domestic violence
Dean Jerris Hedges, MD, of the John A. Burns School of Medicine is an Emergency Medicine doctor by training. So he has seen first-hand the injuries which domestic violence can cause. But the Dean also...
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UH Medical school dean delivers a speech after successful 2015 Men’s March...
In the days before The Men’s March Against Domestic Violence on October 8, 2015, Honorary March Chair Jerris Hedges, MD fearlessly shared his own story about growing up in a home with domestic...
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University of Hawaiʻi makes strong showing at Men’s March Against Domestic...
The University of Hawai’i (UH) made a strong showing at the 21st annual Annual Men’s Walk Against Domestic Violence in Downtown Honolulu on October 8, 2015. UH medical school Dean Jerris Hedges, MD was...
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Men in addiction treatment describe a “big tolerance” for domestic violence...
“Here in Hawai’i we have a big tolerance in general for domestic violence.” It is a stunning, honest statement from a young man who is trying to turn his own life around. A man who grew up in a home...
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Lew wants to build online education and emphasize Hawai’i’s “international...
by Vina Cristobal for UH Med Now It’s been a busy season for Dr. Henry Lew, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at JABSOM. A few weeks ago, he and Dr. David X. Cifu, who...
View ArticleJABSOM hosts the 18th Annual Career Night
The 18th annual John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Career Night was held on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. This yearly event gives medical students an early opportunity to learn about various...
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Research Compliance and Cyber Security this week’s “Compliance Week” focus
The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Kaka‘ako Campus Compliance Week, October 19-23, 2015. This year’s theme...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Internal Giving Campaign is ON NOW! Faculty and Staff urged to...
The Ice Cream Sundae event was a blast, and hope you enjoy the SLIDESHOW from the event, which kicks off our faculty and staff campaign to support our school! Last spring US News & World Report...
View ArticleVIDEO: First-year students call intubation workshops “a valuable experience”
By Vina Cristobal, UH Med Now Journalist On Monday, October 19, JABSOM first-year students completed two intubation workshops in the Medical Education Building. Led by Dr. Takashi Matsui of Anatomy,...
View ArticleHoward Koh, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health to visit JABSOM
What are the top ten things you need to know about the Affordable Care Act? A physician and former government official who was deeply involved in helping develop “Obamacare” will answer that question,...
View ArticlePALAFOX to speak at IOM; Wins new grant to extend cancer research among...
Family Medicine and Community Health’s Neal Palafox has been invited to speak at the Institute of Medicine’s National Cancer Policy Forum on Oct. 26-27 in Washington D.C. Dr. Palafox will be sharing...
View Article2010 Alumnus Stephen Chun making news in lung cancer treatment
2010 John A. Burns School of Medicine alumnus Stephen Chun, MD, presented findings of a study at the American Society for Radiation Oncology’s 57th Annual Meeting. The impact of the study could be...
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Long UH-Okinawa medical training partnership recognized in seminar
Vice Dean Satoru Izutsu traveled to Okinawa to take part in a panel presentation about the longstanding partnership in medical education between the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) and...
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