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Welcome MD Class of 2022
Pictured: MS1 Anthony Kwon receives his white coat Alumni Newsletter: The MD Class of 2022 began their fantastic voyage into medicine in July. The 72 students were selected from 2,050 applicants who...
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VIDEO, PHOTOS: Fifteen seconds to intubate: Hands-on training with 1st year...
Pictured: Nicholas Fancher and fellow MD 2022 candidates learn how to perform an intubation. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya Imagine stepping into a classroom to learn the proper...
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UH psychiatrists, psychologists serving youth experiencing first-episode...
Pictured: Clinic Director David Cicero, Associate Professor of Psychology, with staff members in the clinic. Collaboration involves a clinic operated by UH Department of Psychology (College of Social...
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BOOKNOTES: Pathology Chair Karen Thompson, MD is co-lead author of Diagnostic...
JABSOM Pathology Chair Dr. Karen S. Thompson is pictured with her new book and JABSOM Associate Dean Dr. Alan Otsuki in the Dean’s Office. By UH Med Now University of Hawaiʻi Professor and John A....
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We are thankful for our medical training partners in the community: including...
Pictured: Left (front to back)- Jerrick Laimana, Josiah Situmeang, Elizabeth Seamon; Right (front to back)- Wilfredo Del Mundo, Mayumi Fernandez, Kameko Karasaki, all members of the JABSOM MD Class of...
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Oahu Point in Time Count, seeking volunteers
The Oahu County-wide community homeless coalition Partners In Care (PIC), which includes the Hawaiʻi Homeless Outreach and Medical Education Project, announces the kick-off for the annual Point in Time...
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UH medical students led fund drive to continue a summer camp for kids with...
Pictured: MD student volunteers and the campers, kids with neuromuscular diseases The camp, run for 20 years by a Hawaiʻi nonprofit, had to be suspended, until the medical students, Neuroscience...
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University of Hawai’i Center for AIDS Director Cecilia Shikuma, MD to receive...
Pictured: Cecilia Shikuma, MD and Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD in the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS. Amanda Shell photo. By the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i State Department of...
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CRISPR co-creator Jennifer Doudna, who warned of urgent ethical questions...
Pictured: Dr. Jennifer Doudna speaking with some of those attending her talk at Kakaʻako last September. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton and Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now It’s not a...
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Brighten a child’s life, give thanks for your blessings — all in the JABSOM...
Pictured: Admirers view the Angel Tree in JABSOM’s Main Lobby. The Gold Humanism Honor Society has placed a Gratitude Tree in the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) medical school lobby, complete with paper...
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Artist reunited with painting at JABSOM she hasn’t seen in ages, just shy of...
Pictured: The late “Aunt Minnie” stands in front of her painting, “Awa Kumolu,” hung at the JABSOM Kakaʻako campus. The display caught the eye of an MD student that happens to be the artist’s grand...
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UH-JABSOM discovery shows potential new treatment for reversing heart failure
Pictured: Dr. Alex Stokes in his lab at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school. Amanda Shell photo. The novel therapy identified by UH researcher involves “cannabinoid receptors” Heart failure may be...
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HIV AIDS: UH part of promising Mt. Sinai drug trial published in Science...
Pictured: Preparing for an injection. The drug studied in the HIV bowel study is delivered by injection. By UH Med Now Scientists at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school were part of a clinical...
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UH ZIKA vaccine candidate safe and effective in preclinical trials; may be...
Pictured: Dr. Axel Lehrer with graduate student and paper co-author Albert To in the Lehrer Lab, Nov. 2018. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. Dr. Lehrer thinks the vaccine his team proposes might be safer...
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MD students, Dr. Chad Cryer help KITV-4 learn about avoiding running pitfalls...
Pictured: MD student Tyler Thorne is interviewed by KITV-4 news reporter Eliza Larson. By UH Med Now University of Hawai’i medical students students Maiya Smith and Tyler Thorne joined John A. Burns...
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Noguchi Institute forges new partnership with JABSOM, University Health...
Pictured: (L to R): Dean Jerris Hedges with Drs. Yoshihisa Asano and Larry Shapiro at the Memorandum of Agreement Signing Ceremony at JABSOM. Deborah Manog Dimaya photos. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH...
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Robert T. Wong Lectureship support monies available: Apply by January 31, 2019
Pictured: A bust of Dr. Wong resides in the JABSOM Health Sciences library. Applications are due January 31, 2019 for the semi-annual Robert T. Wong, MD Lectureship at the University of Hawaiʻi (UH)...
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UNDER THE TENT: University of Hawaiʻi heart surgeon and medical students...
Pictured: Medical Students Jin Bae and Tiffany Lau tend to an ailing runner inside the medical tent at the 45th Honolulu Marathon on December 9, 2018. Photos by Dr. Katras. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM...
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“Emergency Room, We’ve got a problem:” In just one Hawaiʻi ER, over 15% of...
Pictured: You can see the stress in their faces as UH medical students train in high-pressure emergency department procedures at JABSOM, 2017. Out of more than 16,000 patients screened for drugs in the...
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HOME Project RV transforms into Santa’s Sleigh, to deliver colorfully wrapped...
Pictured: Gifts piled up in the library at the UH medical school, all destined for keiki at homeless shelters throughout Oʻahu. By UH Med Now Christmas joy began arriving a few days early to homeless...
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