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Top state award for leader of JABSOM center helping people with disabilities
Pictured: Dr. Violet Horvath. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Dr. Violet Horvath, Director of the Pacific Disabilities Center (PDC), was one of four honorees presented...
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Kauai PhD student wins 2019 ARCS Award in Medicine: 1st generation college...
Chantell Joy Balaan, PhD candidate, is pictured in the lab. The Koloa native, a graduate of Kauai, has earned two bachelor’s and a master’s degree from UH Manoa, and is on her way to a receiving a...
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“I feel I am coming home … for here I began my second life,” says 1988...
Pictured: Dr. Seng at JABSOM. Tina Shelton photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director When Dr. Seang M. Seng graduated from the University of Hawaii (UH) medical school in 1988 it was a...
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UH Medical School #55 in Primary Care and #56 in Research in 2020 U.S. News &...
JABSOM excels in Primary Care and Research, tying with medical schools that have three times its enrollment The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is ranked in the top 60 of over 175 accredited...
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Surviving the Starving Season: A JABSOM Grad’s Remarkable Story of Resilience
Pictured: Dr. Seang Seng. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Dr. Seang Seng remembers when he was just a young medical student in Cambodia, a Southeast Asian...
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Future Physicians Anxious for “The Match 2019”
Pictured: A single envelope contains life-altering information– where our future MDs have “matched” to. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Correspondent In a single moment, medical school seniors from the...
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72 Future MDs “Match” in a Ceremony Filled with Shouts of Joy and Followed by...
Pictured: Proud parents pose with their future physician daughter. The Class of 2019 at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa learned early today which...
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Lihue Roots Inspire Future Doctor
Pictured: Elisabeth Young at her White Coat Ceremony in 2014. Amanda Shell photo. The journey from her home in Lihue to national recognition for her work at University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa’s John A....
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Faces of JABSOM: Scientist & Pageant Princess
Pictured: Ruth Taketa working in the lab. Deborah Manog Dimaya Photo By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent When she is not busy at the lab bench or studying as a graduate student at the...
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Honor Thy Faculty: Easy to do, we love ’em! Students Present Third Annual...
Pictured: Left to right: Royce Shimamoto, MD; Pia Lorenzo, MD; Scott Lozanoff, PhD; Shannon Hirose-Wong, PhD; Shandini Raidoo, MD; Chad Cryer, MD. Not pictured: Kyra Len, MD. JABSOM medical students...
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Promotion: Inouye is new JABSOM Director of Development
Pictured: A portrait of Julie Inouye. Deborah Manog Dimaya Photo. By Margot Schrire, UH Foundation The University of Hawaii Foundation (UHF) is happy to announce that Julie Inouye has been promoted...
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The perennial Healthy Keiki Camp question: Who had more fun–the keiki or the...
Pictured: Leilani Manglicmot, JABSOM MD 2020 candidate, shows keiki healthy snack alternatives. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. Every year the John A. Burns School of Medicine Alpha Omega Alpha — that’s...
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Spread the word! Middle Schoolers should sign up now for April 20 interactive...
Pictured: Middle schoolers enact an emergency transport during the 2017 Joint Healthcare Opportunities Conference The John A. Burns School of Medicine invites all Oahu middle schoolers (6th to 8th...
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Pause a minute, and be inspired by our MD Honor Students, Class of 2019
Pictured: The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society Banner hanging at JABSOM. Their past roles include professional ballet dancer, outdoor journalist in South America, certified nursing assistant, software...
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Getting a Student into JABSOM: It Takes a Village
Pictured: The MD Class of 2022 moments before their White Coat Ceremony began. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Jay Anderson’s eyes grew wet, and he began to...
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Services May 24 for the late Patricia Taylor, first chair of University of...
Pictured: Patricia Taylor By Dick Y. Teshima, Chair of Medical Technology Services for Patricia Taylor, former Chairperson of Medical Technology, are planned on Friday, May 24 10:00 a.m. at the First...
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Oil paintings of Deans of the University of Hawaii medical school applauded...
Pictured: The Dean’s Series of paintings of leaders of the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. Story and Video by Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Paintings of...
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From St. Baldrick’s Foundation: Rockstar Researcher Uses Lasers to Fight...
Pictured: Dr. Shiramizu in his laboratory Dr. Bruce Shiramizu is a Pediatrician and Cancer Researcher, an investigator with the University of Hawaii Center for AIDS, and a dedicated mentor to young...
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Summer program gives teens a chance to prep for future in health care
Pictured: High school students work with a manikin in the SimTiki Lab. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Correspondent High school teenagers are preparing for a future in...
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The Gift of Life: Donating Your Body to Science
Pictured: Linda Coble with her late husband, Kirk Matthews. Photo courtesy of Linda Coble. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Linda Coble, the nation’s first female television news...
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