$5.3M funding for world-famous reproductive science lab, Institute for...
Pictured: Stefan Moisyadi, PhD, Associate Professor; B.H. and Alice C. Beams Endowed Professor in Cancer Research at JABSOM; Michelle Kerklo, Fiscal Administrator; Johann Urschitz, PhD, Assistant...
View ArticleJABSOM Alumni Association to hold first CME event in Las Vegas, Oct. 11-13, 2019
The JABSOM Alumni Association invites alumni to attend our first ever Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program in Las Vegas at the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino from October 11-13, 2019. Up to 9.0...
View ArticlePsychiatry and community partners help make fight to stop youth suicide visible
Pictured: Community partners in the “Inspiring Hope” project project positive thoughts. September is Suicide Awareness month, when Psychiatry’s year-round, statewide awareness efforts are given...
View ArticleRegistration fees reduced for MD, grad students and UH faculty at 2nd...
Pictured: Second-year MD student Brittany Sato in a JABSOM research lab, when she was earning her PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology. UH David Beales photo, 2008. 2007 Nobel Prize winner to keynote and...
View ArticleDepartment of Quantitative Health Sciences embraces its dual mission:...
The faculty Department of Quantitative Health Sciences pose on the JABSOM Campus. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director “Whether you think you can or whether you...
View ArticleMeet cancer surgeon and assistant professor Christina Wai of JABSOM and...
Pictured: Dr. Christina Wai in the operating room at The Queen’s Medical Center West Oʻahu. Vina Cristobal photos. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Cancer surgeon Christina Wai was...
View ArticleHelp JABSOM Stand Strong: Shuttles run from 10:30 am on Thursday, Oct. 3 to...
Pictured: JABSOM Strong at the 2018 Men’s March. Vina Cristobal photo. Join Dean Jerris Hedges, University of Hawaii Manoa Athletics Coaches, UH leaders, faculty and students of the University of...
View ArticleThe Queen’s Health Systems provides full-tuition scholarships for three ʻImi...
Pictured: Scholarship recipients: Samuel “Kamuela” Andrade, Bree Kaneakua and James DeJesus IV. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent For years, the Queen’s...
View Article2009 Alumna Aimee Grace, MD to serve 2-years on AAMC group committee
Congratulations to UH-JABSOM alumna Dr. Aimee Grace (2009), upon her election to a 2-year term on the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2020 Government Relations Representatives (GRR) Steering...
View ArticleWHO Regional Director meets with UH experts to exchange ideas about Pacific...
Pictured: WHO Western Pacific Region Director Dr. Takeshi Kansai and others at the meeting at the UH medical school By UH Med Now Dr. Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organization Regional Director for the...
View ArticleHPD Kakaako Security Update, Sept. 30
Pictured: Sergeant Scott Tamasaka, supervisor for the District 1, 4th Watch program, speaking during the briefing by HPD for UH Kakaʻako. UH Cancer Center photo. Police officers from District One,...
View ArticleMedical students respond to viral push-up challenge
Pictured: UH medical students doing push-ups as a group. Vina Cristobal photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent In 2018, The Ohio State University College of Medicine initiated a...
View ArticleAPPLAUSE: UH Native Hawaiian Health Chair Keawe Kaholokula receives Native...
Pictured: Dr. Kaholokula, at center right, holding the award. By UH Med Now September was quite a month for University of Hawaiʻi Chair of Native Hawaiian Health Keaweʻaimoku Kaholokula, PhD. It began...
View ArticleIt’s as easy as 1-2-3: Flu Season means it is time to get immunized!
Pictured: MD 2023 student Weiming Du prepares to deliver a shot to an employee of UHP at the JABSOM-based flu clinic. It’s Flu Shot Clinic day at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of...
View ArticleUniversity of Hawaii, Kuakini Honolulu Heart Program study finds pesticides...
The new study emphasizes the importance of using protective gear when handling pesticides on the job and including information about pesticide exposure in your medical history. The American Heart...
View Article25th Annual March Against Domestic Violence
Pictured: JABSOM treads through downtown Honolulu spreading awareness about domestic violence. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Posters bearing words like...
View ArticleWhy microbiology matters — and an invitation to hear more on Oct. 12 about...
Pictured: Doctoral Candidate Albert To, in the Tropical Medicine vaccine development lab of Dr. Axel Lehrer at UH JABSOM. Photo by Deborah Manog Dimaya. By Albert To, PhD Candidate, Tropical Medicine,...
View ArticleDr. Kalani Brady receives “President’s Award,” MD students get book...
Pictured: Dean Jerris Hedges and MD students at the Ola Pono Ike Gala. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Dr. Kalani Brady, Director of Faculty Affairs, Director of Continuing Medical...
View ArticleSecond-year MD students defeat first-years at Annual MD Student Olympics
Pictured: Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Every year, first and second-year MD students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine kick off the start of the...
View ArticleNEEDS PHOTO — JABSOM faculty among Hawaii health professionals chosen for...
For the first time, Hawaiʻi professionals have been chosen for the exclusive Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Clinical Scholars Program. Clinical Scholars is a national leadership development...
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