AAMC Update on Health Funding, Policy
From the Association of American Medical Colleges: (Washington, DC) AAMC Chief Public Policy Officer Atul Grover, M.D., Ph.D., delivered a letter Nov. 19 to the Labor, Health and Human Services,...
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VIDEOS: Dean’s Circle 2015: Year-End Report and Mahalo to Donors
The annual Dean’s Circle, held November 13 on the grounds of the University of Hawaiʻi medical school, was a celebration of the many activities at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) over...
View ArticleA Legacy of Healing: The John A. Burns School of Medicine at 50
A gift from the Hans and Ilza Veith Fund in memory of Dr. Charles Judd, Jr. allowed the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to publish the first book about its 50 year history. The school also...
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Meaningful Messages Decorate the “Compassion Tree” at JABSOM this Christmas...
By UH Med Now student journalist Jessica Olga Henao ‘Tis the season at John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)! Medical students are contributing to a “Compassion Tree” in the medical schoolʻs lobby...
View ArticleInterested in Being Part of a Clinical Research Study in Women’s Health?
Want to be involved in clinical research for Women’s Health? Join our clinical research study at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine. Local doctors are studying an...
View ArticleFROM THE GOVERNOR: Construction Begins on Temporary Homeless Shelter in Kaka‘ako
From the Office of Gov. David Ige Dec. 1, 2015 HONOLULU – The governor’s coordinator on homelessness announced that construction is underway on a temporary transitional shelter in Kaka‘ako. The state...
View ArticleBake Sale TODAY 8 am- 2pm for MD Class of 2019
They’re new, but they’ve rocked this place from their first day of orientation! Let’s help out the MD Class of 2019 today by checking out their fundraising bake sale. On a diet? Buy a treat for someone...
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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS: Dec. 4 Craft Fair and White Elephant Sale — Collection...
The HOME (Homeless Outreach and Medical Education) Project is collecting gently used items for the annual “White Elephant and Used book/DVD/video Sale” that will be part of the HOME for the Holidays...
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WORLD AIDS DAY: A new University of Hawai’i Initiative to Bring “Hawai’i 2 ZERO”
On Tuesday, December 1, the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) announced an exciting new initiative–one to cure HIV-AIDS in the Islands. It is called “Hawaiʻi 2 Zero.” Click HERE to watch our...
View ArticleH20: Making Hawaiʻi the first HIV-Free state in the U.S.
Timothy Ray Brown, the only person ever cured of HIV, is helping the University of Hawai’i Center for AIDS launch a multi-million dollar effort to make Hawai’i the first HIV-free state. The Initiative...
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Ka Lama Kukui spreads Christmas cheer to kūpuna
by Vina Cristobal, UH Med Now journalist Photos provided by Ka Lama Kukui In celebration of the holidays, the students of the Ka Lama Kukui Interest Group, along with volunteers from the John A. Burns...
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UH Clinics at Kaka’ako: First on-campus clinical research space at the...
The John A. Burns School of Medicine will dedicate the first on-campus clinical research space, the University of Hawaiʻi Clinics at Kakaʻako, this Saturday, December 5 at 2 p.m. with a blessing and...
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VIDEOS: Dean’s Circle 2015: Year-End Report and Mahalo to Donors
The annual Dean’s Circle, held November 13 on the grounds of the University of Hawaiʻi medical school, was a celebration of the many activities at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) over...
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Seeking The Cure: Timothy Ray Brown Addresses Hawai’i To Zero Conference
More than 130 people attended the Hawai’i To Zero (H20) Conference at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) on December 5 to hear remarks from arguably one of the world’s bravest patients....
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Ka Lama Kukui spreads Christmas cheer to kūpuna
by Vina Cristobal, UH Med Now journalist Photos provided by Ka Lama Kukui In celebration of the holidays, the students of the Ka Lama Kukui Interest Group, along with volunteers from the John A. Burns...
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Future Doctors, Cancer Investigators Raise “Movember” Awareness of Men’s...
The Kakaʻako based students and faculty of the University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa raised more than $1,300 to promote men’s health during November — the “Movember month.” Prostate cancer is the most...
View ArticleHOLIDAY SCHEDULE for Medical Education Building: Closed Christmas and New...
To save energy, the Medical Education Building at the John A. Burns School of Medicine will be closed on Christmas Weekend, December 25, 26 and 27, and on New Year’s weekend, January 1, 2 and 3. Happy...
View ArticleEndowed Professorship will honor “Jack” McDermott, MD, Leading figure in...
John F. “Jack” McDermott, M.D., a leading international figure in child psychiatry, died on December 6, 2015, just six days before his 86th birthday. McDermott was emeritus professor and founding chair...
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JABSOM ON THE ROAD: The tropics come to Portland, Oregon
By Elaine Evans, Director of Development Though cold and rainy outside, the Mutlnomah Club in Portland was balmy inside on December 6 when John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) MD alumni and former...
View ArticleMalcolm Ing, MD, honored at International Ophthalmology Meeting
John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Professor and Clinical Chair of Ophthalmology Malcolm Ing, MD, was asked to be the keynote speaker for the VII International Pediatric Ophthalmology and...
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