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OB/GYN Faculty Create Endowment with $500,000 Gift
Honolulu – Faculty of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health (OB-GYN) at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) are involved in nearly a third of the births in Hawai‘i each...
View ArticlePathology Residency Program Director Shimizu interviewed about conference on...
The University of Hawai’i medical school Pathology Residency Program joins with the Gary O. Galiher Foundation and the Hawai‘i Concussion Awareness Management Program (HCAMP) on January 28 and 29 to...
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IBR BREAKTHROUGH: Y chromosome not necessary for assisted reproduction of mice
The Y chromosome is a symbol of maleness, present only in males and encoding genes important for male reproduction. But a new study has shown that live mouse progeny can be generated with assisted...
View ArticleNation’s leading investigator in brain disease associated with repetitive...
Dr. Robert Stern, Director of the Clinical Core of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease and CTE Center, is in Honolulu to present research into a serious brain disease found among former...
View ArticleJABSOM faculty practice launches process to include anesthesia division
University Health Partners of Hawaiʻi (UHP Hawaiʻi), the faculty practice of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), has signed an agreement with Pacific Anesthesia, Inc. aka Physicians...
View ArticleQueen’s Health Systems makes multi-million dollar investment in health...
The Queen’s Health Systems (QHS) is investing nearly $3 million dollars over the next five years for education and community programs to improve the health of Native Hawaiians. The $2.8 million...
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“Aspiring Docs of Hilo” mentored by MD students, Native Hawaiian Center of...
The need for physicians on Hawaiʻi Island has grabbed headlines for years. So it feels terrific to feature a short news item about the ongoing mentoring that the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence...
View ArticleNative Hawaiian Health Program PILI ʻOhana Lifestyle program gives a second...
By student journalist Jessica Olga Henao at UH Med Now More than 200 participants of The PILI ʻOhana Lifestyle Program turned out in Mānoa last month to celebrate the 11th year of the program, which is...
View ArticleUniversity of Hawai‘i Cancer Center joins nation’s cancer centers in...
In response to low national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV), the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center has joined 68 other top cancer centers in the U.S. in issuing a statement...
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Miyawaki Award Abstracts Submission Deadline Feb. 15
It’s time for scientists to submit abstracts for the annual Miyawaki Family Trainees in Neuroscience Award. The deadline is February 15. The award recognizes excellence in neuroscience at the John A....
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New findings on why the HPV vaccination rates are low
In order to address concerns for the low uptake of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center in collaboration with the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)...
View ArticleScholarship recipients share smiles and dinner with their benefactors
The Stan Sheriff Arena at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa campus hosted an event last night to celebrate one of the best causes ever–scholarships for deserving college students and graduate...
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Women’s Interest Group: Candygrams, Hugs and More for sale to support...
The Women’s Interest MD Student Group is selling candy grams at $1 each, from Feb 1 until February 12. You may order by emailed Jamie Takayesu at jtakayes@hawaii.edu, or find her and her colleagues in...
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UH Tropical Medicine seeking some of the new $1.8 billion funding proposed to...
With an estimated 390 million new infections per year, the four serotypes of dengue virus (DENV) are the leading cause of infection and disease globally. Currently, no FDA-approved antiviral or vaccine...
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Remembering the lasting legacy for Native Hawaiian Health left by Richard...
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell, Founding Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hawaiʻi School of Medicine, died of respiratory failure this morning at The Queen’s Medical Center....
View ArticleFaculty express their condolences, aloha for Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell
Members of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) gathered today in the garden where indigenous healing plants grow, to discuss the legacy of a...
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UH neurologist receives $421,313 grant to develop novel imaging technique in...
Dr. Beau Nakamoto recalls it as though it was just yesterday. A friend confided that he was infected with HIV. He shared how frustrated he was that although the virus was controlled with medication,...
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Should parents who have recently adopted a child need to be screened for...
A new recommendation on screening mothers during pregnancy and postpartum for depression — published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) — also should include parents who are...
View ArticleRSVP Today for 2016 Filipino Cultural Night Issue: Representation of...
The 2016 Filipino Cultural Night will be held on Wednesday, February 24, 2016 and the theme will be Representation of Filipinos in Medicine. The guest speakers of that night will be Dr. Hazel Abinsay...
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UH Surgery Residency Program part of national study on work-hour limits for...
The University of Hawaiʻi Surgical Residency Program was one of 117 General Surgery Residency Programs across the nation that participated in the first-ever prospective randomized trial investigating...
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