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UH Cancer Center to help Med-QUEST patients with clinical trials access

January 21, 2020
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The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center is collaborating with the State of HawaiʻiDepartment of Human Services Med-QUEST Division to ensure patients have access to clinical cancer trials.

A vision for 2020: Expanding medical training to Maui

January 9, 2020
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The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine hopes to expand and train its students on Maui in an effort to help with the state's teacher shortage.

UH report shows more than 150 doctors left Hawaiʻi in 2019

December 30, 2019
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In 2019, 152 doctors moved away from Hawaiʻi nearly four times the impact that was visible earlier, according to the Hawaiʻi Physician Workforce Assessment Project Report conducted by the John A. Burns School of Medicine.

Native Hawaiian health focus of JABSOM PhD

December 17, 2019
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A graduate student in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine is conducting research that may have a significant impact on underserved and vulnerable populations.

UH and African country collaborate on infectious disease efforts

December 11, 2019
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The University of Hawaiʻi is working with the University of Liberia and Liberia’s government to improve global response to the next deadly infectious disease outbreak.

Great American Smokeout event supports tobacco-free campus

November 19, 2019
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UH Mānoa will hold a free health and wellness event, Quit the Nic on November 21, from noon to 1:30 p.m. along McCarthy Mall.

3D scan study by UH Cancer Center student hailed for obesity findings

November 12, 2019
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A 3D optical scan study by Michael Wong, a UH Mānoa graduate student in the UH Cancer Center, was selected by OBESITY as one of the top five entries for research that significantly furthers scientific understanding of obesity.

$5.3M for world-famous UH reproductive lab

October 9, 2019
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The grant will allow the Institute for Biogenesis Research to produce transgenic mice for other researchers seeking medical cures at UH.

Pesticides may contribute to heart disease

October 7, 2019
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A UH Mānoa and the Kuakini Medical Center study finds that occupational exposure to high levels of pesticides may raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, even in generally healthy men.

Concussion study looks to improve high school football safety

October 7, 2019
UH News

The three-year College of Education concussion study monitors live-track head impacts at local high school football practices and games.