UH recruiting homestay hosts for health sciences students statewide
Hawaiʻi has a shortage of healthcare providers, and University of Hawaiʻi health sciences training programs are working to meet those needs.
Students led effort to implement tobacco-free UH campuses
Lisa Kehl, a former Office of Public Health Studies graduate student and current prevention specialist for University Health Services Mānoa, was instrumental in changing state law.
Electric vehicle donation boosts medical school’s homeless outreach
Hawaiian Electric Company and the HEI Charitable Foundation have donated $30,000 to JABSOM's Hawaiʻi HOME project to purchase an electric vehicle.
UH grad tackles suicide awareness in new book
Office of Public Health Studies graduate Madisyn Uekawa wrote a young-adult novella for her senior honors thesis with the hope of saving lives.
New preliminary rat lungworm treatment guidelines
The state Joint Task Force on Rat Lungworm Disease has announced new guidelines for clinical management of rat lungworm disease.
Managing big data in the health sector researchers awarded $215,000 grant
An interdisciplinary research team from UH Mānoa has been awarded a $215K National Science Foundation grant to study organizational forms of data governance in the big data era.
Women need better understanding of important childbirth terms, UH study shows
Team from Office of Public Health Studies says physicians should actively confirm patient understanding.
Food and family key to Filipino heart health
To lower the high rate of heart disease among Filipino-Americans, the community needs heart health interventions rooted in Filipino cultural values.
Parent education key to protecting kids from HPV
Many teens in Hawaiʻi are not getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, primarily because parents don’t know enough about the vaccine, and doctors aren’t recommending the shots.
Anonymous gift ignites medical student’s passion for public health
Elizabeth Young, a medical student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, is recognized by two national organizations.
