Diabetes center established at JABSOM with $11.2 million federal grant August 8, 2017 UH News The grant will intensify Hawaiʻi-based research into a disease that currently affects 155,000 adults and children—1 in 9 individuals in Hawaiʻi.
Aspiring doctors receive White Coats, inaugural community awards presented July 28, 2017 UH News The 74 new medical students were officially welcomed in to the MD Class of 2021, and Satoru Izutsu and William Haning were honored for their service.
Three UH spinouts present at prestigious LA technology showcase July 14, 2017 UH News UH spinouts Adnoviv, LLC; Radial3D and SNR Analytics, Inc. were invited to present university technologies at the First Look LA showcase.
Record number of medical students in five-month training statewide July 6, 2017 UH News The students are paired with medical professionals at medical offices, clinics or hospitals on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island, Maui and Kauaʻi.
Nainoa Thompson: University of Hawai‘i is the most important navigator June 20, 2017 UH News Countless UH students, faculty, staff and alumni served Hōkūleʻaʻs worldwide voyage as volunteers, navigators, captains and scientific researchers.
Potential anti-aging Cardax Astaxanthin compound selected for NIH research June 19, 2017 UH News The compound developed by JABSOM and Cardax Inc. showed the ability to significantly activate a gene in mice that plays a proven role in longevity.
UH neurologists win top regional awards from American Heart Association June 8, 2017 UH News Matthew Koenig won the Quality and Systems Improvement Award, and Kazuma Nakagawa was named Physician Volunteer of the Year.
UH medical school deploys first full time OB-GYN faculty/provider to Hilo May 23, 2017 UH News Kareem Khozaim hopes to inspire newly-trained physicians to provide services on Hilo or in other areas in need of medical services.
Hawaiʻi medical students take part in international TB eradication project May 18, 2017 UH News The UH medical students spent three weeks screening some 5,600 residents of Ebeye—the Marshall Islands’ largest-ever effort ever to eradicate TB.
Psychiatry professor honored as outstanding community mental health leader May 16, 2017 UH News UH Mānoa’s Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda has been recognized for promoting mental wellness and improving the care of people with mental health problems.