Imi Ho’ola has a new leader with a familiar face, effective January 1, 2011. Dr. Winona Mesiona Lee will serve as the Director and oversee the operations of two key diversity initiatives at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. They are the Imi Ho`ola Post-Baccalaureate Program and the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) [...]
Archive | December, 2010
Dr. Lee to lead Imi Ho’ola and Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence
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Aloha for Dr. Nanette Judd: Focusing on family
Dr. Nanette Judd is retiring at the end of 2010, and a lot of people are finding it difficult to say goodbye. The halls around the Department of Native Hawaiian Health will seem a lot emptier, according to Judd’s colleagues, who have watched her steer the Imi Hoʻola Post Baccalaureate Program with a steady hand [...]
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Protein discovered by medical researcher gets investment nod
THE UPSIDE FUND, a venture capital fund managed by the UH Foundation in conjunction with the Hawai‘i Strategic Development Corporation and the Research Corporation of the University of Hawai‘i (RCUH), has invested $100,000 to help launch Protekai, Inc. Formed by Omar S. Sultan, Protekai, Inc. commercializes intellectual property developed in Dr. Angel Yanagihara’s research laboratory. [...]
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Venture fund invests in research by Tropical Medicine scientist
Dr. Angel Yanagihara gets up in the middle of the night every month to count the numbers of box jellyfish off Waikiki. Her results have given safety officials in Honolulu a reliable source of information to warn visitors and residents alike of the painful and sometimes dangerous stings they can suffer if they venture into [...]
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Hair-raising event for cancer awareness
SEVERAL OF OUR medical students gave up shaving throughout November, and instead, accepted pledges to raise money and promote awareness about prostate cancer, the second most common cancer among men in the United States. The team, called JABSOM Mustache Warriors Against Prostate Cancer, was led by Zackary Chancer and Reis Harney. On December 3, donors [...]
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Pies in the eyes: professors help raise money for “Sunny Buddies”
PIES WERE FLYING at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, capping a fundraiser for the “Sunny Buddies” program to help the developmentally disabled. Dr. Damon Sakai, Director of Medical Student Education, “won” the contest, by having the most donations collected in a jar bearing his name. (That meant most students wanted to see him [...]
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