Archive | January, 2011

The Kawasaki Disease Foundation, comprised of parents and former patients, has declared January 26, 2011, as the first annual National Kawasaki Disease Awareness Day.  People are urged to learn about the disease because prompt diagnosis and treatment can save lives and prevent complications. More than 2,000 people in Hawai‘i have had the mysterious illness that [...]

Three scientists at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), UH Mānoa, have been selected as role models in their fields by the National Institutes of Health.  They join a select few (only 13 across the country) who have been chosen as “BioMedical Faces of Science (BFS).” Dr. Marjorie Mau, professor in the Department [...]

HONOLULU – The University of Hawai‘i and the State have a significant strategic advantage to turn already-robust research efforts into increased job opportunities for Hawai‘i and the nation, according to a draft report presented in Waikīkī this week. The report, presented for public input and review, is the result of eight months of intensivecollaboration by the Advisory Council on [...]

Please enjoy the slideshow with Flash-player (Ron Paik contributed to photos, story by Tina Shelton). Also check out the Health Fair videos with med student representatives below. Hundreds of visitors and more than 45 outside community organizations took part in the sixth annual Community Health Fair at the John A. Burns School of Medicine on [...]

Drs. Nanette Kapulani Mossman Judd from the John A. Burns School of Medicine, and Barbara Gibson from the Department of Oceanography, are the recipients of the 2010 Annual Faculty Diversity Enhancement award at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. The award program was developed by the UH Mānoa Commission on Diversity in order to recognize UH [...]