One of the top stories from the American Psychiatric Association (APA) meeting in Hawai’i on May 16 included news made right here at home. A press release issued by the APA focuses on research by faculty of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Department of Psychiatry at The Queen’s Medical Center. The researchers [...]
Archive | May, 2011
JABSOM and QMC Research: 30% Spike in Elderly Psychiatric Visits
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Ka Leo: JABSOM Tuition Increases May Worsen Doctor Shortage
Ka Leo, the student newspaper at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, reports in its May 25 issue that many students at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) come from households with modest incomes. The paper reports findings from research by the Association of American Medical Colleges, which found the parents of JABSOM [...]
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Dr. Collier, Dr. Melish Selected for Regents’ Medals
Fifteen University of Hawaiʻi faculty members have been selected as recipients of the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Teaching, and two were selected as recipients of the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research. Two faculty members of the John A. Burns School of Medicine are among those recognized for their extraordinary contributions to our university. [...]
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VIDEO-JABSOM Expanding MD Class Again in 2011-2012
KITV-4 News reported on May 15 that the John A. Burns School of Medicine is increasing its class size again to help address the shortage of physicians in Hawai’i. In July, 66 new medical students will join JABSOM. KITV-4 Reporter Dick Allgire spoke with students who have plans to return to their Island communities to [...]
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VIDEO-JABSOM’s Health Clinic for the Homeless a “Win-Win”
Hawaii News Now reported May 17 that the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Project H.O.M.E. is a “win-win” for the homeless and our medical students. Reporter Terri Okita went along to the Next Step Shelter in Kaka’kako, one of three state homeless shelters where the only medical care these people get is from our [...]
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Jason Kenji Higa Named ARCS Scholar of the Year
Jason Kenji Higa, working on a doctorate degree in molecular biology, has received the Ellen M. Koenig Award in Medicine and was selected as “Scholar of the Year” from among 12 of the top PhD students from each of the Professional Schools and Programs at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. Higa is a PhD [...]
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