Archive | February, 2012

The Hawai’i State Senate, the House of Representatives and Governor Neil Abercrombie have approved legislation which allows the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) to continue using Hawai’i Tobacco Settlement Special Fund monies to fund some of its operational expenses. The proposal, formerly Senate Bill 239, was signed into law on February 13, [...]

The official copy of the Integrated Care for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Blueprint for Action is now available. The Blueprint was written with input from leaders in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Island health care, including Dr. J. Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns [...]

The University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is prominently featured on the cover of the Hawai’i Directory of Public Officials 2012 and hailed inside by the Hawai’i Institute for Public Affairs (HIPA) as a “shining example of the kind of facilities we should aspire to build.” The directory, considered an essential guide [...]

          Hawai’i’s annual walk to raise awareness about and funds to fight diabetes is typically the largest walk in the country! That’s right, the American Diabetes Associations’ STEP-OUT walk in Hawai’i drew more than 3,000 walkers last year, and raised more than $500,000, according to Dr. Dee-Ann Carpenter, who leads Hawai’i’s ADA Chapter. This year, on March [...]