Archive | August, 2012

While news coverage from the Olympics often focuses on the contest for medals by athletes representing the United States and China, there are also collaborations between our nations, including a research partnership between the University of Hawai`i and Jinan University in China, which has just won its own U.S./China Collaborative Award. The scientific team, whose [...]

One of the founding faculty members of the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai`i, Dr. Geoffrey C. Ashton, is being remembered by friends and through a memorial fund in his name at UH. Dr. Ashton, who died suddenly in Honolulu on June 18, 2012, joined the University of Hawai`i in 1964 in [...]

Washington, D.C., August 6, 2012—The “Physician Shortage Reduction and Graduate Medical Education Accountability and Transparency Act” introduced by Reps. Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) and Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.) is a significant step toward easing the nation’s doctor shortage crisis, according to the AAMC (Association of American Medical Colleges). The bill, H.R. 6352, would expand the number of [...]

Four faculty members who have made significant contributions during their careers in medical education are embarking on new journeys within the University of Hawai`i John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). Dr. Naleen Andrade has been appointed the medical school’s Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Dr. Courtney Matsu as Deputy DIO, and Dr. Tony Guerrero will step [...]