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“In a way, MD stands for Mom and Dad,” is how one of our graduates put it, at the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Convocation Ceremony. The 2012 event, celebrating our new physician graduates — now alumni– was on Mother’s Day, at the University of Hawaii Manoa Kennedy Theater. The new MDs, the Class of […]
It is not unheard of for a John A Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) student to enter the study of medicine after getting some work and life experience first. Teresa Schiff is one of those students. A graduate of Maryknoll High School on O’ahu, she earned a degree in Biological Sciences at the University of […]
Teresa Schiff, a student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, received the Herbert W. Nickens award last year at the national convention of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Here are her inspiring remarks from that occasion. Aloha. I am so honored and deeply humbled to stand here amongst all of you, but also so […]
Katherine Gelber will graduate from the University of Hawai`i’s medical school on May 12, 2012 as an already published researcher. Gelber was lead author in an article accepted by the Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics last August. Katherine’s faculty mentor and co-author on the paper, Dr. Yusuke Marikawa, couldn’t be more pleased. Katherine spent […]
Professor Emeritis Ryuzo ”Yana” Yanagimachi, the University of Hawai`i Manoa (UHM) researcher who laid the scientific foundation for lab-assisted human reproduction, is the 2012 recipient of the Pioneer in Reproduction Research Leadership Award. The honor recognizes an outstanding scientist who has pioneered pathways of exploration in reproduction research. “Yana”, in his typical modest fashion, responded to the scientists […]
The University of Hawai`i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is especially proud that it is the nation’s only accredited medical school with a clinical department dedicated to the health of an indigenous people of the U.S.–Native Hawaiians. A unique annual ceremony, the Kīhei Ceremony, honors the achievement and commitment of our kauka ‘ōpio […]