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HONOLULU ADVERTISER SAYS KAKA'AKO BIOSAFETY LAB HAS KEY BENEFITS
Date: June 30, 2008
About 40 people attended the community meeting
Editors of the HONOLULU ADVERTISER say the Kaka'ako Biosafety Lab has key benefits.
*Click here to read the Editorial in the Honolulu Advertiser
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About 40 citizens attended the latest public meeting for the proposed Pacific Regional Biosafety Laboratory at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Many of those attending seemed reassured by Dr. Kwok Fai Cheung, University of Hawai'i Ocean and Resources Engineering Professor, who emphatically stated, "I would not be too concerned about flooding at this site."
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MADDOCK COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Date: June 30, 2008
Jay Maddock
Jay Maddock, head of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Office of Public Health Studies, is the 2008 Bank of Hawai'i Community Leader of the Year. He's only 35, and is also named one of "Hawaii's Top 40 Under 40" by Pacific Business News.
Also named as one of "Hawaii's Top 40 Under 40" is JABSOM alumna Rachael Wong. Wong, who is 36, is Executive Director of Kokua Mau: Hawai'i Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. It is a coalition of more than 300 organizations and individuals working together to help those living with chronic disease or needing end-of-life care.
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McDONALD'S OFFERS DEFIBRILLATOR
Date: June 25, 2008
McDonald's has installed a public access "automated external defibrillator", or AED, in its Aina Haina restaurant, a move being hailed by John A. Burns School of Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. James Ireland.
"Studies have shown that when AEDs are placed in public areas and are used quickly, then survival can be 50 to 75 percent or even greater," Dr. Ireland told KITV-4 News.
*Click here to see the story from KITV-4 NEWS
*Or click here to read the Honolulu Star-Bulletin story.
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JAY MADDOCK COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Date: June 25, 2008
Dr. Jay Maddock, Chair of public health
Jay Maddock, head of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Office of Public Health Studies, is the 2008 Bank of Hawai'i Community Leader of the Year. He's only 35, and is also named one of "Hawaii's Top 40 Under 40" by Pacific Business News.
*Click here to read all about it in Pacific Business News.
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MEDICAL CORPS BILL MAY FACE VETO
Date: June 24, 2008
Economic pressures are evident in messages from Governor Lingle
Governor Linda Lingle has signaled that she may veto a bill that could have provided tuition reimbursements to John A. Burns
School of Medicine students. The bill, HB2519 HD2 SD2 CD1, would establish a working group to develop a "Hawai'i Health Corps" program. The program would provide loan repayments and stipends to physicians and dentists who work in rural or medically under served areas.
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TENURES AND PROMOTIONS
Date: June 24, 2008
Dean Jerris Hedges
Dean Jerris Hedges is congratulating and acknowledging the following faculty on their recent promotions and awarding of tenure. "They worked very hard to achieve this great milestone in their academic careers," said Dr. Hedges. "And we wish them the best as they continue to add to their academic accomplishments."
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JAPAN-US JOINT INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM AT JABSOM
Date: June 20, 2008
The virtual anatomical model prototype, photographed at JABSOM
A demonstration by Japan’s Gifu University earned plenty of “wow’s” from participants at the Second Annual Japan-US Joint International Symposium sponsored in Hawai’i June 18-20. The Virtual Anatomical Model prototype is a plastic torso, with a projection of human internal organs. A 3-D panel gives the projection depth and appears to “move” as the torso model is moved, to create an unforgettable anatomy lesson.
"Simulation-based education has been recognized everywhere as a necessary method of medical practice to provide safe and high quality care," said Dr. Keiichi Ikegami, Director of the SimClub & Japan Society for Instructional System in Healthcare.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine's SimTiki Simulation Center, led by Dr. Benjamin Berg, and the Telehealth Research Institute, led by Dr. Lawrence Burgess, are among the most cutting-edge operations on campus. Hawai'i's medical school hosted the symposium this year, after taking part in the first such gathering last year in Japan.
*Click to read coverage in the Honolulu Advertiser
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PUBLIC MEETING ON BIOSAFETY LAB JUNE 25
Date: June 19, 2008
Honolulu Advertiser editors tour JABSOM's existing lab, with Dr. Duane Gubler, left. (Jan. 2008)
An update, including the construction timeline for the planned Pacific Regional Biosafety Laboratory, will be presented at a meeting Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 5:30 p.m., in Room 314 at the University of Hawai’i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine in Kaka’ako.
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OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND CHINA UNIVERSITY TRADE RESOURCES
Date: June 19, 2008
The University of Hawaii and Wuhan University in China have signed a five-year agreement to share resources in public health.
The agreement, involving the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Office for Public Health Studies, includes student and faculty exchange, the development of joint doctoral programs, an executive training program for Chinese Public Health leaders and joint research projects to include co-authored publications.
*Click here to read the article in The Honolulu Advertiser
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MARCUS IWANE WINS MAJOR STUDENT AWARD
Date: June 12, 2008
Marcus Iwane, 2nd year medical student
The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation and the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) are proud to announce Marcus Iwane, of the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, as a 2008 Minority Scholars Award recipient. As one of only 12 medical students chosen in the country, he will receive a $10,000 scholarship in recognition of his excellence as a medical student and outstanding promise for a future career in medicine. Iwane is the first student of Native Hawaiian heritage to win the scholarship.
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FATHER'S DAY TIPS FOR LOCAL DADS FROM JABSOM
Date: June 12, 2008
Dr. Jared Acoba's Tips for Healthy Dads
Men in Hawai’i are 13% more likely to be overweight than women in the Islands. They suffer higher rates of High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease, according to the Department of Health’s 2005 Hawai‘i Health Survey.
Dr. Jared Acoba, Assistant Clinical Professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, offers a local-style list of ways to keep men healthy in Hawai‘i.
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VOG MAY NOT AFFECT CHILD ASTHMA RATES
Date: June 10, 2008
Kilauea Volcano, UH SOEST Photo
Early results from a comprehensive study of volcanic fog (vog) indicate the vog alone may not increase asthma rates. But a lead author of the study, Dr. Elizabeth Tam, Chair of Internal Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, cautions the research is ongoing, and the early findings also came before last month's huge increase in output from Halemaumau Crater.
*Click here to read about Dr. Tam's research in The Honolulu Advertiser
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JOHN BURNS ALUM, EVENTS MAKING HEADLINES
Date: June 09, 2008
State Epidemiologist DR. PAUL EFFLER, an alumnus of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, is leaving Hawai'i for Australia.
*Click here to read Helen Altonn's report in The Honolulu Star-Bulletin
DR. CEDRIC AKAU is heading Physicial Medicine and Rehabilitation at the medical school through a partnership with The Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation.
*Click here to read the article in Pacific Business News.
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WORLD MICROSURGERY CONFERENCE HERE
Date: June 06, 2008
Microsurgery underway in the medical school anatomy lab
Surgeons from around the world shared new techniques in back surgery, in a meeting in June at the John A. Burns School of Medicine.
The World Congress of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery & Techniques included a delegation of 100 of he world's premier spine surgeons, reviewing the newest laser-based surgical procedures.
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EIGHT COMPLETE IMI HO'OLA, START MEDICAL SCHOOL THIS JULY
Date: June 06, 2008
Imi Ho'ola Class of 2007-2008
Eight students have successfully completed The John A. Burns School of Medicine's Imi Ho'ola Program, meaning they will begin medical school at the University of Hawai'i's medical campus this July. Imi Ho'ola allows students from historically disadvantaged backgrounds to enter medical school. Each student has made a commitment to serve needy communities.
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HAWAII TEENS AT RISK FOR SUICIDE
Date: June 05, 2008
Teen Health Risks
The Centers for Disease Control has issued a report that concludes Hawaii teens are at a higher than national risk for suicide attempts. The report also says island teens are at a higher risk of being passengers in a car driven by a drunk driver. John A. Burns School of Medicine's Jay Maddock and Nancy Partika talked to reporter and news anchor Kirk Matthews about the conclusions and the need to improve teen health behaviors.
*Click here to see Kirk Matthews' report on KHON2 NEWS
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CORD BLOOD FROM HAWAII SAVES LIVES WORLDWIDE
Date: June 04, 2008
Dr. Randal Wada
Stem cells from the umbilical cords of 29 Hawaii mothers have saved lives on the mainland and as far away as Europe.
"It's a source of great satisfaction to all of us," said Dr. Randal Wada, a bone marrow transplant surgeon and John A. Burns School of Medicine/Cancer Research Center of Hawaii expert who founded and directs the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank.
*Click here to read Helen Altonn's story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
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IT'S THE VOG! (OR IS IT?)
Date: June 04, 2008
Dr. Elizabeth Tam
Dr. Elizabeth Tam, foremost Hawai'i expert on the health impacts from volcanic pollution, or vog, will speak about her ongoing research and findings on June 10. The presentation before the Grand Medical Rounds, from 12:30 p.m. until 1:30 p.m., at the Queen's Conference Center, 510 South Beretania Street, 2nd Floor Lobby. Dr. Tam is Chair of the Department of Medicine at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. She also holds a chair in respiratory health funded by the American Lung Association of Hawai’i and the Hawai’i Community Foundation’s Leahi Fund, which each donated $500,000.
Dr. Tam is the leading researcher into why Hawai'i’s people suffer high numbers of respiratory ailments including asthma and whether those conditions are aggravated by Big Island vog (volcanic air pollution). Other causes may be unusually high concentrations of mold, pollen or dust mites.
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CORD BLOOD FROM HAWAII SAVES LIVES WORLDWIDE
Date: June 02, 2008
Dr. Randal Wada
Stem cells from the umbilical cords of 29 Hawaii mothers have saved lives on the mainland and as far away as Europe.
"It's a source of great satisfaction to all of us," said Dr. Randal Wada, a bone marrow transplant surgeon and John A. Burns School of Medicine/Cancer Research Center of Hawaii expert who founded and directs the Hawaii Cord Blood Bank.
*Click here to read Helen Altonn's story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
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