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ISLAND RESEARCHERS FIND LONGEVITY GENE
Date: September 02, 2008
KHON2 News interviews Dr. David Curb about the study
RESEARCHERS WITH KUAKINI MEDICAL CENTER, the Pacific Health Research Institute and the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine have discovered that having a specific variation of a gene related to the regulation of cellular and blood sugar levels is linked with having a long and healthy life.
The gene, FOXO3A, has been directly linked to longevity in other species. But this is the first time this strong linkage to healthy aging has been demonstrated in humans.
*See Kirk Matthews' report on KHON2 NEWS
*Coverage in the Honolulu Advertiser
*Coverage in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin
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FREE ICE CREAM GENERATES SMILES
Date: August 27, 2008
Ice Cream Kickoff - Photo by Jeffrie Jones
ESTHER VOLPER, (Tropical Medicine) PAKIELI KAUFUSI (Tropical Medicine) AND JOSH ASTERN (Cellular & Molecurlar Biology), shown here, were among the John A. Burns School of Medicine staffers lining up for ice cream at the kick-off event for the medical school's internal giving program.
‘Starting from the Inside Out’, focuses on building philanthropic support for our school among those who are closest to JABSOM – our leadership, our faculty, and our staff.
Two of JABSOM's leaders did the hard work of scooping ice cream: Naleen Andrade, MD (Psychiatry Chair) and Elizabeth Tam, MD, (Chair of Medicine) are co-chairs for the 2008 Internal Giving Campaign. Dean Jerris Hedges topped things off with expert spraying of the whipped cream. The campaign runs through September 30, 2008.
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MAYOR, CITY HONOR DR. IZUTSU
Date: August 27, 2008
Dr. Izutsu will be honored Oct. 7
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ADMINISTRATION SATORU IZUTSU has been named an honoree by the City and County of Honolulu's Inaugural Honolulu Forever Young awards. The awards name six outstanding individuals 65 or older who have found the secret to being “forever young.” The awards are part of the City’s Honolulu Forever Young Campaign, which aims to change the perception of retirement and aging. Award recipients were selected based on the successes of their current careers, their contributions to our community through mentoring, philanthropy, and volunteerism, and their healthy lifestyle.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS GET $3 MILLION TO FIGHT OBESITY
Date: August 25, 2008
Principal Investigator Keawe Kaholokula, PhD
The Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine has been awarded $2.7 million to help Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples (including Samoans, Chuukese and Filipinos) lose weight and keep it off.
Excessive weight is recognized as a significant health threat because it is related to the development of serious illnesses.
The new grant, from the National Institutes of Health’s Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, allows the Department of Native Hawaiian Health and its community partners to build upon what it learned during a three-year planning grant ($1.3 million) awarded in 2005.
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