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DIABETES IN YOUTH: WHAT JABSOM IS DOING TO HELP
Date: August 28, 2008
Dr. David Curb is researching youth diabetes
Eighty thousand people in Hawai'i have diabetes - and that includes our children.
To increase awareness about the "silent disease," the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Native Hawaiian Health Department helped hold a public service announcement contest for children at Aka'ula School on Moloka'i. The children produced three PSA television spots showing the consequences of diabetes, or encouraging activity and healthy eating. Meanwhile, Dr. Beatriz Rodriguez and Dr. David Curb are involved in an ongoing study of childhood diabetes in Hawai'i. They are finding starkly higher rates of Type 2 Diabetes in children, especially people under age 20 who are of Native Hawaiian or Asian/Pacific ancestry.
*Click here to see Kirk Matthews' story about the PSA project and the research underway, from KHON2 NEWS
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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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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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DR. IZUTSU HONORED BY MAYOR, CITY
Date: August 25, 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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NATIVE HAWAIIAN HEALTH GETS MILLIONS TO HELP FIGHT OBESITY
Date: August 21, 2008
Dr. J. Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula
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.
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STATES NOT DOING WELL IN FIGHTING OBESITY
Date: August 21, 2008
A REPORT ISSUED BY THE TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH finds obesity rates continue to rise in 37 states, with no states seeing a decrease.
The new report compares rates from 2005-2007 to 2004-2006.
Hawai'i ranked 2nd lowest in obesity rates (out of 50 states & DC), but another finding, targeting children age 10-17, raises more alarm. Hawai'i did not rank in the 10 least obese states in this age grouping.
"We're doing really well as a state in adults," said DR. JAY MADDOCK, Director of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDIES. "But we are kind of in the middle when it comes to children. So we might not hold onto our lead (in adults) if this trend continues," Maddock said.
*Read more or click here to see Jay Maddock's interview on KHON2 NEWS
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ALUMNI RECEPTION A SUCCESS
Date: August 19, 2008
Dean Jerris Hedges with wife Susan and alumni
NEARLY 150 ALUMNI OF THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ATTENDED THE FIRST ALUMNI RECEPTION to be held at the new campus in Kaka'ako on August 18. Pictured are Dr. Jeff Wong, '03; Dr. Rupa Wong, Susan & Dean Jerris Hedges; Dr. Jeff Akaka, '82; and Dr. Cass Nakasone, '98. Hosted by Dean Hedges and the JABSOM Alumni Association, the event was attended by physician graduates who recalled their days at Manoa when tuition was as low as $160 a semester. Today's medical school students pay nearly $29,000 a semester if they are Hawai'i residents.
Led by some of today's first and second year students, the alumni toured the $150 million campus with admiration, including the state-of-the-art telemedicine and robot patient simulation labs and the Center for Clinical Skills, where students encounter trained patient actors.
Dr. Cecilia Ala Ilima, of the Class of 1988, said the alumni event is important. "We want to know how we as alumni can participate and get involved anew in the school," she said. "We have a whole big structure here that looks very different from what we had before and I think that this gathering helps to make us feel more connected to it," said Ala Ilima. Ala Ilima is a EEG-Biofeedback Specialist in Kahala.
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STATES NOT DOING WELL IN FIGHTING OBESITY
Date: August 19, 2008
A REPORT ISSUED BY THE TRUST FOR AMERICA'S HEALTH finds obesity rates continue to rise in 37 states, with no states seeing a decrease.
The new report compares rates from 2005-2007 to 2004-2006.
Hawai'i ranked 2nd lowest in obesity rates (out of 50 states & DC), but another finding, targeting children age 10-17, raises more alarm. Hawai'i did not rank in the 10 least obese states in this age grouping.
"We're doing really well as a state in adults," said DR. JAY MADDOCK, Director of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDIES. "But we are kind of in the middle when it comes to children. So we might not hold onto our lead (in adults) if this trend continues," Maddock said.
*Read more or click here to see Jay Maddock's interview on KHON2 NEWS
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HANING TO RESIDENTS: YOU'LL DO FINE WITHOUT HANDOUTS
Date: August 18, 2008
Dr. William Haning
DR. WILLIAM HANING HAS A WARNING FOR NEW PHYSICIANS: stay away from the pharmaceutical handouts. In a presentation before new residents at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Dr. Haning, Director of Graduate Affairs, said doctors should see themselves as patients do.
“If patients see your name tag suspended from a cute retractable leash marked “MegaProfits Pharmaceuticals”, they may have reason to quietly question in whose employ you are.”
Dr. Haning handed the residents a spiral-bound notebook and a black ball point pen, and jokingly said, “These are my gifts to you. If you need something else, draw upon your fabulous new incomes as residents and buy it. If you lose them and want replacements, come to my office and I will give you new ones, along with a half-hour presentation on personal responsibility and care for your tools,” Haning said.
Dr. Haning was being amusing. But his message was serious.
“You will do just fine without commercial gifts,” Haning told the newly-graduated medical doctors.
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HANING TO RESIDENTS: BEWARE COMMERCIAL HANDOUTS
Date: August 13, 2008
Dr. Haning: "You'll do fine without them."
DR. WILLIAM HANING HAS A WARNING FOR NEW PHYSICIANS: stay away from the pharmaceutical handouts. In a presentation before new residents at the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Dr. Haning, Director of Graduate Affairs, said doctors should see themselves as patients do.
“If patients see your name tag suspended from a cute retractable leash marked “MegaProfits Pharmaceuticals”, they may have reason to quietly question in whose employ you are.”
Dr. Haning handed the residents a spiral-bound notebook and a black ball point pen, and jokingly said, “These are my gifts to you. If you need something else, draw upon your fabulous new incomes as residents and buy it. If you lose them and want replacements, come to my office and I will give you new ones, along with a half-hour presentation on personal responsibility and care for your tools,” Haning said.
Dr. Haning was being amusing. But his message was serious.
“You will do just fine without commercial gifts,” Haning told the newly-graduated medical doctors.
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STUDENTS WATCH AND APPLAUD WEINMAN GIFT
Date: August 13, 2008
Students Watching Gift Ceremony
THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HAS RECEIVED A GIFT OF $3 MILLION from longtime University of Hawai'i supporters and community philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman to establish the Barry and Virginia Weinman Dean’s Chair in Medicine. A large group of medical students watched the ceremonial check presentation from the rails overlooking the school's mainl lobby.
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$3 MILLION GIFT TO JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Date: August 08, 2008
Virginia and Barry Weinman being interviewed after JABSOM ceremony
THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE HAS RECEIVED A GIFT OF $3 MILLION from longtime University of Hawai'i supporters and community philanthropists Barry and Virginia Weinman to establish the Barry and Virginia Weinman Dean’s Chair in Medicine. A ceremonial check presentation was held at the medical school on August 8, and
attended by UH President David McClain and Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw.
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GLORIA TUMBAGA INSPIRES OTHERS TO HEAL
Date: August 01, 2008
Gloria on a medical mission to Bangladesh, 2006
THIRD YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT GLORIA TUMBAGA has overcome incredible odds to be a role model to others. She was orphaned and homeless as a child, and she is already helping other foster kids, even while winning awards and heading out on medical missions.
*Click here to read the article by Zanaida Serrano in The Honolulu Advertiser
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