UH Med Now - Breakthoughs

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have discovered a potential link between intestinal bacteria and the disproportionately higher rates of certain chronic disease and mental health risks among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs). The new findings were published in a series of articles in Frontiers, the world’s […]

April 3-7, 2023 is National Cancer Registrars Week: Harvesters of Data to Nurture Cancer Research and the entire month of April celebrates all who work to improve health of minority people and populations across the US. Cancer registrars throughout the US Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI) territories of Guam and American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern […]

Congratulations to JABSOM’s own Dr. Lee Buenconsejo-Lum. She is Hawaii’s 2022 Immunization Champion Award winner. This highly-selective award goes out to one person in each state. The CDC Childhood Immunization Champion Award, now hosted by The Association of Immunization Managers (AIM), chose Dr. Buenconsejo-Lum for her work to increase HPV vaccine uptake and promote the […]

Dr. Cass Nakasone is hoping to change the way the world sees research in Hawaiʻi. The JABSOM 1998 alumnus, now a renowned orthopaedic surgeon, has always had a commitment to orthopedic research which was lacking in the state. Research, Nakasone suggests, is important for several reasons: it promotes clinical integrity, provides medical students and residents […]

Consider the teardrop, a vital lubricant for the eye encased in a thin biomembrane called a surfactant, to ensure it does its job in the blink of an eye — lubricate the eyeball.  There is a similar surfactant that coats the alveoli in the lungs. When babies are born prematurely, there is insufficient surfactant so […]

The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has been awarded a grant of $317,955 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), in particular, the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHHD), for Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI). This grant titled ‘Hawaii Data Science Training for RCMI Researchers’ is […]