UH Med Now - Giving

The UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Kauaʻi Medical Training Track was established with a $10 million gift last year from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to help address Kauaʻi’s physician shortage and directly improve the health and wellness of families on the Garden Isle. The program recently sent its first cohort […]

The root of some serious health problems can start with your teeth. “There’s such a big link now between dental health and other medical problems,” said Dr. Jill Omori, Director of the Office of Medical Education at the John A. Burns School of Medicine. Dr. Omori points to issues traced back to oral health, like […]

The latest stats from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education show 93% of students from the 2022 graduating class at the John A. Burns School of Medicine received a scholarship, compared to 64% at all other medical schools. The abundance of scholarships allows JABSOM students to graduate medical school with less debt and positions them […]

“Lifelong learning is her passion.” That’s what Pauline Mashima, graduate chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD), shared about her mentor, CSD professor Dorothy Craven. Craven knew she always wanted to be a teacher, which was driven by her passion of helping others. She piqued a particular interest in speech-language pathology after […]

Dr. Reni Soon and Dr. Tracy Chen went to medical school knowing they’d be abortion providers. For Dr. Soon, several life experiences shaped her decision. “I saw the 17-year-old with her college future ahead of her, clinging to her mom’s hand as a Planned Parenthood doctor did her procedure,” Soon remembers. “The 40-year-old wrestler with […]

Dr. Sasha Raymond fondly remembers the late Concetta DiLeo, an advocate for women in higher education. As someone who was given the opportunity to pursue her graduate degree through generous donations and scholarships, DiLeo wanted to pay it forward and support others, especially women, from similar backgrounds in pursuit of their dreams. “It is an […]