UH Med Now - Research

Pictured: Joanna Kettlewell in the lab. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Stretching 26 miles and plunging to a depth of 2,300 feet (701 meters), the Kaʻiwi Channel between the islands of Molokaʻi and Oʻahu has a reputation as one of the world’s most treacherous bodies of water. Crossing it was a challenge […]

Pictured: Brent Fujimoto in the lab. By Deborah Manog Dimaya, UH Med Now Correspondent Dr. Brent Fujimoto (JABSOM PhD 2019) has received the Windsor and Mary Cutting Award for Most Outstanding Doctoral Student in Biomedical Sciences (Pharmacology) from the University of Hawaiʻi Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology. Dr. Fujimoto, who has been […]

Pictured: The exterior of the Institute for Biogenesis Research located at the UH Mānoa Campus and Dr. Thomas Kosasa. Photos by Deborah Manog Dimaya. The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) has approximately 100 graduate students, who are working towards earning their Master’s or PhD, across five programs. How these students are supported to […]

Pictured: Commencement Exercise is about to begin at the Stan Sheriff Arena at UH Manoa. Photos by Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Mariana Gerschenson. Five doctorate students received their PhDs from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in Saturday’s Commencement Exercise at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. They included Brent Aaron Satoru […]

Pictured: Brent Fujimoto in the lab. This weekend, the John A. Burns School of Medicine is conferring PhDs on a handful of hardworking scientists including Brooks Mitchell of Hilo, and Brent Fujimoto who grew up on Sand Island at the University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa Commencement Exercises at the Stan Sheriff Arena. A few weeks ago we […]

Pictured: University of Liberia Students pose with University of Hawaiʻi Dr. Axel Lehrer inside of of the mobile laboratories delivered to Liberia. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Nine thousand miles from Hawaiʻi on the West African coast, the University of Hawaiʻi (UH) and the University of Liberia (UL) have begun a partnership with a […]