UH Med Now - Research

Pictured: Ma’o Farms in Waianae. HMSA Foundation image. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director University of Hawaii (UH) researchers seeking to prove whether getting a community involved in preventing Type 2 diabetes can reduce the risk for the disease is off to a promising start. The scientists monitored health data from 392 people all over […]

Dr. Lehrer is pictured in his laboratory at JABSOM. Dr. Axel Lehrer of UH Tropical Medicine demonstrates his vaccine can sustain immunogenicity after being stored at 104°F for up to 12 weeks, in research published in the European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics. Lehrer is co-inventor of the novel proposed vaccine developed in collaboration with […]

Pictured: When Dr. Miller flashed a shaka, it brought smiles to those posing with her during a break in the workshop. Tina Shelton photo. The University of Hawaiʻi Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology hosted a leading medical scientist from Boston University this week in a day-long Medical Mycology workshop at the Sullivan […]

Pictured: All smiles at this research poster stop, during the 2018 Symposium. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo. Undergraduates, Graduates, Medical Students, Residents, Post-Doctoral students, Research Associates and Faculty — all are invited to apply to take part in the Annual Biomedical Sciences and Health Disparities Symposium coming up April 25 and April 26 in the Sullivan […]

Pictured: Feral cat at Kakaʻako Waterfront Park. Deborah Manog Dimaya photo.   Doctors in the University of Hawaiʻi Pediatric Residency Program at Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children examined cases affecting children at one medical center over an eight-year period. By Tina Shelton, JABSOM Communications Director Research by doctors in the University of Hawaiʻi […]

Pictured: Dr. Shikuma is at the microphone during a session of the Hawaiʻi 2 Zero HIV Prevention and Cure Conference. The 4th annual Hawaiʻi to Zero HIV Prevention and Cure Conference was held at the Ala Moana Hotel on January 10, 2019. Below are comments delivered at the conference. By Cecilia Shikuma, MD, Director, University […]