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The John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) dedicated the first on-campus clinical translational research space, the University of Hawaiʻi Clinics at Kakaʻako on December 5, 2015 with a blessing and the untying of a kukui leaf lei followed by an Open House.

On Friday, December 2, staff members from the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS joined hands to weave that kukui lei by hand. Kukui is a Native Hawaiian healing plant, one of four which were selected in 2003 by Native Hawaiian physicians to be displayed in artwork around the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Kakaʻako campus to reflect the school’s dedication to promoting Native Hawaiian health.

The University of Hawaiʻi Clinics at Kakaʻako is a multi-purpose research and medical care clinic located directly on the grounds of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM)’s Kakaʻako campus. This new clinic has a waiting/reception room, office and charting areas, eight examination rooms, a room to accommodate the dual energy absorptiometry (DXA) machine and two procedure rooms. Together with other research and medical clinics, this space will also be the future home of the Clint Spencer Clinic and the research clinics of the Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS.

SEE PHOTOS OF THE NEW CLINIC SPACE

The UH Clinics at Kakaʻako Reception Area.

The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, also located at Kakaʻako, will conduct clinical studies in the UH Clinics at Kakaʻako. Among the planned studies are the ongoing investigation into whether hula can provide benefits that speed the recovery for breast cancer survivors after treatment. Drs. Herbert Yu, Erin Bantum and Lenora Loo are the Investigators. The Kakaʻako clinics will provide participants in the study a convenient place to be monitored by the researchers.

The waiting area inside the UH Clinics at Kakaʻako.

Also expected to use clinical space is Dr. Tom Wills, who has published research showing the use of electronic cigarettes on adolescents is growing at a higher rate than among mainland teens. And the UH Cancer Center’s Drs. Loic LeMarchand, Unhee Lim, and Gertraud Maskarinec will continue their clinical intervention studies that require supervision at the new, more convenient location.

The JABSOM faculty practice plan also operates several other full-service medical clinics.

To make an appointment at the Clint Spencer Clinic, or any UH faculty practice clinic, contact University Health Partners of Hawaiʻi at (808) 469-4982 or visit the UHP website.