{"article":[{"id":"c631ba580a00007e5b663f0c9d991b64","title":"Quan's Story","summary":"The road to becoming a physician isn’t easy — but it’s strengthened by a community that believes in you. Quan’s story reflects perseverance, compassion and the support that helps JABSOM students stay focused on their calling. From Kalihi to the UH medical school in Kakaʻako, this is Quan's Story.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Donors"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Giving"},{"category":"Student Life"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/quan-stethoscope.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/scholarship-dinner-quans-story.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"01/15/2026"},{"id":"b8bf41380a00007e2ee3678080931f2f","title":"JABSOM HPHMG Leadership Update Announcement","summary":"After decades of distinguished service, Dr. Ivica Zalud will retire from his positions as Hawai‘i Pacific Health Medical Group (HPHMG) Chief of OB-GYN and Chair and Kosasa Endowed Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"OB-GYN"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/zalud-headshot.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/zalud-announces-2027-retirement.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"01/13/2026"},{"id":"b8b3fd2e0a00007e2ee36780806fef39","title":"JABSOM Awarded $1.1 Million Grant from AMA to Advance Precision Medical Education","summary":"The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine has been selected as one of 11 teams to receive funding from the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Transforming Lifelong Learning Through Precision Education Grant Program, a $12 million investment by the AMA to advance physician training through personalized learning and advanced technology. JABSOM will receive $1.1 million over four years to fund its project, “Developing Culturally Responsive AI for Rural Health: Utilizing Precision Education and Precision Coaching to Strengthen Hawaii’s Rural Physician Workforce.”","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Workforce Development"},{"category":"Rural Health"},{"category":"Faculty"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/ama-template.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/jabsom-awarded-ama-precision-medical-education-grant.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"01/13/2026"},{"id":"9a12decc0a00007e1c8f18e82c5ac9f3","title":"How JABSOM is Growing a New Generation of Neurosurgeons to Serve Hawaiʻi","summary":"JABSOM is spearheading an effort to recruit and train the next generation of neurosurgeons so the 1.45 million who live in the state can count on accessing this critical care for years to come.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Student Life"},{"category":"Surgery"},{"category":"Workforce Development"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/neurosurgeon-group-photo1.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/jabsom-trains-new-generation-of-neurosurgeons.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"01/07/2026"},{"id":"910c70ec0a00007e4362c55ca3c61a5f","title":"In Memoriam: Dr. Walton K.T. Shim","summary":"Dr. Walton K.T. Shim, Hawaiʻi’s first pediatric surgeon passed away in November 2025 at his family’s property in rural Montana. He was 94.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Surgery"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/01/dr-shim.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/in-memoriam-walton-shim.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"01/05/2026"},{"id":"7687297e0a00007e4362c55ca1e63025","title":"JABSOM Researchers Generate New Mouse Models to Study Molecular Function of Key Male Fertility Gene","summary":"In a new study conducted at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, researchers from the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) have reported on generation of new mouse models, in which a key male fertility gene, ZFY, was “tagged” to enable molecular investigations of its function.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Research"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Anatomy"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/monika-mouse-model.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/jabsom-researchers-generate-new-mouse-models-for-molecular-function-of-key-male-fertility-gene.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/31/2025"},{"id":"6d36995f0a00007e4362c55c1b82a342","title":"JABSOM’s Huakaʻi Program Preps Waipahu Intermediate Students for HOSA Competition","summary":"More than 40 Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA) from Waipahu Intermediate were thrust into a simulation that required students to assess injuries, properly pack a wound, apply a tourniquet, and clearly communicate with a 911 dispatcher.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Collaboration"},{"category":"Student Life"},{"category":"Community Outreach"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/waipahu-large-group.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/huakai-preps-waipahu-hosa-students-for-competition.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/29/2025"},{"id":"4819640f0a00007e66fa649ab21d561e","title":"Roundup of the 2025 Holiday Tree Decorating Contest","summary":"We had four wonderful entries to our Annual Holiday Tree Decorating Contest and awarded them with the following categories: The Most Traditional, The Most Creative, Most Heart Warming and the Most Above and Beyond.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Student Life"},{"category":"Staff"},{"category":"Faculty"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/ghhsxmas.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/roundup-of-the-2025-holiday-tree-decorating-contest.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/22/2025"},{"id":"386fbeb40a00007e66fa649a5b1a59d8","title":"Info session on General Excise Tax exemption in Hawaii with the Department of Taxation","summary":"The Department of Taxation presents an informational session on the new General Excise Tax (GET) exemption created by Act 47 (S.B. 1035), which excludes amounts received for healthcare‑related goods and services purchased under Medicare, Medicaid, or TRICARE from GET beginning January 1, 2026.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Workforce Development"},{"category":"Community Outreach"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/_images/_banners/202307-defaulthero-005-kalo-closeup.jpg","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/info-session-on-general-tax-excise-exemption.html","feature":"no","startDate":"12/19/2025"},{"id":"39bf8de70a00007e66fa649a0042f017","title":"December Reflection Rounds","summary":"Decemberʻs Reflection Rounds are about reflection and renewal.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/ohia-december-reflection.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/2025-12-reflection-rounds.html","feature":"no","startDate":"12/19/2025"},{"id":"3350bb690a00007e66fa649a2d93bab0","title":"Helmsley awards more than $2.2M to advance UH medical training, research","summary":"The University of Hawaii has secured two major grants from The Leona M. and Harry B. 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Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).","categories":[{"category":"Giving"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Donors"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/helmsley-story.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/helmsley-awards-millions-to-advance-uh-medical-training-research.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/18/2025"},{"id":"2171d3b50a00007e5ddb88fa6696986b","title":"MHRT trainee spotlight: Elias Zuber earns national recognition for exceptional poster presentation","summary":"Shortly before the 12th Annual “E Ho'oulu Haumana,” (the growth of students), a showcase event for the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine’s medical school’s Minority Health Research Training (MHRT) Program, we caught up with one of the trainees. Elias Zuber stepped in, keen and ready to share his research. His aloha shirt spoke volumes, with corn stalks printed across in alignment with his award-winning research on a high-throughput corn genotyping method. Check out our Q&Aabout his MHRT experience.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Research"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/zuber-mhrt-showcase.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/mhrt-trainee-spotlight-elias-zuber-earns-national-recognition-for-exceptional-poster-presentation.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/15/2025"},{"id":"0a4396880a00007e5ddb88fa7e7d6ed9","title":" JABSOM Researcher Advances Gene Therapy Technology, Featured in Nucleic Acids Research
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On December 6th, Whitman College hosted an award presentation at JABSOM in his honor.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Alumni News"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/kalauawa900x600.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/whitman-college-bestows-its-highest-alumnus-honor-to-jabsom-md-dr-elliot-kalauawa.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/08/2025"},{"id":"f1e0f6cc0a00007e5ddb88fab745fcc2","title":"First Kosasa Assistantship Student Graduates JABSOM PhD Program","summary":"Hongwen (Winnie) Wu, a PhD student from the Developmental and Reproductive Biology (DRB) graduate program and the first student supported by the Kosasa Graduate Student Assistantship, has just defended her dissertation and earned a PhD degree in DRB.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Institute for Biogenesis Research (IBR)"},{"category":"Donors"},{"category":"Grad PhD Students"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/wu-kosasa.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/first-kosasa-assistantship-student-graduates-jabsom-phd-program.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/05/2025"},{"id":"dc4a6dfd0a00007e03dbd1e947725fcd","title":"Dept. of Psychiatry Transitions","summary":"We are writing today to express our deepest gratitude and celebrate the extraordinary contributions of Dr. Anthony Guerrero as he concludes his service as Chair of the JABSOM Department of Psychiatry.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Psychiatry"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/campus-sunset1.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/12/goebert-interim-chair-psychiatry.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"12/01/2025"},{"id":"c2e4eb640a00007e03dbd1e9c0280cd3","title":"JABSOM names new Maternal–Fetal Medicine Fellowship Program Director","summary":"The John A. Burns School of Medicine's Department of OB/GYN has appointed Dr. Corrie Miller as the new director of its Maternal–Fetal Medicine (MFM) Fellowship. Miller becomes the first fellowship graduate to step into its top leadership role, succeeding Dr. Men-Jean Lee, who transitions to Chair of OB/GYN at Rutgers University.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"OB-GYN"},{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Graduate Medical Education"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/corrie-miller.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/jabsom-names-new-maternalfetal-medicine-fellowship-program-director.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"11/26/2025"},{"id":"be4901d10a00007e03dbd1e9f2bc8a2c","title":"Residents Gain Valuable Perspective at GME Workshop","summary":"During the annual Graduate Medical Education Leadership Workshop, organized and sponsored by the Office of the Designated Institutional Official (ODIO), held this year at the Neal S. Blaisdell Center, residents took a few hours to get coached in the non-clinical aspects of the job to promote leadership skills. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Graduate Medical Education"},{"category":"MD Residents"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/gme-blaisdell-event.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/residents-gain-valuable-perspective-at-gme-workshop.html","feature":"no","startDate":"11/25/2025"},{"id":"a30b742e0a00007e127de5cc36825b78","title":"JABSOM 2022 grad encourages pediatric patients through new children’s book, “Toby’s Magic Bubbles”","summary":"JABSOM MD 2022 alumna Dr. Mariah Gosling, an anesthesiology resident at the University of Miami, writes a children's book based on her experiences with pediatric patients and families preparing for surgery. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Alumni News"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/gosling-md-book.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/jabsom-2022-grad-writes-childrens-book.html","feature":"no","startDate":"11/24/2025"},{"id":"a8a5dd830a00007e127de5cc5875bf3a","title":"Congratulations to the 2025 Creative Pedagogy Award Winners","summary":"Congratulations to the winners of the 3rd Annual HMSA Center for Learning Innovations (CLI) Creative Pedagogy Awards! CLI is the JABSOM Office of Medical Education's hub for innovation, collaboration and support for cutting edge work in health professions education. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Collaboration"},{"category":"UH Manoa"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/2025-creative-pedagogy-awards.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/2025-creative-pedagogy-awards.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"11/21/2025"},{"id":"a47ad04f0a00007e127de5ccdc587b4d","title":"JABSOM Students Learn Compassionate Care from Cardiac Patient Panel","summary":"Last week, JABSOM first-year medical students met with a panel of patients with chronic cardiac disorders who shared their perspectives following the care they received.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Community Outreach"},{"category":"Anatomy"},{"category":"Student Life"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/jabsom-students-cardiac-panelists.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/2025-cardiac-patient-panel-recap.html","feature":"no","startDate":"11/20/2025"},{"id":"a2e7d6250a00007e127de5cc3bbb8d5e","title":"NIH FY 2026 Extramural Loan Repayment Programs Deadline Extended","summary":"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Loan Repayment has announced an important update regarding the FY 2026 Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRP). The application submission deadline has been officially extended to December 4, 2025, giving applicants additional time to complete and finalize their materials. This extension applies not only to the LRP applications themselves but also to all required reference letters and institutional certifications, ensuring that every component of the submission package can be completed by the new deadline.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Community Outreach"},{"category":"Workforce Development"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/jabsom-campus.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/nih-fy26-extramural-loan-repayment-extension.html","feature":"no","startDate":"11/20/2025"},{"id":"949728940a00007e127de5cc91250662","title":"November Reflection Rounds","summary":"Novemberʻs Reflection Rounds are about Gratitude and Appreciation. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/11/nov-reflection-rounds.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/2025-11-reflection-rounds.html","feature":"no","startDate":"11/17/2025"},{"id":"6fd607db0a00007e722812b04374c3ec","title":"Students meet to discuss the challenges, initiatives in rural medicine","summary":"The Partnership for Social Medicine recently hosted a symposium - Rural Medicine: Challenges and Initiatives, highlighting the unique strengths and struggles of health care in Hawaii's rural communities.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Student Life"},{"category":"UH Manoa"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/ruralmed.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/11/students-meet-to-discuss-challenges-initiatives-in-rural-medicine.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"11/10/2025"},{"id":"3c160e100a00007e2d700906b6e52155","title":"JABSOM Researcher Secures NIH R01 Grant to Advance Safer, More Efficient Gene Editing Tools","summary":"The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded JABSOM's Jesse Owens a highly competitive R01 grant for his lab’s groundbreaking work in gene editing technology.
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","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Institute for Biogenesis Research (IBR)"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/hiff-weingrill.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/jabsom-microplastics-expert-featured-in-new-documentary-kuleana.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"10/27/2025"},{"id":"1854c5c90a00007e06c8b473e4cb92d2","title":"Celebration of Life: Diane Wallace-Taylor and Dr. Gordon Wallace","summary":"The Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology is honored to host a memorial seminar celebrating the lives and legacies of our esteemed colleagues, the late Dr. Diane Wallace-Taylor and Dr. Gordon Wallace, who served on the faculty of the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine for many years.A Celebration of Life and Legacy will be held on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 in MEB 315 (and via Zoom) from noon to 1:00 PM.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Grad PhD Students"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/celebration-of-life.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/celebration-of-life-dianewallace-taylor-and-gordon-wallace.html","feature":"no","startDate":"10/24/2025"},{"id":"194b79e60a00007e06c8b473c36d02b4","title":" The Freeman Foundation’s contributions go a long way in keeping doctors in Hawaiʻi","summary":"The Freeman Foundation rewards three committed JABSOM graduates with a one-time $40,000 award to offset qualified educational student loans. Graduate Medical Education plays a big role too as awardees agree to practice medicine in Hawai‘i for two years following residency or fellowship training in exchange for student loan relief.2025 marks the sixth year that JABSOM graduates have been honored with relief funds.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Donors"},{"category":"Giving"},{"category":"Graduate Medical Education"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/freeman-foundation-2025.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/the-freeman-foundations-contributions-go-a-long-way-in-keeping-doctors-in-hawaiʻi.html","feature":"no","startDate":"10/24/2025"},{"id":"f4db56d20a00007e76b65821f967f2b3","title":"Dr. Dela Cruz strives to serve Hawaiʻi and the USAPI through JABSOM's Pacific Cancer Programs","summary":"The University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) recently welcomed a powerful new voice in regional public health: Rica Ann Delacruz, PhD, joins JABSOM's Pacific Cancer Programs as an assistant professor.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Rural Health"},{"category":"Faculty"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/rica-ann-dela-cruz.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/rica-ann-joins-pacific-cancer-programs.html","feature":"no","startDate":"10/17/2025"},{"id":"dfb6a53e0a00007e76b6582193ec940e","title":"JABSOM Celebrates 60 Years of Healing in Hawaiʻi","summary":"The John A. Burns School of Medicine is marking sixty years of educating physicians and improving health care across Hawaiʻi. Since opening its doors in 1965, JABSOM has trained more than 3,000 doctors. Today, roughly half of all physicians in Hawaiʻi either graduated from JABSOM or teach here. More than 500 students, alumni, faculty, community partners, and staff gathered at the Royal Hawaiian to celebrate the milestone last Saturday. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Alumni News"},{"category":"IN THE NEWS"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Faculty"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/students-at-60th.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/10/jabsom-celebrates-60-years-of-healing-in-hawaii.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"10/13/2025"},{"id":"e0a251350a00007e76b65821fd278097","title":"The Heart of JABSOM","summary":"At the 60th Anniversary Gala, the JABSOM Media and Communications team unveiled The Heart of JABSOM, a short video featuring Ryan Keliʻi Shontell, Dr. Geri Young, Dr. Venkataraman Balaraman, and Dr. Keolamau Yee. 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Operated by University Health Partners of Hawai‘i (UHP), the milestone event honored four decades of lifesaving service, groundbreaking research, and community impact in hyperbaric medicine.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"University Health Partners (UHP)"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/htc-friday.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/uh-htc-celebrates-40-years-of-lifesaving-care.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"09/29/2025"},{"id":"970cefad0a00007e21002304e69a5181","title":"JABSOM Student Advocates New Model for Caring for Aging Patients with Fractures
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His discovery centers on a tiny sugar, or carbohydrate, molecule that most people never knew existed, and it could help doctors detect cancer earlier and slow its spread.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Breakthroughs"},{"category":"Collaboration"},{"category":"Research"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/clausen-headshot.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/ms4-thomas-clausen-leads-pancreatic-cancer-research.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"09/16/2025"},{"id":"407ce49d0a00007e5248381ea2e4f817","title":"JABSOM to Launch Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Premedical Sciences","summary":" The University of Hawai‘i will launch a new Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Premedical Sciences in Fall 2026, coordinated by the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in collaboration with six schools, colleges, and departments across the UH system. The program is designed to give students the opportunity to strengthen their academic preparation and take the next step toward medical or health professions training.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Student Life"},{"category":"CMB"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/premed-cert1.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/jabsom-launches-post-baccalaureate-cert-in-premedical-sciences.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"09/12/2025"},{"id":"34b54b030a00007e34b7a28126798a8c","title":"Dr. Marian Melish celebrates 50 years of medicine & research in Hawaiʻi","summary":"Throughout her medical career, renowned infectious disease expert Dr. Marian Melish has been making key contributions in science. Whether it be making discoveries crucial to understanding Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome, diagnosing the first case of Kawasaki Disease in Hawaiʻi and being at the state’s forefront during the COVID-19 pandemic. The humble pediatrician and professor at the University of Hawaiʻi medical school says that her passion for her work initially stemmed from her day to day as a clinician. “Mostly, I am a working doctor with her eyes open because all of my experiences have started from cases.” ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Pediatrics"},{"category":"Research"},{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Faculty"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/2025-marian-melish-library.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/09/2025-marian-melish-50-yrs.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"09/11/2025"},{"id":"35518f770a00007e34b7a281fa1d15b8","title":"MD5 in Majuro: A JABSOM Student’s Perspective on Providing Healthcare in the Marshall Islands","summary":"While I theoretically and conceptually knew that the purpose of my summer in the Marshall Islands was to experience what providing healthcare in a resource-limited environment is like, receiving my boarding pass 24 hours prior to departure solidified a new expectation for what my upcoming month would be like, because there is no scheduled departure time for the world famous island hopper between Honolulu and Guam - only an “estimated” departure time. 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Attendees enjoyedengaging in a trivia game with tropical medicine–themed questions, receiving freesnacks and swag items, and participating in our raffle for an exclusive Tropical MedicineClub ceramic mug. The event provided a wonderful opportunity to interact with both newand returning students, foster interest in our programs, and celebrate the vibrant start ofthe semester.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Research"},{"category":"Student Life"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/trop-med-club-1.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/trop-med-club-welina-fair.html","feature":"no","startDate":"08/30/2025"},{"id":"f334a1000a00007e719f5ad417398631","title":"Dr. Richard Allsopp Retires After More Than Two Decades at JABSOM","summary":"After more than 22 years of groundbreaking work at the John A. 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Though new to the role here, Carolyn brings a long history of experience in both medical and academic libraries across Hawaiʻi and the UH System.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Staff"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/library-dennison.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/jabsom-new-library-director-dennison.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"08/26/2025"},{"id":"cf4f3e050a00007e14db1e2a75cab5a1","title":"Trailblazer Dr. Kanoho Hosoda Honored with AISES Award for Advancing Indigenous Students in STEM","summary":"For Dr. Kanoho Hosoda, receiving the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s (AISES) Blazing Flame Professional award marked a full-circle moment in a career devoted to mentoring Indigenous students in STEM.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Minority"},{"category":"Workforce Development"},{"category":"Native Hawaiian"},{"category":"Research"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/aises-hosoda.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/08/kanoho-hosoda-aises-award.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"08/21/2025"},{"id":"ca7d4cf60a00007e618261bc085820e9","title":"Welcoming JABSOM's Newest Facilities Team Members","summary":"Meet Maison Hakikawa and Danny Char, the newest members of our grounds team at JABSOM.Both have joined us in the last two months and they’ve already made a big impression. 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Now she’s on a committee that will help guide the accreditation standards for allopathic medical schools across the nation. ","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Collaboration"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/lcme-blum.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/lee-buenconsejo-lum-to-serve-on-national-committee-advising-lcme.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"07/30/2025"},{"id":"447398950a00007e4f3ee8a4bdfdfc04","title":"UHF Adds Johanna Witt to Team","summary":"Please join us in welcoming Johanna Witt to JABSOM as our new Associate Director of Development with the University of Hawaiʻi Foundation. Johanna joins us from Aloha United Way, where she previously served as a Business Development Manager. Passionate about education and equity, Johanna once considered medical school herself, but financial barriers stood in the way—making her current role in development, especially working on scholarships and community initiatives, deeply meaningful. Born in the Philippines and raised in California, Johanna has called Hawai‘i home for the past 15 years. She was drawn here by a love of surfing and the ocean, and she holds a strong appreciation for both the natural beauty of the islands and the spirit of its people. We are excited to have Johanna on board and grateful for the dedication she brings to supporting JABSOM’s mission and the people of Hawai‘i.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Community Outreach"},{"category":"Staff"},{"category":"Giving"},{"category":"Donors"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/jo-witt.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/welcoming-johanna-witt-new-uhf.html","feature":"no","startDate":"07/25/2025"},{"id":"3fe2c9be0a00007e4f3ee8a4cc4c1c2c","title":"The Ten-Year Return to JABSOM's MDT Program with Zoey Simmons","summary":"Every summer, under 90 high school students interested in health care careers come to JABSOM for a week of hands-on learning opportunities through the Medical Treatment and Diagnosis Program, also known as MDT. JMAC was happily surprised to find out that one of the medical student volunteers was once a participant of this program, ten years ago! Mahalo Zoey Simmons for sharing your story.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"UH Manoa"},{"category":"IN THE NEWS"},{"category":"Student Life"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/2025-mdt-program.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/the-ten-year-return-to-jabsoms-mdt-program.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"07/24/2025"},{"id":"345223ca0a00007e4f3ee8a436e3b90d","title":"$2.3M NIH Grant Renews Support for Diabetes Research at UH Mānoa","summary":"The Centers for Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has secured a $2.35 million renewal from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue their groundbreaking work through the Diabetes Research Center (DRC).","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"CMB"},{"category":"Research"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/gerschenson-cold.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/07/nih-grant-renews-support-for-diabetes-research.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"07/22/2025"},{"id":"1fc2bcf60a00007e4f3ee8a4caa9307f","title":"JABSOM Earns Full LCME Accreditation","summary":"The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) has fully accredited the University of Hawaiʻi John A. 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Dr. Read comes to JABSOMfrom the University of Florida College of Medicine, where he served as the Charles and EliseNail Professor of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Chief of the Division of GastrointestinalSurgery.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Faculty"},{"category":"Surgery"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/06/thomas-read.png","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/06/thomas-read-named-surgery-chair.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"06/26/2025"},{"id":"84d0742c0a00007e6a75a46ee3cc0d5e","title":"ʻImi Hoʻōla graduates credit success to peer support, mentorship","summary":"In the highly competitive world of pre-medicine, nine students chose collaboration over rivalry and fiercely supported each other throughout twelve months of preparing to enter the John A. Burns School of Medicine through the ʻImi Hoʻōla Post-Baccalaureate Program. 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Recognizing this critical need, Allen and Anne Abaya established two pilot programs at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in 2023 to support young doctors and nursing practitioners committed to practicing geriatrics. Through the Nohara-Abaya Geriatrics Fellowship Award, the couple’s efforts have already made a profound impact on the future of geriatric care for Hawaiʻi’s elderly, through the hands of the award recipients and the communities that they serve.","teaser":"","categories":[{"category":"Giving"},{"category":"Geriatrics"}],"imageURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/2025-nohara-abaya-fellowship.webp","imageALT":"","articleURL":"https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2025/06/gift-empowers-young-doctors-to-care-for-kūpuna.html","feature":"yes","startDate":"06/04/2025"},{"id":"1db64e0a0a00007e035fa5c2afe69bd3","title":"Pre-Diabetes to Diabetes Explained at Science Cafe","summary":"The Honolulu Science Café meets monthly during the academic year. 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