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January 30, 2012 |
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Welcome to JABSOM eNews!
Aloha. The John A. Burns School of Medicine is among the most diverse medical schools in the country, a fact recently noted by Dr. Darrell Kirch, President of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In remarks at the AAMC’s annual meeting, Kirch said, “…diversity as a key to improving health for all continues to be led by institutions with rich traditions of diversity, our historically black medical schools, Howard, Meharry, and Morehouse, and schools such as the University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine.”
We are delighted that the AAMC’s Chief Diversity Officer, Marc Nivet, will deliver the keynote address at our MD Convocation Ceremony for the Class of 2012 a little over three months from now. This issue of our JABSOM E-News includes that story, and other items making news at JABSOM.
I also want to take a moment to thank House and Senate members of the Hawai'i State Legislature who voted this month to reinstate JABSOM’s authority to use some of the tobacco master settlement agreement funds its receives for operations, and wish them—and you—a prosperous "Year of the Dragon".
Mahalo nui loa,
Jerris Hedges, MD, MS, MMM
Dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine
jerris@hawaii.edu |
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JABSOM News |
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Convocation for the MD Class of 2012 at the University of Hawai'i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine returns this May to the Kennedy Theater on the UH Manoa campus for the first time since 2007. The ceremony is scheduled Sunday, May 13, 2012, 9 a.m., and will feature a keynote address by Marc Nivet, Ed.D., the Chief Diversity Officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC).
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JABSOM News |
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The University of Hawai'i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) is taking part in Joining Forces to improve health care for the country’s active duty military, veterans and their families. More » |
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Dr. Elizabeth Tam, Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Hawai’i's John A. Burns School of Medicine, has received the Laureate Award from the American College of Physicians (ACP) Hawai’i Chapter. More » |
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Physician-scientist J. David Curb, MD, MPH, long associated with the University of Hawai’i John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Department of Geriatric Medicine and the Kuakini Medical Center, died Sunday, January 8, at the age of 66. Dr. Curb’s impact on health care in the islands was significant. More » |
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The National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, has invested more than $1.5 million in projects involving the University of Hawai'i’s John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) this year, including “STEP-UP”, which is successfully recruiting high school students into careers in biomedical research. More » |
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Announcements |
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Series begins on February 2, 2012 and ends on May 10, 2012
The University of Hawai’i's Native Hawai'ian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) and the Bishop Museum will present a series of presentations, “Native Food, Native Stories” from February through May.
The series begins Thursday February 2, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. with “The Ceremonial and Social Usages of ‘Awa in Hawai‘i, Then and Now” at the Bishop Museum’s Atherton Halau. Featured speakers are Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, Chair, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Department of Native Hawai'ian Health (DNHH), where the NHCOE is located, and UH alumnus and new CEO of the Office of Hawai'ian Affairs Kamana‘opono Crabbe. Tuition is $10, and free for members of the Bishop Museum.
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