‘Hope through action,’ September is national suicide prevention month
Events are being held statewide throughout September for National Suicide Prevention Month to call attention to this important issue.
UH program makes progress with concussion program
The UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ program researching concussions of student-athletes expands to more campuses.
Inequities in asthma health for Native Hawaiian keiki
Native Hawaiian children accounted for 36.5% of all ED visits for pediatric asthma in Â鶹´«Ã½ during the two-year study period.
$700K award to study robotics for prostate cancer treatment
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ researcher will formulate a first-of-its-kind model procedure in prostate brachytherapy.
Vandalism strikes med school¡¯s mobile health van again
For the third time this year, the Hawaii H.O.M.E. Project van at the John A. Burns School of Medicine has been the target of vandalism.
$1.4M to address health disparities in communities most impacted by COVID-19
Funding will support efforts to build knowledge and take action to address health disparities affecting Native Hawaiians, other Pacific Islanders and Filipino communities.
$15M research center to improve Indigenous health
PIKO, led by JABSOM professors, will help improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Pacific People.
Vaccine candidates for Ebola, other filoviruses show promise
UH researchers have demonstrated the efficacy in monkeys of multiple vaccine candidates targeting three filoviruses causing life-threatening infections to humans.
TV special on drug overdoses in Hawai?i to feature pharmacy professor
On August 31, Roy Goo, from the Â鶹´«Ã½Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, will be featured on Overdose Awareness: Prevention and Education set to air on KHON¨CTV.
Hula to help combat dementia in Native, Pacific Islander communities
This will be the first time that these Native populations have been included in this type of project grant from the National Institute on Aging.