$5.3M for world-famous UH reproductive lab
The grant will allow the Institute for Biogenesis Research to produce transgenic mice for other researchers seeking medical cures at UH.
Pesticides may contribute to heart disease
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ and the Kuakini Medical Center study finds that occupational exposure to high levels of pesticides may raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, even in generally healthy men.
Concussion study looks to improve high school football safety
The three-year College of Education concussion study monitors live-track head impacts at local high school football practices and games.
Hundreds focus on improving Hawai?i¡¯s health workforce
UH officials and community leaders consider how to fill the shortage of health workers.
Event encourages students to love themselves
The UH Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center holds its annual Love Life Fair in honor of National Suicide Prevention Week.
Physician shortage takes a troubling turn for the worse
The supply of working doctors has decreased by more than a hundred doctors in just one year, according to updated 2019 Physician Workforce data.
Hula study finds drop in blood pressure in Native Hawaiians
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ medical school study finds hula significantly reduces a person's blood pressure.
UH Hilo grant aims to strengthen suicide prevention resources
UH Hilo has received a three-year U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant of $261,000 to support campus Counseling Services in efforts to build suicide prevention resources and strategies.
Breast cancer early detection research awarded $2.8 million
JABSOM’s Youping Deng and his team are doing promising work in the development of a new diagnostic tool to improve the early detection of breast cancer.
Award-winning forensics course continues to prove popular
The summer workshop was taught in the anatomy labs of the medical school and in the field and classrooms of UH West Oʻahu.