College of Pharmacy boosts fight against opioids in Hawai?i
To help the local community confront opioid addiction, the UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of will hold educational events and offer simple alternatives to dispose of unused medications.
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹, international partners awarded $6M to study HIV, TB in children
The John A. Burns School of Medicine is part of an international team of researchers awarded $6M to study how HIV puts children at greater risk of contracting and dying from TB.
UH Cancer Center, HMSA collaborate to fight breast cancer
The UH Cancer Center and the Â鶹´«Ã½ Medical Service Association are conducting a clinical trial that could lead to less anxiety for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
Tuberculosis could be eradicated in 26 years, public health report says
Researchers, including Victoria Fan in the UH Office of Public Health Studies, say ridding the world of TB is a realistic goal.
L¨©hu?e roots inspire future doctor
Elisabeth Young, a UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ senior medical student, is an aspiring doctor with the ultimate goal of returning to Kauaʻi to serve the community where people cared about each other so much.
UH/MA?O Farms data show 60% improvement in diabetes risk
A UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ study, in partnership MAʻOFarms, shows promise that getting a community involved in preventing type 2 diabetes can reduce their disease risk.
UH epidemiologists to help develop U.S. dietary guidelines
The University of Â鶹´«Ã½'s Rachel Novotny and Carol Boushey are part of the federal 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
Ebola vaccine developed by UH can withstand high heat
Developed by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ scientist Axel Lehrer, the vaccine remains viable in extreme heat conditions for several months, which is especially important where the disease outbreaks so far have begun in rural, spread-out areas of hot, dry West Africa.
World¡¯s first Zika outbreak was diagnosed by JABSOM alumnus
In 2007, W. Thane Hancock, a 2003 graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, pieced together what would become the world¡¯s first reported outbreak of Zika.
Community grants help UH roll out tobacco-free initiatives
Grant funds will be used to develop messaging and disseminating educational initiatives to the campus community about the tobacco-free law.