Harvard: UH medical school paved the way for our clinical training program
Medical students choosing the longitudinal program spend five months in a single place, learning from volunteer faculty physicians.
UH student will shave head to support childhood cancer research
Undergraduate biochemistry major and aspiring doctor Mark Brisco is the recipient of the 2018 St. Baldrick's Summer Fellowship Award.
Demand for new breadfruit vodka bodes well for UH¡¯s Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative
The Pacific Business Center Program's Pacific Regional Breadfruit Initiative is expanding awareness of the economic and health benefits of breadfruit.
Community support, risk awareness may lower hypertension rates
Research was led by Catherine Pirkle and Tetine Sentell in the Office of Public Health Studies at the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.
UH students excel at health occupation leadership conference
Students from Kapiʻolani CC, UH Hilo and UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ turned in a strong performance at the 13th Annual HOSA—Future Health Professionals State Leadership Conference.
Medical school¡¯s class of 2018 match in 15 different specialties
Soon-to-be doctors learn where they will be spending their residency training during dramatic and simultaneous opening of envelopes.
Lower educational attainment and income, early trauma can increase health risks
The study by UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹'s Catherine Pirkle and Yan Yan Wu examined whether social and behavioral risk factors make certain groups more vulnerable to metabolic syndrome.
New findings on type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer survival rates
Â鶹´«Ã½researchers Yvette Amshoff, Gertraud Maskarinec and Andrew Grandinetti looked at 24 years of health data and found that patients who have type 2 diabetes in addition to other chronic diseases have a lower survival rate for colorectal cancer.
National Brain Injury Awareness Month events at UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹
UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ is holding two events—the Concussion film screening and a helmet give away—during National Brain Injury Awareness Month in March.
Karen Davison named UH ²Ñ¨¡²Ô´Ç²¹ Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair
Davison¡¯s research will focus on the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Canadian Community Health Survey and Canadian Longitudinal Survey on Aging.