{"id":105207,"date":"2019-10-24T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T01:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=105207"},"modified":"2020-03-05T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T00:57:42","slug":"health-professionals-leadership-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/24\/health-professionals-leadership-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> System health professionals chosen for national leadership program"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The health professionals chosen for the Clinical Scholars Program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For the first time, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> professionals have been chosen for the exclusive Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF<\/abbr>) Clinical Scholars Program. Seven of those chosen are University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> faculty.<\/p>\n

Clinical Scholars<\/a> is a national leadership development program for multidisciplinary health care providers who tackle complex health problems affecting their communities. The program funds projects with the ultimate goal of making America a healthier nation while developing a network of leaders.<\/p>\n

This year, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is the only state with two teams. The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> teams are focused on addressing issues on diabetes and housing insecurity as well as elderly health care.<\/p>\n

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From left, Camlyn Masuda, Dee-Ann Carpenter, Francie Julien-Chinn, Marjorie Mau and Aukahi Austin Seabury.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) Assistant Professor Dee-Ann Carpenter<\/strong> leads the team, “Empowering Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>s Homeless: Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Education and Resilience Initiative.” Collaborating with Marjorie Mau<\/strong> (JABSOM<\/abbr>), Camlyn Masuda<\/strong> (UH<\/abbr> Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy), Aukahi Austin Seabury (I Ola Lāhui) and Francie Julien-Chinn<\/strong> (UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work), the team will be working with the JABSOM<\/abbr> Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (HOME<\/abbr>) Project to develop an education and resilience program for homeless people who are pre-diabetic or diabetic.<\/p>\n

“We hope to be able to effectively train future students, residents, volunteers and shelter staff to be better prepared for serving the homeless populations who either have diabetes mellitus (DM<\/abbr>) or are pre-diabetic,” said Carpenter. “In addition, this is a great opportunity to learn from a wonderful organization about leadership both as individuals and as a team. I personally am looking forward to this training.”<\/p>\n

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From left, Pia Lorenzo, Robin Miyamoto and Chad Kawakami.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The KOKUA Project: K\u016bpuna Outreach and Knowledge in Underserved Areas” team is led by Pia Lorenzo<\/strong> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) in collaboration with Robin Miyamoto<\/strong> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) and Chad Kawakami<\/strong> (UH<\/abbr> Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy). Their project aims to improve the care of the k\u016bpuna in underserved rural communities, especially since Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s aging population is growing rapidly while the state does not have enough geriatric specialists to meet their complex needs.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019ve experienced first-hand the heartache of too many of our k\u016bpuna falling through the cracks due to systems issues despite the best efforts of dedicated health care professionals. Being a part of the RWJF<\/abbr> Clinical Scholars program enables our team to get in the trenches with our colleagues fighting the good fight in underserved community health care centers,” said Lorenzo. “But now, with the RWJF<\/abbr>\u2019s support, we are able to help in a different way, and hopefully, in a way that creates a bigger and more lasting impact.”<\/p>\n

For the full story, visit the JABSOM<\/abbr> website.<\/a><\/p>\n

—By Deborah Manog Dimaya<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seven UH<\/abbr> faculty and four JABSOM<\/abbr> professors\u2019 projects regarding diabetes, homelessness and elderly health care will be funded through the Clinical Scholars Program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[959,598,971,686,1329,31,9,947],"class_list":["post-105207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-diabetes","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-geriatric-medicine","tag-homeless","tag-houseless-outreach-and-medical-education","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105207"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112508,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105207\/revisions\/112508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}