{"id":46168,"date":"2016-05-23T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T02:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=46168"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:47:58","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T01:47:58","slug":"jill-omori-honored-for-homeless-medical-outreach-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/23\/jill-omori-honored-for-homeless-medical-outreach-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Omori honored for homeless medical outreach project"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jill Omori, far right, directs medical students in a clinic operated by the H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> Project<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> Associate Professor Jill Omori<\/strong>, is this year’s recipient of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Women Lawyers’<\/a> Distinguished Service Award for her work with the Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The mission of the Hawaii H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> Project is to improve quality and access to health care for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s homeless, while increasing student and physician awareness and understanding of the homeless and their healthcare needs.<\/p>\n

“I am truly humbled and honored to receive this award. To be recognized for doing something I love is very special,” said Omori. “I definitely share the honor with all the students, volunteers, physicians and community supporters that help to make H.O.M.E.<\/abbr>. Project possible.”<\/p>\n

Omori remembers that, during her days as a medical student, she wanted to be more exposed to the care of underprivileged patients. When she joined the JABSOM<\/abbr> faculty, she felt students were not getting enough training in caring for homeless individuals. At that time, Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>i’s homeless population was growing rapidly, including in areas very near to JABSOM<\/abbr>’s Kakaʻako<\/span> Campus.<\/p>\n

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H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> Project’s mobile clinic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“It was a dream that I had to start student-run homeless clinics for our medical school and to create a curriculum in underserved care for JABSOM<\/abbr>. I was fortunate enough to receive a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration to help fund my time to develop the curriculum and the H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> Project was born out of that endeavor,” she says.<\/p>\n

Omori considers The H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> Project to be her proudest career accomplishment. What started off as a simple dream ended up making an impact within the community, especially to the homeless.<\/p>\n

The project began with a single clinic, once a week. But with the help and support of the entire JABSOM<\/abbr> community, H.O.M.E.<\/abbr> expanded to four clinics per week at six different sites across Oʻahu<\/span>. Omori enjoys seeing former students who worked with the project return as community physicians. And she is gratified when she sees patients transition into healthier lives.<\/p>\n

Read more about Jill Omori in the JABSOM<\/abbr> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

—By Tina Shelton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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