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AT THE HAWAII/PACIFIC BASIN AHEC

…our GOAL is to facilitate access to an abundant supply of knowledgeable and
culturally competent providers through training and recruitment partnerships
that will improve the diversity, distribution and quality of the health
professions workforce.

We provide accredited, high quality continuing education offerings and
professional support to meet the needs of healthcare professionals, especially
those practicing in underserved areas. These programs are designed to enhance
clinical skills and help maintain professional certifications.


NEWS: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

 * Planting the seeds of medicine early– JABSOM hosts nearly 100 Honowai
   Elementary sixth graders
   Planting the seeds of medicine early– JABSOM hosts nearly 100 Honowai
   Elementary sixth graders
   
   The University of Hawaiʻi Kakaʻako campus bustled with the sounds of children
   excited to attend the first physician career pathway tour and workshop of its
   kind for students as young as the sixth grade. Nearly a hundred students from
   Waipahu’s Honowai Elementary School, accompanied by their teachers, spent
   their morning learning at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).
   
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 * Grant to Train Next Generation of Cardiovascular Researchers Renewed Another
   Five Years
   Grant to Train Next Generation of Cardiovascular Researchers Renewed Another
   Five Years
   
   Training the next generation of cardiovascular researchers will continue at
   the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine as investigators
   in the Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR) have renewed their National
   Institutes of Health T32 Training Grant for a third cycle.
   
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 * Maui Wildfires Resources
   Maui Wildfires Resources
   
   As we approach the one year anniversary of the devastating wildfires, if you
   or someone you know needs emotional support or counseling, please find the
   resources below.
   
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 * Peau o le Vasa: Investing in community, investing in those who already earned
   trust
   Peau o le Vasa: Investing in community, investing in those who already earned
   trust
   
   JABSOM, the National Association of Pasifika Organizations (NAOPO), and Papa
   Ola Lōkahi (POL) collaborated on a project aimed at training and supporting
   additional Community Health Workers within Native Hawaiian and Pacific
   Islander communities. This initiative is known as "Peau o le Vasa," which
   translates to "the waves of the ocean" in Samoan. Recognizing its
   significance, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) allocated $1.4 million
   to further develop this project.
   
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 * Native Hawaiian Healer in Training, Ashley Lee Receives Public Health Award
   Native Hawaiian Healer in Training, Ashley Lee Receives Public Health Award
   
   Ashley Lee was nominated Lee for the US Public Health Service Physician
   Professional Advisory Committee Excellence in Public Health Award. She
   accepted the award at the annual JABSOM Awards Ceremony.
   
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 * Art in Medicine, Introducing the Ko Iki Mini Museum
   Art in Medicine, Introducing the Ko Iki Mini Museum
   
   There's a new addition to the great lawn on the John A. Burns School of
   Medicine campus. Inspired by the free petite library movement that made
   reading accessible to millions, there's a similar structure intended to
   provide inspiration and accessibility to art for all who pass by.The Ko Iki
   Mini Museum ( Ko, for her surname and "iki" for "small" in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi)
   was installed on the JABSOM campus earlier this month by JABSOM alumna Dr.
   Kathryn Ko.
   
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 * Rural Health Day Special: Neighbor Island Students Get Hands-On Look at
   Medical School
   Rural Health Day Special: Neighbor Island Students Get Hands-On Look at
   Medical School
   
   Dozens of other high school students from Molokaʻi, Lānai, and Maui visited
   the John A. Burns School of Medicine to get a first-hand, day-long look at
   what being a medical student entails.
   
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 * $4M to study health disparities in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Asian
   Americans
   $4M to study health disparities in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, Asian
   Americans
   
   The PONO Health Legacy Study is a new research study awarded to a team of
   Hawaiʻi scientists from UH Mānoa to study diabetes, heart and lung health
   disparities in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders and Asians.
   
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 * Dept. of Health Selects JABSOM Alum to Lead Hawaiʻi State Hospital
   Dept. of Health Selects JABSOM Alum to Lead Hawaiʻi State Hospital
   
   Dr. Kenneth Luke, 1988 graduate of the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns
   School of Medicine, has been tapped to lead Hawaiʻi State Hospital, the
   state’s only forensic psychiatric hospital.
   
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 * JABSOM's Kūpuna Focused Mini-Medical School Celebrates 10 Years
   JABSOM's Kūpuna Focused Mini-Medical School Celebrates 10 Years
   
   Dr. Rosita Leong's Mini-Medical School on Healthy Aging marks a decade of
   service, welcoming back in-person sessions.
   
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 * Hope for the Future: Hawai’i to Zero Conference resumes in person with
   inspirational stories
   Hope for the Future: Hawai’i to Zero Conference resumes in person with
   inspirational stories
   
   Three HIV survivors share their stories at the fourth Hawai’i to Zero
   Conference (H20) at the Ala Moana Hotel, which marks the first in-person
   conference since the COVID-19 pandemic. The event is hosted by JABSOM's
   Hawaii Center for AIDS (HICFA).
   
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 * JABSOM Alum, Professor Inspires Through New Book
   JABSOM Alum, Professor Inspires Through New Book
   
   The COVID-19 pandemic brought a lot of uncertainty to the world. Many were
   turning to health experts for answers, and one reassuring voice was JABSOM
   Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. Theresa Wee. The 1979 JABSOM graduate didn't
   just offer medical guidance. Through blog posts, she combines her practical
   healthcare expertise with personal encounters of loss, resilience, and the
   guiding presence of faith. Her readers related to her experiences and found
   comfort and solace in her posts. Now that the worst of the pandemic is likely
   behind us, Dr. Wee published "My Covid-19 Diary: Practical Tips and
   Scriptures for Improbable Times from an American Doctor".
   
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 * Second cohort of UH Kauai Medical Training Track students meet island’s
   healthcare community
   Second cohort of UH Kauai Medical Training Track students meet island’s
   healthcare community
   
   The second cohort of students with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A.
   Burns School of Medicine's (JABSOM) Kauaʻi Medical Training Track kicked off
   their first-year by meeting leaders of the Kauaʻi healthcare community at an
   event held at The Plantation House by Gaylords on August 18.The program was
   launched in 2022 and is funded by a $10 million commitment from Dr. Priscilla
   Chan and Mark Zuckerberg to help address the physician shortage and directly
   improve the health and wellness of Kaua‘i’s families, today and in the
   future.
   
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 * Clerkship to Immediate Care, JABSOM Students Assist Maui Fire Survivors
   Clerkship to Immediate Care, JABSOM Students Assist Maui Fire Survivors
   
   JABSOM students provide hands-on care for the hundreds who survived the
   deadliest US wildfire in over a century. Each student would treat or interact
   with upwards of 20 people daily in the two weeks after the Maui fires.
   
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 * Maternal Telehealth Builds Off Momentum Created During Pandemic
   Maternal Telehealth Builds Off Momentum Created During Pandemic
   
   Leaders from local health plans, hospital systems, JABSOM, and the community
   gathered to learn how to make telehealth even more effective for rural parts
   of Hawaiʻi, including neighbor islands.
   
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 * JABSOM Researcher Receives Highest NIH Award to Combat Leading Causes of
   Death in Hawaiʻi
   JABSOM Researcher Receives Highest NIH Award to Combat Leading Causes of
   Death in Hawaiʻi
   
   Dr. Claire Townsend Ing carried those words from her father for decades, and
   this month, it culminated with the 43-year-old receiving a prestigious
   National Institutes of Health award for its potential impact on the health of
   thousands of families in Hawaiʻi.
   
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 * New pathway program opens STEMM career possibilities for Pacific Islander
   students
   New pathway program opens STEMM career possibilities for Pacific Islander
   students
   
   Dr. Pakieli Kaufusi developed the Pathways for the Advancement of Pacific
   Islanders (PAPI). The summer bridge program was launched in early 2023, with
   the support of the University of Hawaiʻi Provost Strategic Initiative.
   
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 * Tok Doc: Dr. Kara Wong Ramsey
   Tok Doc: Dr. Kara Wong Ramsey
   
   Dr. Kara Wong Ramsey, neonatologist and assistant professor at the University
   of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM), admired how other
   doctors used their platform as medical professionals to share information on
   social media and decided to make and upload her own videos with the intention
   of raising awareness about COVID-19 and addressing vaccine hesitancy.
   
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 * Mahalo to our US Affiliated Pacific Island Cancer Registrars!
   Mahalo to our US Affiliated Pacific Island Cancer Registrars!
   
   Cancer registrars throughout the US Affiliated Pacific Island (USAPI)
   territories of Guam and American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
   Islands, and countries of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated
   States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau will join their colleagues,
   fellow medical professionals, and community leaders to observe the 27th
   annual National Cancer Registrars Week (NCRW) on April 3-7, 2023.
   
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 * Educators Tour JABSOM for Inaugural Huakaʻi
   Educators Tour JABSOM for Inaugural Huakaʻi
   
   More than 100 academic advisors and career counselors from middle schools and
   high schools across Hawaiʻi, including several neighbor islands, made the
   huakaʻi to Kakaʻako to learn more about how they can plant the seed of a
   potential career in medicine in their students.
   
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 * New oral health director to bolster JABSOM curriculum and care
   New oral health director to bolster JABSOM curriculum and care
   
   Thanks to a $2.25 million endowment from Hawaii Dental Service, JABSOM will
   integrate oral health into its curriculum more than ever before. JABSOM used
   part of the endowment to establish its first oral health director. Dr.
   Matthew Oishi started in the role in late January.
   
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 * Delivering Care to the Houseless
   Delivering Care to the Houseless
   
   Every Sunday morning at 8:30, a big white cargo van pulls up to Thomas
   Square. Students from the John A. Burns School of medicine and other
   volunteers follow. With stethoscopes around their necks and dressed in
   scrubs, they unfold plastic benches and lay out the essentials for the
   day–blood glucose machines, bottles of hand sanitizer, and boxes of gloves
   surround the cardboard carton of Starbucks coffee and snacks.
   
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 * Why microbiology matters — and an invitation to hear more on Oct. 12 about
   multidrug-resistant bacteria, a growing global health threat
   Why microbiology matters — and an invitation to hear more on Oct. 12 about
   multidrug-resistant bacteria, a growing global health threat
   
   Living on an archipelago of paradise where the temperature is always warm,
   the beaches never end, and the lush hiking trails await your exploration,
   it’s easy to forget that you are on an island. One that is thousand of miles
   away from our nearest academic neighbor. As a student in Hawaiʻi, our
   isolation presents a unique challenge to our ability to interact with the
   greater scientific community. While University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM)
   affiliated guests play a vital role in expanding our knowledge, the diversity
   of the audience is limited to those with connections to the university.
   
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 * National recognition for JABSOM program extending research opportunities to
   rural students in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands
   National recognition for JABSOM program extending research opportunities to
   rural students in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Islands
   
   A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa program offering science training to young
   people in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific has been so successful that top federal
   officials for the STEP-UP — or Short-Term Research Experience for
   Underrepresented Persons — program came here this month to recognize Dr.
   George Hui of the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM).
   
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 * In the news: Student Immunization Initiative
   In the news: Student Immunization Initiative
   
   This news story, reported with a little assistance from the University of
   Hawaiʻi Mānoa (UHM) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), features the
   work the Student Immunization Initiative at the University of Hawaiʻi , and
   what they are doing working peer-to-peer to educate young people about the
   importance of vaccinations.
   
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 * Honor of introducing Hawaiʻi-born former U.S. President goes to JABSOM
   clinical research graduate, now Native Hawaiian Health faculty member
   Honor of introducing Hawaiʻi-born former U.S. President goes to JABSOM
   clinical research graduate, now Native Hawaiian Health faculty member
   
   Dr. Leanne Kealoha Fox recently became the first “JABSOM” grad we know of to
   have the opportunity to introduce the former president of the United States,
   Hawaiʻi-born Barack Obama, in a public ceremony in Hawaiʻi.
   
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