UH Med Weekly
Wishing you a Happy New Year + Lessons in living well
On behalf of the JABSOM ʻOhana, wishing you all a happy & prosperous 2019! Mahalo to some of our MD students for sharing their new years resolutions with us.
It works for him: Simple secrets for living well from a 90 year old genius
Hear from the Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi, the University of Hawaiʻi scientist who laid the scientific groundwork for IVF and was the world's first to clone a mouse. Read the story on UH Med Now.
Dr. Yanagimachi was also featured as a "kupuna achiever" on HI Now. See their video, below.
Q&A: The Dean's decade at the helm of JABSOM
Booknotes: Treating addicted mothers
Dr. Tricia Wright wrote this "toolkit for care." The UHP doc's expertise in addiction and women’s health comes with her work as a clinician and researcher. Read the story on UH Med Now.
UH scientist wins Pair Award in Italy
Within a palace in Rome, international awards were given to an astronaut, a Pulitzer Prize winner, Oscar winners -- and UH Cancer Researcher & Professor Dr. Michele Carbone. Click to read more.
Doctors & Discoveries: Hawaiʻi HOME Project
Dr. Jill Omori and Christian Ogasawara (MD 2022 candidate) took the HI NOW crew for a ride along in the "mobile clinic" van, which the Hawaiʻi Homeless Outreach and Medical Education (HOME) Project takes to 9 sites across Oʻahu to provide free medical care to the homeless. Tune in to KHNL on Jan. 5th at 6:00pm.
HI Now stories are made possible by a generous donation to JABSOM and UHP.
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