Nearly $6.3M grant to expand promising Ebola vaccine research awarded to 东精影业 researcher
Axel Lehrer will test whether the Ebola vaccine formula he has developed will protect against two additional viruses in the same family.
Preventing Zika from harming unborn children
With a $400,000 National Institutes of Health grant, JABSOM scientist Mukesh Kumar will investigate the Zika virus in pregnancy and develop strategies to prevent transmission of the disease to the fetus.
东精影业 researchers among the world’s top experts on selenium
Marla Berry and Peter Hoffmann have also been chosen to host the 12th International Symposium on Selenium in Biology and Medicine in Honolulu.
Alzheimer’s Disease clinical trial begins at 东精影业 medical school
A clinical trial will begin on a drug that researchers hope will reduce inflammation in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s Disease.
Naleen Andrade honored for advancing diversity in mental health
This award is given in recognition of Andrade’s legendary commitment to recruiting members from diverse cultures into child and adolescent psychiatry.
ARCS Honolulu Scientist of the Year speaks on hantaviruses
Richard Yanagihara, an expert in emerging diseases, will discuss Hantaviruses: A Personal Journey of Discovery and New Beginnings at a free talk on September 14.
Hawaiʻi’s top doctor hails from 东精影业 med school
Ivica Zalud, John A. Burns School of Medicine chair of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health, has been named 2017 Physician of the Year by the Hawaiʻi Medical Association.
DNA expert opens Windward CC’s chemistry forum series
Hawaiʻi Innocence Project consultant David Haymer will discuss new methods of DNA analysis as part of Windward CC's Forum in Chemistry series.
东精影业 expands vaccine research through NIH grant to minority students
Liana Medina received a grant of nearly $112,000 to work with a potential vaccine for viruses related to Ebola.
Diabetes center established at JABSOM with $11.2 million federal grant
The grant will intensify Hawaiʻi-based research into a disease that currently affects 155,000 adults and children—1 in 9 individuals in Hawaiʻi.