{"id":203517,"date":"2024-09-12T16:12:58","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=203517"},"modified":"2024-09-12T16:12:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-13T02:12:58","slug":"jabsom-welcomes-chief-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/12\/jabsom-welcomes-chief-of-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical school welcomes new chief of staff"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Karen Chavis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa\u2019s John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> (JABSOM<\/abbr>) welcomes Karan Chavis as its new chief of staff. Chavis will work closely with Dean Sam Shomaker, bringing nearly 40 years of higher education experience, most of it at Texas A<\/abbr>&M<\/abbr> University. Her extensive expertise and strong partnership with Shomaker mark a valuable leadership addition to the JABSOM<\/abbr> ʻohana<\/span>.<\/p>\n

“Dean Shomaker designs a vision very well,” Chavis said. “He\u2019s committed to creating the path to success and lets professionals do their work while offering guidance when needed.”<\/p>\n

She added, “I\u2019m excited to immerse myself in the rich diversity and culture of Hawaiʻi<\/span> while supporting JABSOM<\/abbr>\u2019s goals for the future.”<\/p>\n

Chavis shared her insights on the chief of staff role, her history with Shomaker, and her vision to help advance ¶«¾«Ó°Òµ<\/abbr>\u2019s medical school. Read the interview at JABSOM<\/abbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Karen Chavis has been hired as chief of staff to Dean Sam Shomaker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[31,9],"class_list":["post-203517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203517","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=203517"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203570,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203517\/revisions\/203570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}