Author Archive: Tina Shelton
Potential anti-aging Cardax Astaxanthin compound selected for NIH research
The compound developed by JABSOM and Cardax Inc. showed the ability to significantly activate a gene in mice that plays a proven role in longevity.
UH neurologists win top regional awards from American Heart Association
Matthew Koenig won the Quality and Systems Improvement Award, and Kazuma Nakagawa was named Physician Volunteer of the Year.
UH medical school deploys first full time OB-GYN faculty/provider to Hilo
Kareem Khozaim hopes to inspire newly-trained physicians to provide services on Hilo or in other areas in need of medical services.
Hawaiʻi medical students take part in international TB eradication project
The UH medical students spent three weeks screening some 5,600 residents of Ebeye—the Marshall Islands’ largest-ever effort ever to eradicate TB.
Psychiatry professor honored as outstanding community mental health leader
UH Mānoa’s Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda has been recognized for promoting mental wellness and improving the care of people with mental health problems.
A fun Friday at Keiki Health Camp
Keiki prepared fruit and yogurt parfaits, illustrated well-balanced meals, pieced together a three-dimensional magnetic human anatomy puzzle and more.
Student Natalie Kamada awarded childhood cancer research grant
Kamada is in the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s Early Admission to Doctor of Medicine program.
James Burns remembered during JABSOM healing garden ceremony
A lama tree was planted in the JABSOM healing garden in honor of James Burns.
Record number of presentations at biomedical/health disparities symposium
The research in health disparities—the variation in rates of disease and disabilities between people in certain socioeconomic groups—is especially relevant to Hawaiʻi citizens.
Promising anti-aging gene therapy developed through innovative partnership
Research by the UH medical school found a compound developed by Cardax Inc. can increase the expression of a gene that plays a role in longevity.
