UH plays key part in state COVID-19 vaccination rollout
UH is providing up to 1,000 volunteers, facilities and resources from Kauaʻi to Hawaiʻi Island.
$1M gift expands team-based health education at UH
HMSA Foundation has committed $1 million to support the statewide expansion of Interprofessional Education at >UH and to establish the endowed HMSA Distinguished Professorship to advance the Hawaiʻi Interprofessional Education program.
Mask-wearing project provides public health experience for UH student volunteers
The statewide project tracks how well Hawaiʻi residents are adopting face mask-wearing behavior in public places using a UH-developed app.
UH Hilo pharmacy students assist with on-campus COVID-19 testing
Students assisted with collecting screening paperwork, checking vital signs, managing traffic flow and sanitizing all resources between each person.
New Indigenous health program calls attention to population at higher risk for virus complications
A new Indigenous public health certificate program that compares conventional and traditional health perspectives will launch at UH Hilo in the fall.
UH Hilo student wins national pharmacy counseling competition
Henry Quach won the APhA Patient Counseling competition and will receive a plaque and $1,000 prize.
UH health science students collaborate on virtual geriatric care
The Hawaiʻi Interprofessional Team Collaboration Simulation was held online with 118 UH health science students.
COVID-19: Simple tips, facts to help stop the spread
UH Hilo pharmacy students released tips the public can practice as a way to help prevent contracting COVID-19.
UH Hilo College of Pharmacy building dedicated
UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy celebrated the dedication of the college’s new permanent building in Hilo’s University Research Park on December 4, 2019.
International award for Native Hawaiian health teaching team
A teaching team from the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine won a LIMElight award for Sustained Excellence in Indigenous Health Curriculum Implementation.
