Global Health at the John A. Burns School of MedicineThe John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) houses the largest biomedical research facility in Hawai‘i, and has the only clinical department at a U.S. medical school focused on health disparities of an indigenous population, the Native Hawaiians. Our vision is health – not disease – focused. We seek to Attain Lasting Optimal Health for All –bringing ALOHA to Hawaiʻi, Asia, and the entire Pacific.

Office of Global and International HealthJABSOM's Office of Global and International Health (GH) is located in the Office of the Dean. As of 1st January 2018 the office is directed by Gregory G. Maskarinec, assisted by Ms Paula Uchima. Professor Maskarinec replaces Vice Dean Satoru Izutsu, who has retired after 40 years of service to UH.1 GH works to ensure that all international medical education activities of JABSOM faculty, staff and students are aligned with the school's mission and in compliance with all accreditation body requirements. Our goal is to promote for our students appreciation of the ways that global issues impact the health of patients and communities in Hawai'i, and encourages them to gain experience in international health care settings. GH recognizes that health is a human right, and works to promote an understanding of social justice in medicine.

Significant Achievements of JABSOM Global and International Health in 2017. Ten JABSOM students participated in a one-month reciprocal exchange programs:

Japan – Juntendo University, Keio University, Showa University and Tokyo Women's Medical University; Taiwan – Taipei Medical University; Thailand – Siriraj Hospital/Mahidol University, Thammasat University; Bali - Udayana University)

Thirty-seven fifth- and sixth-year undergraduate and graduate medical trainees came to Hawai'i from Japan, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand to participate in a one-month reciprocal exchange program

JABSOM and Okinawa Chubu Hospital celebrated 50 years of “University of Hawaii Postgraduate Medical Education Program in Okinawa,” with events at UH Manoa and in Okinawa in November 2017

Ten short-term physician consultants and one long-term consultant were sent to Okinawa Chubu Hospital

Dr Junji Machi continues to promote the "Hawaii Medical Education Program" (HMEP)2 visiting Tokai, Juntendo, Toho, Showa, St Marianna, Kitasato, Jikei, Kobe, Kochi, Okinawa Ryukyu, Okayama, Hirosaki, Akita, Osaka Medical, Tokyo Women's Medical, and Fujita Medical Universities to discuss HMEP. Showa, Tokyo Women's Medical, and officials of the Japan Association for Development of Community Medicine were visited by Dr Maskarinec

1 Connolly KK. "Four Decades at the University of Hawai‘i: An Interview with Dr. Satoru Izutsu." Hawaii J Med Public Health. Dec;76(12):344-345. 2 Machi J, Saegusa-Beecroft E, Izutsu S, Hedges JR. "Medical School Hotline: Hawai'i Medical Education Program: An Innovative Method to Incorporate American Education Methodologies into the Traditional Japanese System." Hawaii J Med Public Health. 2017 Apr;76(4):110-112.

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Major Issues Expand the options available to JABSOM students, residents and faculty to participate

in exchange rotations at other medical schools throughout Asia and the Pacific. Explore involvement with the Association of Pacific Rim Universities, Consortium of

Universities for Global Health, and AAMC's "Global Health Learning Opportunities" program

Identify funds to increase participation in international medical education activities

Future Goals Promote the relevance of global health, international medical education, and social

justice for medical students and faculty at JABSOM Create a "Dean's Certificate of Distinction in Global Health" similar to the "Dean's

Certificate of Distinction in Social Justice Continue to pursue JABSOM’s mission to become the best medical school in the US

with an Asia/Pacific focus by forging alliances with health-related agencies and organizations throughout the region

Office of Medical Education (OME)The Office of Medical Education’s International Programs, formerly the Program for Medical Education in East Asia (PMEEA), works with a broad network of medical educators throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Through workshops, personal consultations, visitations, and other educational opportunities, we foster professional development of medical faculty and the enhancement of medical students’ total educational experience.

Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year In August 2016, 24 students from various Japanese medical schools participated in

the weeklong Summer Medical Education Institute at JABSOM. Sessions included hands-on Problem Based Learning (PBL), doctor-patient communication exercises, standardized patient encounters, cultural sharing and extensive interaction with JABSOM medical students.

In February 2017, 14 physicians from various Japanese medical institutions participated in the 2.5-day Hawaii International Clinical Teaching workshop at JABSOM.

In March 2017, 17 students from various Japanese medical schools participated in the weeklong Learning Clinical Reasoning Workshop at JABSOM. Sessions included small group reasoning exercises, communication skills training, physical examination skills, standardized patient encounters, manikin experiences and cultural sharing.

In May 2017, six fellows from various medical institutions in Okinawa, Japan presented their year-long medical education curriculum project at the Hawaii-Okinawa Medical Education Fellowship closing session at JABSOM. The fellows were accompanied by the program’s “Okinawa Team”: five faculty and one staff from the University of the Ryukyus and Okinawa Chubu Hospital.

In June 2017, Dr. Richard Kasuya, Dr. Jill Omori and Ms. Kori-Jo Kochi, comprising the “Hawaii Team”, traveled to the University of the Ryukyus to present during the Hawaii-Okinawa Medical Education Fellowship opening session. This session marked the sixth fellowship cohort.

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In October 2017, 15 physicians from various Japanese medical institutions participated in the 3.5-day PBL Hawaii Style Workshop.

11 second-year medical students completed a two-week summer elective course at one of three medical schools in Japan (Saga University, Osaka Medical College, Kochi Medical School)

Hosted and continues to host Dr. Hiroaki Matsumoto from Osaka Medical College. Dr. Matsumoto’s visit includes co-tutoring in the pre-clinical units, participation in the Fellowship in Medical Education and assisting in international student workshops.

HAWAI’I/PACIFIC BASIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER (AHEC)AHEC's mission is to improve the health of the underserved through education. There are three main activity areas: (1) Recruiting students to health professions from K-12 schools. (2) Educating health professions students in the rural and underserved communities of Hawaii, often in multiprofessional teams. (3) Recruiting health care professionals to rural and underserved areas and providing continuing education.

Significant Achievements/Highlights of the YearIn 2017, the Rural Health Training Initiative and other collaborative efforts enabled

clinical experiences in remote rural clinical sites within the VA Pacific Islands Health Care System that included American Samoa, Guam, Palau, and the neighbor islands of Kauai and Hawai’i Island. Trainees from diverse healthcare backgrounds spent 2 to 4 weeks in rural health settings, engaging with rural health care challenges.

23 Family Medicine residents and students were placed throughout the year in American Samoa, Guam, Palau, and the neighbor islands

Family Nurse Practitioner students were placed in American Samoa (2) June-July Pharmacy placed 6 students May-August in American Samoa (1), Guam (1), and Hilo

(4) Social Work placed 2 students May-July in American Samoa and Hilo new collaboration for international rotations with E-DA Hospital in Taiwan began in

December

SimTiki Simulation CenterSimTiki is the healthcare simulation based healthcare education center at JABSOM. SimTiki is an Educational Support activity conducted under the Office of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Office of the Dean, JABSOM. International programs include a variety of short course for educators and healthcare providers, in-residence research scholar positions of 1-2 year duration, and shorter term in-residence programs focused on faculty development of simulation based education methods, and clinical skills training for international learners. Outreach educational programs have been conducted throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including Philippines, Japan, China, Thailand, Korea, and Malaysia.Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year

Conducted onsite programs at SimTiki with over 150 international participants from Japan, Korea, Thailand and Iceland

International Faculty, Resident, Medical Student, and Nursing programs at SimTiki Conducted 7 programs at JABSOM/SimTiki for 60 participants

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Recruited and matriculated 4 international post graduate physician and nurse research scholars (one physician from Japan, one physician from Korea, and two nurses from Thailand) for our SimTiki International Research Scholar Program.

Our SimTiki Academy Program – a short term in-residence faculty development program for international healthcare educators ranging from 1-12 weeks – had 19 participants from Japan, Thailand, and Korea.

Conducted 3 courses with Office of Medical Education for 65 visiting international medical students from Japan and Korea

Monthly international academic Journal Club at SimTiki by video-conference included participants from Japan, Korea, China and Thailand

Fundamental Simulation Instructional Methods/Improving Simulation Instructional Methods

SimTiki Director and Associate Director conducted 5 programs in Japan for over 90 participants in collaboration with Laerdal Japan, University of Ryukyus, St. Luke’s International Hospital, Okayama University, Jikei University, and NIPRO Medical Corporation

Applied Simulation Instructor Skills for Teaching Conducted second annual 6 month program for 8 participants in collaboration with

Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan Created MOA with Juntendo University Medical Technology & Simulation Center

Department of Native Hawaiian Health (DNHH) Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year

• DNHH has an international research training program that sends four undergraduates to New Zealand for eight weeks.

• Dr Dee-Ann Carpenter precepted two students in the Lau Ola Clinic from the University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.

• Dr Martina Kamaka delivered an invited keynote address at AIDA (Australian Indigenous Doctors Association) Annual General Meeting in September.

• Drs Kamaka and Carpenter made three presentations at LIME Connection VII, in April 2017 and delivered two lectures at the University of Manitoba Medical School in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, September 2017.

Department of Geriatric Medicine Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year

Department of Geriatric Medicine faculty were well represented at two international conferences, including the International Association of Gerontological Societies Conference in San Francisco, California, in July 2017, and the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in London, England, in July 2017.

In partnership with Kuakini Medical Center, the Department of Geriatric Medicine hosted Dr. Tomoyuki Ohara for a 6-month sabbatical. Dr. Ohara is a faculty member of Kyushu University, and an investigator in the internationally renowned Hisayama Study.

Through our Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) HRSA grant, we provided training in geriatrics in the Pacific Islands:

We collaborated with Palau Community College to provide a Family Caregiver Training certificate program in June 2017.

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In October 2017, a team travelled to Yap to provide a Family Caregiver Training train-the-trainer certificate course to the Yap Ministry of Health. This week-long course provided 32 hours of training on caregiving for the elderly and homebound, and covered topics such as activities of daily living, common medical problems, wound care, proper use of durable medical equipment, managing difficulty behaviors, and caregiver burnout. The Yap Ministry of Health and Yap AHEC are committed to continue to offer this course in the future.

In addition to the train-the-trainer course, over 125 Yapese family caregivers received training on proper use of cane and crutches, heart attack and stroke, and reducing caregiver stress and burden.

The Geriatrics ECHO monthly tele-education series was very successful, with participants from Saipan and Palau.

Faculty in the Department of Geriatric Medicine participated in Tausi Feagaiga (Covenant Keeper), a five-year project in Samoa funded by the Administration for Native Americans from 2015-2020. The goal of this project is to increase the capacity of family and non-family caregivers to properly care for their own loved ones in the home and empower them with additional skills and knowledge to obtain employment in the home healthcare field. In February 2017, faculty from the Department of Geriatric Medicine conducted a basic and advanced family caregiver training in Samoa.

Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD)Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year Dr. Henry Lew provided a number of international presentations: 1. Invited speaker: Educational Resource Disparities in Training Rehabilitation

Professionals (Buenos Aires, Argentina, May 2017), 2. Keynote speaker: Topic: Research Ethics (Taiwan Academy of PM&R, March 2017)3. Invited speaker: Clinical Training for Rehabilitation Professionals in Developing

Countries (Shenzhen, China, August 2017), 4. Invited speaker: Clinical and Educational Training for Speech Language Pathologists

in the USA (Beijing, China, December, 2017). Dr. Pauline Mashima attended the 10th Annual Asia Pacific Conference on Speech,

Language and Hearing in Narita, Japan. She was awarded the Outstanding Contribution Award by the Asia Pacific Society of Speech, Language and Hearing for the development of the field of Communication Disorders and Sciences in Hawaii.

Again this year CSD hosted a group of students from Seirei Christopher University (Japan) for a 1-week cultural exchange and clinical training. Next year their department chair, Dr. Shibamoto, will accompany the visiting students to UH and he will provide a CEU presentation on dysphagia.

Our clinic continues to provide assessment and clinical intervention services to clients from diverse linguistic and ethnic backgrounds from Hawai’i, the Pacific Basin, and beyond.

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Henry Lew, M.D., PhD Pauline Mashima, PhD Seirei Christopher

students

Department of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and PharmacologySignificant AchievementsThe Northern Pacific Global Health (NPGH) Research Fellows Training Consortium (sponsored by the National Institutes of Health [NIH] Fogarty International Center): This five-year program, from 2012 to 2017 was renewed for additional five years (2017-2022). This program led by Dr. Vivek R. Nerurkar has provided fellowship and scholarship funding for international training in Thailand or Cameroon to JABSOM postdoctoral trainees, JABSOM scholar trainees, international postdoctoral trainees, and international scholar trainees since 2012. The NPGH research projects have included clinical studies on dengue virus, malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, and qualitative research on transgender populations in Thailand. The department was awarded a NIH/Fogarty International Center D71 grant entitled, “SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EMERGING EPIDEMIC VIRUSES IN LIBERIA” to conduct collaborative research training with faculty and researchers at the University of Liberia (UL). The goal is to develop sustainable research capacity for early identification and control of emerging viral diseases with the potential for regional and global pandemics. UH faculty, Dr. Vivek R. Nerurkar (JABSOM), Dr. Axel Lehrer (JABSOM) and Dr. John Berestecky (KCC) will be traveling to Liberia in early February 2018 to jump start the funded grant related activities.Short-term research experience for underrepresented (STEP-UP) minority high school students (sponsored by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - Dr. George Hui as principal investigator): This NIH funded grant in its 11 th year was successfully renewed for the third consecutive 5-year cycle (2017-2022). The goal of the program is to raise awareness of biomedical research and career pathways in underrepresented minority high school students in the Pacific region, specifically US-affiliated territories of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Palau. Seventy five (75) 75 mentors from Hawaii and the Pacific who have tirelessly mentored our high school students to create a pipeline of future researchers. Continuing Projects Integration of malaria research and training program in Sub-Saharan Africa,

particularly Cameroon (sponsored by NIH Fogarty International Center, Dr. Diane W. Taylor as principal investigator): The goal is to train outstanding young scientists working at the Biotechnology Center, University of Yaounde I in Cameroon to conduct research on malaria to improve the health care of pregnant Cameroonian

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women and their newborns. This NIH supported program has graduated 3 doctoral and 2 masters students from Cameroon.

Global Hantavirus research (Dr. Richard Yanagihara): Collaborations with museum curators and field mammalogists in Spain, France, Poland, Russia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Mongolia, Taiwan, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Canada, and the United States.

Hawai‘i Center for AIDS (HICFA), sponsored by the Ndhlovu Laboratory and International Collaborations: Active collaborative HIV and infectious disease research currently conducted in Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Myanmar and the Philippines.

International NeuroHIV Cure Consortium (INHCC – Dr. Lishomwa Ndhlovu): Collaborations with the INHCC seek to provide cutting-edge neurological and immunological expertise in the exploration of HIV cure strategies in the blood and sanctuary sites like the central nervous system.

Impact of hepatitis in Egypt: On going studies in Egypt are defining the prevalence and social impact of Hepatitis C. Recent findings revealed a high prevalence of Hepatitis C in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and the need to screen RA patients for Hepatitis C. These studies are in collaboration with Ain Shams University and Ahmed Maher Teaching Hospital (Dr. F. DeWolfe Miller).

Clinical rotation in the Philippine (Dr. Kenton Kramer):  The Philippine Medical Association of Hawaii in conjunction with the University of Santo Tomas Medical School annually offers 4 second-year medical students the opportunity to learn about the practice of medicine in the Philippines. The goal of this 4-week elective is to develop, in these future physicians, a better understanding of the social and medical needs of Filipinos living in Hawaii and the Philippines. The Office of Student Affairs, for safety reasons, did not approve a cultural rotation for second-year medical to University of Santo Tomas Medical School. This rotation will resume in 2018.

The Department supports the Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training (MHIRT) program (1T37MD0008636, NIH, National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities) where selected undergraduate and graduate students are trained to engage in international research projects in tropical medicine, infectious diseases, and related health sciences. The goal is to increase the number of minority scientists conducting biomedical research. The program takes place beginning in the Spring and includes a 2-month international training experience in the Summer. In 2017, twelve (12) undergraduate students conducted research on a number of tropical diseases in Thailand, India, Palau and Cameroon. Twelve (12) department faculty train and mentor selected MHIRT students throughout the year and thirteen (13) mentors from the different international training sites support the training. The MHIRT program has trained a total of 39 students since 2014. MHIRT students are from various academic disciplines at UH and have diverse ethnic background. The research projects include arbovirus clinical research, HIV clinical research, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis, engineering and qualitative research (Dr. Vivek R. Nerurkar and Dr. Diane W. Taylor).

Lethal Cubozoan Envenomation (Box Jellyfish Sting) pathophysiology and translational research (Dr. Angel Yanagihara, DOD and NIH PI, Fulbright Specialist)

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has resulted in fully commercialized federal regulatory compliant therapeutic products. Recent and ongoing international collaborations include fieldwork in the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Australia, Ireland, Micronesia, Puerto Rico, Florida. The objectives of these efforts are to provide life saving therapeutics, as well as to improve public health knowledge of sting management, sting prevention and field ecology based sting-danger predication capacities.

Department of Medical TechnologyThe Department of Medical Technology has an MOU with the Niigata University of Health and Welfare (Japan) for undergraduate students in Medical Technology and Medical Engineering. Each year, about 10 students (along with faculty members) visit UH for one week. Students participate in class and lab activities alongside UH Mānoa students.Significant Achievements/Highlights of the YearBoth Hawai‘i and Japanese students were able to study together, and concluded that they “speak” the same language in terms of lab science.

Department of Pediatrics/ Shriners Hospitals for Children HonoluluThe peds residency task force on Global Health has been working hard to set up two new Global Health rotations, in addition to our existing week elective at LBJ Hospital in American Samoa, which 1-2 of our residents will be participating in later this academic year. The new rotations include a one-month experience at Lao Friends Hospital for Children in Luang Prabang, Laos and an outreach elective in musculoskeletal medicine which we are in the process of arranging in cooperation with Shriner's Hospital for Children. We are also incorporating more GH material into our curriculum, with an Academic Half Day for our residents later this year that will be devoted completely to Global Health topics.For many years - in fact decades - the Shriners Hospital for Children in Honolulu (SHCH) has sent teams out for short-term, Outreach missions annually to countries and US territories in the Pacific Basin. And 2017 was no exception. JABSOM orthopedic surgery residents are regularly part of some of these teams and for many of these residents it is the first time they have visited a developing country. The austere environment in the Pacific Rim provides a significant burden of pediatric orthopedic pathology not typically seen in the developed world. Osteomyelitis (including skeletal TB), untreated clubfoot or hip dysplasia, nutritional deficiencies such as Ricketts, untreated trauma, are regularly seen by the mission teams. Children seen on Outreach who are determined to benefit from surgical intervention are then brought to the SHCH for surgery. They, and a family member, will stay in Honolulu for appropriate surgical recovery and then return home with close follow-up in subsequent Outreach clinics. This way surgical follow-up is consistent and often long-term for years, unlike many other surgical mission models. JABSOM orthopedic surgery residents fully participate in all aspects of care of these Outreach children while in Honolulu, including their surgical and post-operative care. An Outreach “team” includes one of the attending SHCH pediatric orthopedic surgeons, either Dr. Craig Ono, Dr. Jonathan Pellett or Dr. Paul Moroz, as well as support staff and a University of Hawaii JABSOM Orthopedic Resident. All SHCH attending

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surgeons are JABSOM faculty surgeons. These Outreach missions are typically 2 – 3 weeks long and the JABSOM faculty surgeons and residents will also routinely provide educational opportunities (lectures, workshops) for surgeons and medical students in the Pacific Rim. Pacific Rim countries and US associate territories visited annually on Outreach by Honolulu Shriners teams include: Fiji, Tonga, Micronesia West (Guam, Tinian, Saipan, Palau and Yap), American Samoa, Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia (Kosrae, Pohnpei and Chuuk), Kiribati and the Marshall Islands (Majuro and Ebeye). In 2017 JABSOM Orthopedic residents involved in Outreach included Dr. Nickolas Foeger, who visited the Marshall Islands (Ebeye and Majuro) and Dr. John Dupaix, who also visited the Marshal Islands earlier in the year. Orthopedic residents from the Tripler Army Medical Center were also involved in 2017 Outreach missions, with Dr. Liang Zhou visiting Fiji and Tonga. A new program that has developed in 2017 and will likely begin in 2018 is the participation of University of Hawaii Pediatric Residents from Kapiolani Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH), accompanying the Shriners teams on some missions. This is an exciting program which will give pediatric residents an amazing opportunity to experience and manage musculoskeletal problems in children in a low-resourced setting. Like the JABSOM orthopedic residents, they will see pathology unlike what is typically seen in the Hawaiian Islands or in North America. This program is being developed in collaboration with The Kapiolani WCH Global Health Task Force, chaired by Dr. Maya Maksym, and with the help of Dr. Paul Moroz from the Shriners Hospital, who is also a member of the Kapiolani GH Task Force.

Department of PsychiatrySignificant Achievements/Highlights of the YearPresentations/Posters

1. Gavero, G. (2018, February).  In pursuit of medicine:  Understanding the challenges and motivations of Filipino students in pursuing health careers.  Poster presentation at the meeting of the World Psychiatric Association, Melbourne, Australia.

2. Ghiasuddin, A., Wong, J., Tamaye, H., & Siu, A.  (2018, February).  Effectiveness of virtual reality gaming on pain reduction in children during PIV/PICC placement. Poster presentation at the meeting of the World Psychiatric Association, Melbourne, Australia.

3. Guerrero, A. P. S. (2017, October).  Primary care-focused psychiatry in a multicultural island situated population with scarce community resources.  Presentation at the meeting of the World Psychiatric Association of the XVII World Congress of Psychiatry, Berlin, Germany.

4. Helm, S., Chung, H. W., & Chow, C. (2017, June).  Rural community psychology:  Enhancing professional development.  Presentation at the biennial conference of the Society for Community Research and Action, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

5. Goebert, D. A. (2016, May).  Cultural influences on hope, help, and healing in Native Hawaiian youth suicide.  In J. Tiatia-Seath (Chair), Pacific peoples and suicide:  Altering the conversations.  Presentation at the meeting of the Asia

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Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, Tokyo, Japan.

6. Ona, C.  (2017, May).  Sociodemographic characterization and analysis of clinical effectiveness of utilizing repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) for refractory depression at a military treatment facility (MTF).  Poster presentation at the meeting of the Asia Pacific Military Health Exchange, Singapore.

7. Onoye, J.  (2016, September).  Examination of maternal alcohol and other risk factors across trimester in a large ethnically diverse sample from a perinatal support program. Presentation at the International Society of Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) and the European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA) Congress, Berlin, Germany.

8. Rehuher, D.  (2016, September).  Mental health among Micronesians:  A review of the literature.  Presentation at the biennial Behavioral Health in Micronesia Conference, Tumon, Guam.

Grants/Contracts1. Dr. Sara Haack also was just awarded a $79,000 contract to provided behavioral

integrated services to Kosrae.

Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthPacific Cancer Research Program Achievements and Highlights• Received renewed support for the USAPI Pacific Regional Central Cancer Registry

for 2017-2022, as well as the Pacific Regional Comprehensive Cancer Control program.

• Multidisciplinary training workshops were conducted on Microsoft Excel and data visualization for the cancer registrars and delivered these workshops on-site in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Republic of Palau, and Federated States of Micronesia.

• UH Mānoa, in collaboration with the Global and Territorial Health Research Network (GTHRN) (University of Rochester), developed and is implementing a pilot Facebook diabetes prevention health communications research project in Majuro of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and is developing and pilot testing health education training modules for health workers in Pohnpei State in the Federated States of Micronesia.

• UH Mānoa, in collaboration with the GTHRN, conducted a Rapid Community Assessment in Republic of Palau and Northern Mariana Islands to obtain feedback and qualitative data to supplement results from the CDC sponsored National Behavioral Hybrid Surveys in collaboration with the Pacific Health Officers Association.

• A short educational video, Social Determinants of Health, by Dr. Neal Palafox was created and disseminated amongst Pacific partners.

Faculty, Resident and Student Highlights• Dr. Seiji Yamada and two JABSOM alum, Nash Witten, MD and Yusuke Kobayashi,

MD participated in a global TB eradication project in Ebeye, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

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• Dr. Neal Palafox joined the Polynesian Voyaging Society as kauka (physician) on the final leg from Tahiti to the Hawaiʻi of the world-wide voyage of the canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia.

• Family Medicine Resident, Dr. Cedric Kuo completed a rotation at the Pago Pago, American Samoa Community-Based Outpatient Clinic.

• The Family Medicine clinical practice welcomed visiting physicians from Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital and Wakayama Medical University Hospital for multi-week outpatient Observerships.

Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health Significant Achievements/Highlights of the Year Dr. Ann Chang was invited as a Visiting Professor (June 5-10, 2017) to Okinawa

Chubu Hospital, Uruma City, Okinawa, Japan. Dr. Steven Minaglia was an invited speaker for the following conferences: Peking University Third Hospital, The Eighth Global Conference of Chronic Pelvic

Pain and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Beijing, China (June 2017). “The Role of Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Chronic Pelvic Pain and Other Pelvic Floor Disorders.”

Nanjing Medical University Obstetrics and Gynecology Affiliated Hospital, 2017 Minimally Invasive Surgery and Fertility Preservation Conference, Nanjing, China, (April 2017). “Mesh in Urogynecologic Surgery- Management of Complications.”

Dr. Ivica Zalud, Department of Ob/Gyn Chair, was an invited speaker for the following conferences:

3th Meeting of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan (February 2017).

4th Global Congress of Ian Donald Inter-University Schools of Medical Ultrasound, Dubai, U.A.E (September 2017).

Department of PathologySignificant Achievements/Highlights of the Year·      Queen’s Medical Center (QMC) Pathology Department hosted Drs. Mari Hosonaga

and Yuko Kawai from the Department of Breast Surgical Oncology, Tokyo Medical University. Visit included participation in QMC Breast Tumor Board, tour of QMC Women’s Health Center and QMC Radiation Oncology Department.

·      Three students were hosted from Showa University Medical School. (JABSOM staff involved: John Lederer MD, Robert Carlile MD)

·      International Congress of Cytology 2016 in Yokohama, Japan: Presentation by research fellows Kevin Guan, Tracy Cheung, Deanne Yugawa. (Mentor: Pamela Tauchi-Nishi MD)

·      Talofa Medical Mission, July 8–15: Annual volunteer work in Samoa with a team of specialists from Hawai‘i. Worked with house staff and medical students at National Hospital in Apia, Samoa, to provide specialty care in Samoa. (Other JABSOM staff involved: Douglas Johnson MD)

 

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