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CDC DIRECTOR VISITS MEDICAL SCHOOL
Date: July 01, 2008
Dr. Geberding and Dr. Hedges
Centers for Disease Control Director, Dr. Julie Gerberding met with Dr. Jerris Hedges, Dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, at the school's Kaka'ako campus on July 1. Dr. Gerberding and Dr. Hedges discussed a growing partnership between the medical school, the State of Hawai'i, and the CDC.
"This is an exciting time for us as we work together to strengthen the CDC's efforts to combat infectious diseases and other public health threats
in Hawai'i and the Pacific," said Dr. Hedges. Dr. Hedges noted the recent full-time deployment to Hawai'i of CDC senior management official Bill Gallo.
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HEALTH PROFESSIONS SUMMER INSTITUTE
Date: June 30, 2008
Twenty-four public high school students interested in health careers will be at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa Campus on Monday, July 7 to learn, hands-on, about programs at the medical school in medical technology and speech pathology/audiology and through Kapi'olani Community College in emergency medical service, medical assisting, physical therapy assisting, radiological technology, and respiratory therapy.
This is the sixth Health Professions Summer Institute, to inspire more of Hawai’i’s secondary students to pursue careers in health care. The students apply through their schools, and the state Department of Education, the school of medicine and Kapi'olani Community College choose from among the applications.
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MADDOCK COMMUNITY LEADER OF THE YEAR
Date: June 30, 2008
Jay Maddock
Jay Maddock, head of the John A. Burns School of Medicine's Office of Public Health Studies, is the 2008 Bank of Hawai'i Community Leader of the Year. He's only 35, and is also named one of "Hawaii's Top 40 Under 40" by Pacific Business News.
Also named as one of "Hawaii's Top 40 Under 40" is JABSOM alumna Rachael Wong. Wong, who is 36, is Executive Director of Kokua Mau: Hawai'i Hospice and Palliative Care Organization. It is a coalition of more than 300 organizations and individuals working together to help those living with chronic disease or needing end-of-life care.
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McDONALD'S OFFERS DEFIBRILLATOR
Date: June 25, 2008
McDonald's has installed a public access "automated external defibrillator", or AED, in its Aina Haina restaurant, a move being hailed by John A. Burns School of Medicine Assistant Clinical Professor Dr. James Ireland.
"Studies have shown that when AEDs are placed in public areas and are used quickly, then survival can be 50 to 75 percent or even greater," Dr. Ireland told KITV-4 News.
*Click here to see the story from KITV-4 NEWS
*Or click here to read the Honolulu Star-Bulletin story.
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