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Special Programs
Liberal Arts/MD Program
The medical school has developed a program whereby a
limited number of undergraduates may apply early in their college
careers and be given provisional admission to medical school. Students
in this program are required to complete the bachelor’s degree and all
prerequisites necessary for the study of medicine during their
undergraduate years.
Imi Ho‘ola Post-Baccalaureate Program
The John A. Burns School of Medicine is actively
involved in the recruitment, admission, and retention of students from
disadvantaged backgrounds, who are interested in pursuing an MD degree.
Imi Ho‘ola (Hawaiian for “Those who seek to Heal”) is a
post-baccalaureate program designed to provide educational opportunities
to students from disadvantaged backgrounds capable of succeeding in
medical school. Although Imi Ho‘ola is not limited to persons of
Hawaiian, Filipino, Samoan, Chamorro, and Micronesian descent, a large
number of these students in the past have been able to demonstrate that
they are from a disadvantaged background.
Each school year, 10 students are selected to
participate in this one-year program, and upon successful completion,
they matriculate the following year into the John A. Burns School of
Medicine. The curriculum emphasizes the integration of concepts and
principles in the sciences and humanities and further develops
students’ communication and learning skills. Eligible individuals are
from a disadvantaged socioeconomic and/ or educational background who
have demonstrated a commitment to serve areas of need in Hawai‘i and
the Pacific.
Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence
The Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence is a project
undertaken by the John A. Burns School of Medicine to address the
barriers to health care for native Hawaiians. The mission is to improve
the school’s ability to train physicians with the commitment and
special skills to care for the indigenous peoples of the state. The
center offers recruitment initiatives to interest Hawaiian high school
and college students in medical careers and prepare them for entry into
medical school; development of a student tracking system to identify
Hawaiian students at academic risk early in their medical training so
that appropriate interventions can be made; a one-year fellowship to
recruit additional native Hawaiian faculty for the school; revision of
the medical school’s curriculum to ensure that all students are
exposed to the unique health problems and interpersonal skills involved
in dealing with Hawaiian patients; and student research electives in
Hawaiian health and medical care.
Honors and Awards
Alpha Omega Alpha is the honorary society for medical
students.
Allied Medical Sciences
Biomedical Science T-101
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8287
Fax: (808) 956-5506
Faculty
I. Else, MA--communication, minority education
D. Little, EdD--educational administration, minority education
N. Judd, PhD--public health, minority education
S. Matsumoto, PhD--anatomy and reproductive biology, minority education
C. Murry, DPH--public health, minority education
C. Peterson, PhD--biochemistry, minority education
B. Young, MD--psychiatry, minority education
Allied Medical Sciences department offers course work
in a number of fields that do not lead to the MD degree. These include
medical history, medical technology, and speech pathology and audiology.
For a description of these programs, see the appropriate sections.
Anatomy and Reproductive Biology
Biomedical Science T-101
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8287
Fax: (808) 956-5506
Web: www.hawaii.edu/catalog/medicine/anat.html
Faculty
*S. Lozanoff, PhD (Chair)--craniofacial biology
*V. J. DeFeo, PhD--embryo-uterine interactions, pregnancy maintenance,
human sexuality
*M. Diamond, PhD--sexual behavior and reproduction, neural and hormonal
influences on sexuality
A. Perry, PhD--cell and molecular biology of gametes, including cloning
J. L. Rosenheimer, PhD--neurobiology of aging
T. Wakayama, PhD--gamete manipulation, including cloning
*R. Yanagimachi, DSc--mammalian gametes and fertilization, fertility
control, gamete and embryo manipulation
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
R. V. Cooney, PhD--role of nitrogen oxides in
Adjunct Faculty
C. D. Boyd, PhD--matrix pathobiology
K. Csiszar, PhD--matrix pathobiology
* Graduate Faculty
Degrees Offered: MS in biomedical science
(anatomy and reproductive biology) (restricted), PhD in biomedical
sciences (interdisciplinary)
The Academic Program
Anatomy (ANAT) and reproductive biology (REPR) is a
discipline that embraces biological structure from the molecular level
to the body as a whole. It provides the student with an opportunity to
develop a broad base of knowledge in biological structure for subsequent
research into specific processes in mammalian development, neurobiology
of behavior, endocrinology, and reproduction, including that of farm
animals. Students will have access to the other biomedical science
disciplines in an integrated curriculum. Collaborative research projects
with clinical and basic science faculty offer students unique
opportunities for clinically oriented research. Students may work with
faculty members who are world renowned in the areas of fertilization,
reproductive endocrinology, and neurobiology of behavior.
This interdisciplinary area of concentration is
administered by the Biomedical Sciences Interdisciplinary Program in
which graduate faculty from several departments participate and
contribute to the program.
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