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The Academic Program
The biomedical sciences (BIOM) graduate program provides
an integrated course of study for students seeking careers in
health-related research. With its focus on interdisciplinary research
training rather than on extensive disciplinary course work, this program
offers research opportunities in, for example, molecular biology,
immunology, medical microbiology, neurosciences, cancer, reproduction,
heart disease, AIDS-research, biostatistics and epidemiology.
Participating faculty members, drawn principally from the basic and
clinical sciences in the medical school, Pacific Biomedical Research
Center, and Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i-are involved
in active research programs pursuing questions that typically extend from
the molecular and cellular level to the organism and population levels.
Both PhD and MS degrees are offered, and applicants with
prior MD degrees are welcomed. Entering students will take a first-year
curriculum, which includes a two-semester course in molecular and cell
biology, while pursuing concurrent rotations in research laboratories
selected to expand their interdisciplinary knowledge. Additional courses
(e.g., biochemistry and epidemiology/statistics) may be required to cover
background deficiencies. Following completion of these core requirements,
students passing a qualifying exam (covering the required course content)
will then select a mentor and research laboratory in which they will
complete their dissertation research. In addition to their required
courses, students may choose to select from a broad range of advanced
graduate courses in the traditional disciplines of anatomy and
reproductive biology, biochemistry, biophysics, genetics, physiology,
pharmacology, tropical medicine, epidemiology and biostatistics. This
program is expected to be combined with Genetics and Molecular Biology
under the title “Cell and Molecular Biology.”
Graduate Study
Master’s Degree
Requirements
Plan B MS students will be required to complete 30
credits of courses at the 600 level. These 30 credits must include the
two-semester course sequence BIOM 621 and 622 as well as at least one lab
rotation BIOM 631 (or the equivalent of these courses, as certified by the
program chair). Additionally, all Plan B students will be required to
complete a “mini-dissertation” describing one component of the
directed research that they have carried out during their time in the
program, including the aims of that research, the primary methods involved
and the significance of the results obtained.
Plan A MS students will be required to complete at least
20 credits of graduate-level course work including BIOM 621, 622, and 631
(unless equivalencies have been certified by the program chair). At least
6 credits of 699 (or 700) will be expected within that total, indicating
an appropriate amount of one-on-one
laboratory instruction. In addition, students will be
required to complete a full master’s level research thesis in accordance
with the requirements of the Graduate Division (12 credits). Students in
this program will be required to complete both the normal qualifying exam
and a comprehensive exam administered by their committee.
Doctoral Degree
Requirements
Students are required to complete a one-year basic
program including BIOM 621, 622, and three semesters of lab rotations in
631 (unless equivalencies have been certified by the program chair).
Students normally select a research mentor after completing this program
and taking their qualifying exam. Thereafter, they are eligible to select
a dissertation committee (normally chaired by the research mentor). No
additional courses are required unless specified by the committee to
expand the student’s background or to fill apparent deficiencies in
background knowledge that may be needed for successful performance within
the student’s chosen research area. However, students retain the option
of selecting any courses that may interest them from the wide range
offered at UH Manoa. At least one credit of BIOM 800 is required in the
semester prior to graduation.
Family Practice and Community Health
The Physician Center at Mililani
95-390 Kuahelani Avenue
Mililani, HI 96789
Tel: (808) 627-3235
Fax: (808) 627-3262
Faculty
K. A. Bauman, MD, MPH (Co-Chair)--family practice and community health
N. A. Palafox, MD, MPH (Co-Chair)--family practice and community
health
S. P. Berry, MD--family practice
P. J. Bohnert, MD--psychiatry
D. R. Brown, MD--family practice
L. E. Buenconsejo, MD--family practice
L. M. Dolan, MD--family practice
G. M. Greene, PhD--education specialist
L. W. Hopman, MD--family practice
J. V. Martell, MD--family practice
J. S. Minami, MD--family practice
A. W. Nichols, MD--family practice, sports medicine
K. M. Withy, MD--family practice
S. Yamada, MD, MPH--family practice
Degree Offered: MD
The Academic Program
The family practice and community health (FPCH)
department is a cooperative effort whose faculty members are involved with
community partnerships in health professions education. Teaching goals are
based on the assumption that primary medical care includes not only high
quality, accessible, and acceptable care for episodes of illness, but also
a concern for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle and environment for the
population served.
Medical-student instruction focuses on basic conceptual
tools and practical preceptorships with people providing primary care.
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Biomedical Science A-209
1960 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-8552
Fax: (808) 956-9530
Faculty
*J. S. Bertram, PhD--carcinogenesis, growth regulation and chemoprevention
of cancer panic and depression; gender differences in emotional behavior
*D. C. Blanchard, PhD--ethoexperimental analysis of defense and
aggression; preclined pharmacoethology of anxiety
*J. L. Brewbaker, PhD--horticultural genetics
*G. D. Bryant-Greenwood, PhD--preterm birth in the human, role of relaxins
in fetal membrane rupture
*R. L. Cann, PhD--molecular and evolutionary genetics
*F. C. Greenwood, PhD--biochemical endocrinology, measurement and
metabolism of protein hormones, particularly relaxin
*D. S. Haymer, PhD--molecular evolution and developmental genetics
*Y. E. Hsia, MD--medical genetics
*T. D. Humpreys II, PhD--molecular biology of development
*J. A. Hunt, PhD--molecular and evolutionary genetics
*D. M. Jameson, PhD--flourescence spectroscopy; biomolecular dynamics and
interactions; ribosomal proteins
*A. F. Lau, PhD--molecular biology of cancer
*T. W. Lyttle, PhD--population genetics, cytogenetics
B. R. Powell, MD--human genetics
*M. D. Rayner, PhD--structure-function relationships in voltage-gated ion
channels
*J. F. Scott, PhD--molecular biology of DNA
*S. E. Seifried, PhD--macromolecular interactions, transcription factor
recognition of specific DNA sequences, protein subunit assembly
Adjunct Faculty
T. A. Donlon, PhD--human genetics
A. Fleig, PhD--electrophysiology (patch-clamp); calcium signaling in
muscle cells; regulation of calcium signaling; cellular
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