Class offering dates: April 12 (8:00 am - 2:30 pm), 13, 14, or 16 (8:30 am - 3:00 pm)

• One-day course
• Hands-on
• High fidelity SimMan
• Web-based didactics

A course for practicing physicians to learn and demonstrate competence in managing difficult airway situations utilizing the developed Emergency Medicine Difficult Airway Algorithm. 

Web-based didactics and hands-on skills review of less commonly used skills such as cricothyrotomy, LMA, King and videolaryngoscopy, complement the use of real-time human simulation immersing the participant in difficult airway management.

CME: 13.0 category 1 credits

Registration Deadline : March 29, 2010

Registration & questions: help@simtiki.org

SimTiki Simulation Center
Telehealth Research Institute - MEB 212
John A. Burns School of Medicine

Save the Date!

He Huliau - A Turning Point
Eliminating Health Disparities in Native and Pacific Peoples

Metabolic Syndrome and Health Equity

May 7 - 8, 2010

Waikiki Beach Marriot

Presented by:
Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research
Department of Native Hawaiian Health and
John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

Call for Abstracts:
Submission deadline if February 22, 2010.
Check website at http://www.hehuliau.com/ for more information and updates

For more information, please email native@hawaii.edu or visit our website.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

1:30 - 2:30 PM Eastern Time

8:30 - 9:30 AM Hawaii Time

A free Connect® Workshop for people living with multiple myeloma, their families, friends and health care professional. You can listen to this workshop over the telephone or online.

Register by calling 1-800-813-HOPE (4673) or online at http://www.cancercare.org/connect.

Workshop Topics

• Overview of Multiple Myeloma
• Current Standard of Care
• New Treatment Approaches
• The Important Role of Clinical Trials
• Practical Tips for Symptom and Pain Management
• Reducing Complications of Bone Disease
• Communicating with Your Health Care Team
• Quality-of-Life Concerns
• Questions for Our Panel of Experts

Speakers

• Kenneth C. Anderson, MD
• William Bensinger, MD
• Richard DIckens, MSW

Professional Continuing Education Credits: This program is approved for 1.0 Contact Hour to social workers upon verification of completion. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is an approved provider through the Texas State Board of Social Work Examiners, provider #CS4067.

Any questions about Professional Continuing Education Credits should be directed to: connect@cancercare.org

TWO FOR ONE - CME Presentations

Thursday, 11 February 2010 Grand Rounds - "Obesity-Problem, Solution or Both" at 0630-0730 in the Kyser Auditorium

Thursday, 11 February 2010 Grand Rounds - "Adverse Childhood Experiences Study" at 1200-1300 in the Kyser Auditorium

OBJECTIVES:

"Obesity-Problem, Solution or Both"

1. Understanding WHY people get fat, not How.
2. Understanding the BENEFITS of Obesity.
3. Understanding what a credible approach to treating Obesity involves.

"Adverse Childhood Experiences"

1. Understanding the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences in middle-class populations.
2. Understanding the consequences of this in terms of long term health and social function.
3. Understanding the relevance of this to the Military.

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Vincent J. Felitti is a Co-Principal Investigator of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, ongoing collaborative research between Kaiser Permanente and the Centers for Disease Control. A 1962 graduate of the Johns Hopkins Medical School, Dr. Felitti is aninternist who founded the Department of Preventive Medicine for Kaiser Permanente in San Diego, California in 1975. Under Dr. Felitti's leadership, the Health Appraisal Division of the department became the largest
single-site medical evaluation facility in the world, providing comprehensive, biopsychosocial medical evaluation to a total of 1.3 million individual adults. During his career, he developed major health-risk abatement programs for obesity, smoking, the genetic disease Hemochromatosis, and for somatization disorders.

POC is Vivian Rinehart at vivian.rinehart@amedd.army.mil or 808-433-4710.

"Teaching All Students, Reaching All Learners"

February Tuesdays, 12:00-1:30pm Kuykendall 106 Events Room and Gallery

As faculty and instructors, we are constantly challenged by the diversity of the students in our classrooms. This series of workshops will provide tools for meeting the needs of students with a wide range of cultural backgrounds, learning styles, abilities, and experiences.

UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING (Tuesda, February 2, 2010)

• Balancing rigor with the need for flexibility
• Diversifying instructional methods and materials
• Specific strategies to increase classroom inclusiveness

CULTURAL DIVERSITY (Tuesday, February 9, 2010)

• Recognizing the impact of diverse identities on student behavior
• Including disability as a component of diversity
• Understanding our responses to diversity

MENTORING (Tuesday, February 16, 2010)

• Strategies for nurturing students who face discrimination and isolation
• Mentoring students with disabilities
• Providing real-life learning, and learning from our students

For questions about the content of the workshops or to request disability-related accommodations please contact Dr. Megan Conway at mconway@hawaii.edu.

Pre-registration required; please register online at: http://www.cte.hawaii.edu/OnlineReg.html

Middle and high school science teachers are invited to apply to a year-long, online teacher professional development course that begins in April 2010. Participants will explore, apply, and reflect on Six Star Science, a research-based framework for supporting excellence in science education. Teacher fellows will also engage in online discussions, and utilize tools and strategies to enhance student-centered learning by effectively transforming lessons. Teacher fellows will attend and be honored at the American Physiological Society’s (APS) annual scientific meeting, Experimental Biology, in Washington, DC in April 2011. Deadline for submitting online applications is February 1, 2010: www.frontiersinphys.org.

The new Online Teacher Professional Development Program especially invites teachers working in rural areas, school systems with limited resources, and primarily minority schools to apply. Space is limited. If space is available after the February 1 deadline, decisions will be made on a rolling-admissions basis.

Who?     Middle and High School Science Teachers

Why?     Explore Effective Teaching Strategies
               Understand the Scientific Research Process
               Enhance Your Classroom Instruction

When?   April 2010 - April 2011
               Applications open: December 15, 2009
               Due no later than: February 1, 2010
               Notifications: early March

What?    Payments:
               Completing assignments ($2000 total)
               Grant for classroom materials ($300 maximum)
               Travel expenses to Washington, DC, April 9-13, 2011 ($1200 maximum)

How?     Online Teacher Professional Development Course
               with the American Physiological Society

Online Program Information: www.frontiersinphys.org

For more info:
http://www.wsta.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1539&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

January 28, 2010 - 12-1pm CT

Farmworkers and Influenza: Planning for their health and safety during outbreaks

Presenter: Andrea Steege, PhD, MPH

Epidemiologist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Session link: http://uiowa.na5.acrobat.com/asteege/

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January 21, 9:00am - 10:00am

Manoa Campus, John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kakaako Campus, 651 Ilalo Street, MEB Room 315 (Auditorium)

"Case Studies of Viral Emergence: What Herpes and Parvoviruses Can Tell Us About New Threats" by Laura B. Goodman, Ph.D., Cornell University, Baker Institute for Animal Health

Event Sponsor
Asia-Pacific Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases & Pacific Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, Manoa Campus

More Information
Cori Watanabe, 808-692-1654, corit@hawaii.edu, COBRE Seminar_012110_Goodman (PDF)

Save the dates January 5 and 6, 2010. Free Continuing Medical Education opportunities available at Tripler Army Medical Center (TAMC).

"The Vital Role of Ethics in Leadership"
Workshop on the The Secrets of Great Leaders

Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Time: 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Place: Kyser Auditorium at TAMC

"How Can We Enhance Personal and Professional Resilience
Workshop on Job, Career, and Calling

Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Time: 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m.
Place: Kyser Auditorium at TAMC

Please register for FY 2010 TAMC Grand Rounds online at https://apps.mods.army.mil/CMEWeb/Secured

• Click Activity Registration
• Click Tripler AMC
• Click Retrieve
• Click Activity 2009-0331.

For information contact the Mark Burnett, CME Director at mark.burnett@amedd.army.mil or 433-6245 or Vivian Rinehart, CME Administrator at 433-4710.

Students of the ICS 614: Biomedical Informatics course will be showcasing projects that they have been working on all semester!

Date: Monday,  December 7, 2009
Time: 3:15 p.m. - 5:40 p.m.
Place: Holmes Hall242, University of Hawaii at Manoa Campus

For more titles of projects, check out the list located at http://www2.hawaii.edu/~strev/ICS614/.

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Please see the attached flyers and information regarding two Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) seminars.  Both seminars will be held in the John A. Burns School of Medicine, Kakaako campus, Auditorium (MEB Room 315).  We hope you can attend!

December 11th (Friday) at 11:00 a.m.

• "Identification and characterization of novel HCV entry inhibitors"
• Yutaka Takebe, MD, Ph.D.
• Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Epidemiology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
• Tokyo, Japan
  

December 18th (Friday) at 11:00 a.m.

• "One way is not good enough! Multiple Immune evasion strategies of the Francisella tularensis"
• Jeffrey A. Frelinger, Ph.D.
• Kenan Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology
• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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The Public Health Faculty Colloquium Series presents Dr. Eric Hurwitz. Dr. Hurwitz will be giving a presentation entitled "Does Discography Cause Accelerated Progression of Degeneration Changes in the Lumbar Disc?".

Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: UH Manoa, BioMed D207

Provocative discography, an invasive diagnostic procedure involving disc puncture and injection, is purported to detect discogenic sources of back pain in discs with otherwise unremarkable imaging findings. Although discography has been in widespread use since the 1960s, the clinical validity and utility of this test are unproved. The presentation will focus on new evidence suggesting that discography may be harmful.

For more information contact Dr. Katie Heinrich: katiemh@hawaii.edu.

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The Public Health Faculty Colloquium Series presents Dr. Stefan Keller. Dr. Keller will be giving a presentation entitled "Drinking Among Adolescents and Young Adults -- What's the Problem?".

Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: UH Manoa, BioMed D207

While alcohol has traditionally been consumed in many cultures, we now know that over-consumption can lead to severe short- and
long-term health consequences. This presentation will look at alcohol consumption in young adults and adolescents in the context
of varying social norms and will focus on the role of binge drinking and its relationship to other health risk behaviors. Dr. Keller will
present findings from several recent studies, including some brand new data from local studies in Hawaii, and hopes that these will lead
into a lively discussion about what the problems are, what the solutions could be, and what our role as public health professionals
should be.

For more information contact Dr. Katie Heinrich: katiemh@hawaii.edu.

The Hawaii State Department of Health, Tobacco Settlement Project, Healthy Hawaii Initiative is hosting its 2nd Physical Activity and Nutrition (PAN) Summit on Tuesday, November 3, 2009. Please register early to reserve your space.

Date: Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Time: 7:15am-4:30pm
Location: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki, Coral Ballroom 1

Audience: This conference is geared towards businesses, community agencies, advocates, planners, developers, teachers and administrators, state agencies, city and county agencies, other community groups, and the interested general public.

Conference Objectives:

• Highlight programs that are addressing components of the Hawaii Physical Activity and Nutrition Plan.
• Educate and inform participants of local and national trends, policies and best practices in nutrition and physical activity.
• Educate and inform participants of national trends in worksite wellness programming and return on investment (ROI).
• Provide examples of local businesses that are successfully implementing worksite wellness programs.
• Provide updates on the accomplishments of the State and County Nutrition and Physical Activity Coalitions (NPAC).
• Share data and research regarding physical activity and nutrition.
• Provide opportunities for networking.

Please contact Katie Richards at (808) 586-4482, or katherine.richards@doh.hawaii.gov.

Please find information on the afternoon portion of the 2009 PAN Summit below. The afternoon will consist of some very exciting and innovative breakout sessions! Please also note a change in the Journal Voucher number.

The correct number is: S 10 335 H 7210 000412 00 061.

Register Now! Registration Deadline is October 23, 2009.

Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

Session 1 -- (1:15-2:30pm)

• Project Zest: Nutrition Education at Kalihi Palama Health Center
• Transit Oriented Development: Connecting Transit with a Healthier Lifestyle
• School Wellness Policy: Updates on Successful Implementation
• Safe Routes to School: Taking Ideas into Action
• Food Self Reliance: Options for Hawaii
• Social Media Outlets: What Works Well & What Could Work Better
• Public Access TV: A Tool in Community Education, Connection, and Mobilization
• The Science Behind Worksite Wellness & Worksite Wellness Programs
• Worksite Wellness Program Essentials: Three Local Examples

Session 2 – (2:45-4:00pm)

• Farm to Table: Increasing the Access and Availability of Fresh Produce
• Share the Road: Promoting Bicycling as a Viable Means of Transportation
• Safe Routes to School: A Toolkit for Hawaii
• Complete Streets: Moving from Policy to Implementation
• How to Get Earned Media: Low Cost Strategies
• Designing a Worksite Wellness Program
• Hawaii Health Matters: Cool Community Data Tool

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The Public Health Faculty Colloquium Series presents Dr. Thomas Tamulis. Dr. Tamulis will be giving a presentation on the monitoring and evaluation of the Childhood Rural Asthma Project 2009-2011.

Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Time: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Location: UH Manoa, BioMed D207

In collaboration between the Hawaii State Asthma Control Program and Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center (WCCHC), the CDC-funded program will attempt to identify indoor environment factors that contribute to high asthma prevalence rates for local indigenous underserved and low-income communities, and will deliver the home-based environmental intervention in order to reduce or eliminate environmental exposure to these factors. The project will also provide a comprehensive training program from both asthma patients on known environmental triggers of astham and self-management of disease, and asthma primary care providers to improve patient care, disease diagnosis, and patient referral services.

For more information contact Dr. Katie Heinrich: katiemh@hawaii.edu.

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The Office of Public Health Studies cordially invites you to a Global Health Seminar, “Delivering Antiretroviral Therapy in Conflict Settings.”

Dr. Edward Mills is the Canada Research Chair at the University of Ottawa and a Research Scientist for the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. He is also a candidate for our open faculty position in Epidemiology.

Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time: Noon-1pm
Location: UH-Manoa, Biomedical Sciences Building, Room D207

A recording of the presentation will be available via the OPHS Videos link on our website (www.hawaii.edu/publichealth).

For more information, please see the attached flyer or contact Dr. Al Katz, katz@hawaii.edu.