CTO) medical director. Cho will be responsible for overseeing the
UH Cancer Center’s clinical trials administered through
CTO. He has been a faculty member of the
UH Cancer Center since 1991, and has served the people of Hawaiʻi as a local oncologist for more than 29 years. Since 2016, the
UH Cancer Center has enrolled more than 16,000 patients in clinical trials in Hawaiʻi.
Cho is no stranger to clinical trials in Hawaiʻi, having been a strong advocate for clinical trials and enrolling many patients on
UH Cancer Center trials as a leading community oncologist. He led the
UH Cancer Center’s
SPF of 30+ every day.
Every year, 10,000 people in Hawaiʻi will be diagnosed with a skin cancer. As the most common type of cancer in the
U.S., skin cancer affects at least one out of every five adults within their lifespan. With summer quickly approaching, many of us will begin to spend more time in the sun. Skin cancer experts at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and members of the Hawaiʻi Skin Cancer Coalition (
HSCC) are helping to educate the public on skin cancer and skin cancer prevention to help lower skin cancer incidence and mortality throughout the state.
University Of Hawaii Officials Push Back Against Proposed Budget Cuts - Honolulu Civil Beat
University Of Hawaii Officials Push Back Against Proposed Budget Cuts
The system could still see about $90 million in federal relief funds, half of which must be distributed as grants to students. Reading time: 5 minutes.
Though the University of Hawaii is expected to get an influx of federal relief funds this year, officials still have concerns that cuts proposed by the Legislature could hurt higher education programs.
Lawmakers have proposed 10% cuts for UH in a state budget that also sees Hawaii government as a whole taking general fund reductions of about 7%. Many program cuts have been supplanted by federal relief funds thanks to the American Rescue Plan Act. UH is expected to get relief funds sent directly to each of the 10 campuses that comprise the state higher education system.
Kalbert Young,
UH vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature 2021 session.
The 2021 Legislature adjourned on April 29, after passing more than 260 bills, which the governor will now consider for enactment. Some of these bills will impact the University of Hawaiʻi either directly or indirectly.
This was the first year of the Legislature’s biennium (two-year cycle). Since lingering tax revenue impacts from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic are still a major factor on the state budget, and federal stimulus aid has recently been enacted to help the state, the budget bill was arguably the most significant measure of the session. The following will highlight components of the budget as it relates to
Domestic Violence Action Center helping families in need for 30 years
When Honolulu police responded to a domestic violence case in Makiki last week, the first thing Nanci Kreidman of the Domestic Violence Action Center wondered was if the woman had a safety plan and knew her options. For 30 years, the center has helped families in need. Kreidman shared how the problem has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
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