And in 25 years or so, when one of you is standing here in my place, the profession of medicine will be stronger and more trusted than it is now, and it will all be for the benefit of the sick.
It makes me optimistic for the future of the medicine. I have heard you talk about your experiences, your motivations, your aspirations. I have already had the privilege of meeting many of you. I suppose it is banal to say that you who don white coats today, will shape the profession for the next generation. You may have already sensed some grouchiness and cynicism in some of us old folks caught up in change. “Much is in flux in the practice of medicine, for good or for ill. Rediger, 1 recipient of the 2010 Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award at JABSOM and keynote speaker at the White Coat Ceremony on July 16, 2010, concluded his address to the in-coming class with the following: This research is an example of UH Mānoa’s goal of Excellence in Research: Advancing the Research and Creative Work Enterprise ( PDF), one of four goals identified in the 2015–25 Strategic Plan ( PDF), updated in December 2020.Dr. As many areas throughout the Pacific experience a lack of medical care services, prevention and education are key to reducing cancer incidence and deaths. The study is funded by the Pacific Health Partnership for Cancer Health Equity (U54CA143727-11), and is one of several projects at the UH Cancer Center that are working through partnerships to reduce the burden of cancer in Hawaiʻi and the greater Pacific. “If this study is successful, the project may be able to be used as a model for developing culturally-appropriate adolescent tobacco and areca nut prevention programs in the Pacific region,” said Pokhrel.
#MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN GUAM TRIAL#
Once the randomized controlled trial is completed, the researchers will test whether the program can be disseminated and implemented across other U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands. They are conducting in-depth research with adolescents and adults in Guam, which will form the foundation of the culturally-grounded intervention. The trial was recently registered with the National Cancer Institute, and investigators are now in the early phase of developing the program. The efficacy of the prevention program will be tested through a randomized controlled trial, where participants will be placed into one of two groups. Preventing or treating tobacco use during adolescence has the potential to significantly decrease cancer incidence and mortality on the island.” “It’s important to provide younger individuals with skills to resist various influences that promote tobacco, e-cigarette and betel nut use. “This is the first time that a culturally-grounded tobacco and betel nut use prevention program is being developed for youths in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands,” said Pokhrel. To prevent tobacco and areca nut use and ultimately decrease cancer incidence in Guam, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher Pallav Pokhrel, in collaboration with the University of Guam’s Francis Dalisay, a former UH Mānoa faculty member, received nearly $750,000 over a three-year period to lead a project that seeks to develop and test an effective tobacco, e-cigarette and areca nut use prevention program for implementation at public middle schools across Guam. Studies have shown that individuals who use substances such as tobacco and areca nut are at a much higher risk for cancer than those who do not. In Guam, as in many parts of Southeast Asia and the Pacific, areca (betel) nut use has been a traditionally and culturally accepted practice among adults and youths. Adolescents in Guam have shown higher rates of tobacco products use compared to the general U.S.