Research

This website is for the use of JABSOM students only.

Below is a list of physicians and scientists who have ongoing research projects, or who are available to oversee student projects.  If you are interested in shadowing any of these physicians, please contact IMIG at uhimig@hawaii.edu.

If you are a physician or scientist and would like to help us out with this project, please fill out the form here.

Name Specialty Area of Interest Ongoing project? Experience required? Student project?
Christine Cloak, PhD Neuroscience Impact of stress on brain development and maturation Yes No Yes
Gautam Deshpande, MD General IM Medical history, medical anthropology, international medicine, medical education No No Yes
Daniel Fischberg, MD Pain and Palliative Care Pain outcomes, access to palliative care No No  Yes
David Fitz-Patrick, MD Endocrinology All areas of endocrinology Yes No Yes
Alvin Furuike, MD Pulm/Crit Care Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine No No Yes
Emilio Ganitano, MD Critical Care Critical care medical education, effect of rapid response teams, team training, effectiveness of human simulation for medical education Yes No Yes
Mariana Gerschenson, PhD Molecular Medicine, Infectious Disease HIV complications: metabolic and neuropathies, obesity, diabetes Yes Preferred Yes
Hyewong Jun Ing, MD Medicine/Pediatrics Informatics, electronic medical records No No Yes
James Ireland, MD Nephrology Methamphetamine use and renal disease, vitamin D metabolism in dialysis patients, thalassemia in dialysis patients, emergency therapy for hyperkalemia Yes No Possibly
Richard Kasuya, MD General IM Medical Education No No  Yes
Matthew Lau, MD Allergy/Immunology Aspirin desensitization Yes No Yes
William Lau Infectious Disease Clinical Trials Yes No  Yes
Madgy Mettias, MD Pulmonology Asthma, COPD, diabetes No No Yes
Janet Onopa, MD General IM Tai Chi and Obesity Trial Yes No Possibly
Said Safa, MD Nephrology Diabetes, obesity, renal disease, metabolic syndrome Yes No Yes
Jorge Samaniego, MD General IM Medical illness in pregnancy and geriatrics No No  Yes
Gurden Singh, MD General IM Diabetes, Obesity Yes No  Yes
Shanon Takaoka, MD Pulmonary/Sleep Sleep in women/pregnancy, pulmonary hypertension No No Yes
Elizabeth Tam, MD Pulmonology Asthma, COPD, tobacco-related disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension Yes No Yes
Alan Tice, MD Infectious Disease Staphylococcus, hepatitis, IV antibiotic therapy, molecular biology, seawater, topical antibiotics Yes No Yes

The IMIG pages of this website are maintained by the JABSOM Internal Medicine Interest Group and do not express the views of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine Department of Medicine.