Faculty Development Announcements

Welcome to a new year! We are so grateful for our faculty and everything that you do for our school, university and community! To start off the new year, please take the time to check out the many opportunities and resources available in this month's newsletter below. We look forward to continuing to share many new opportunities with you to enhance your academic and professional skillset and mindset. We hope to connect with you at an upcoming event!

-Office of Faculty Affairs

(Dr. Susan Steinemann, Ms. Lori Emery and Ms. Ashley Nelson)

Highlights in this issue include:

• TEACHING: Medical Education Grand Rounds: Building pilina through our mo`okū`auhau
• TEACHING: Center for Learning Innovation Creative Pedagogy Award Application
• TEACHING: Health Professions Education Conference
• PROMOTION/TENURE: Introduction to Promotion & Tenure Workshop
• PROMOTION/TENURE: Dossier Bootcamp Mentoring Program

The first Medical Education Grand Rounds (MEGR) of 2025 will feature Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD, FAAFP, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and Martina Kamaka, MD, Professor, Dept. of Native Hawaiian Health, will speak about JABSOM's moʻokūʻauhau, the history and lineage of JABSOM as a Native Hawaiian place of learning.

Dr. Buenconsejo-Lum and Dr. Kamaka will speak in person in MEB 301, therefore in-person attendance is encouraged.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

12:30-1:30 pm

MEB 301 & Zoom

Those who plan to join virtually via Zoom need to register for the 2025 MEGR. You just need to register once to attend any session on Zoom in 2025.

https://hawaii.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrdu6rpjsrEtZw7kiB57p26gqK9SdMX7LU

HPEC 2025

Saturday, February 1, 2025

8:00 am - 5:00 pm

JABSOM, in-person

Theme is Unity in Diversity: Cultivating Connections to Advance Health Professions Education

HPEC is an annual, intramural conference provided by the UH JABSOM Office of Medical Education to celebrate the wide array of innovations and initiatives in

medical education occurring across the spectrum of undergraduate and graduate health professions education as well as faculty development.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Contact Us

Email: HPECinfo@hawaii.edu

JABSOM's HMSA Center for Learning Innovation (CLI) is currently accepting applications for the third Creative Pedagogy Award for the 2025-2026 AY. Up to three selected applicants will be awarded up to $3,000 USD for education innovation projects.

Application proposal forms, budgets, and optional brief letters of support should be emailed to Ms. Kori-Jo Kochi (kjkochi@hawaii.edu), with subject line, “CREATIVE PEDAGOGY SUBMISSION”.

Deadline to submit is Monday, February 3, 2025. Awards will be announced in March 2025.

Please visit the CLI Creative Pedagogy Award website for more information including application instructions. https://ome.jabsom.hawaii.edu/hmsa/creative-pedagogy-award.html

The Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Excellence (OVPAE) ensures excellence in teaching and learning endeavors across University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa academic programs by working with and through faculty and executive management to plan, develop, coordinate, improve and manage a dynamic and responsive portfolio of academic programs.

To increase access to the campus, provide guidance on hot topics, and accelerate the sharing of ideas, OVPAE invites all UH Mānoa personnel to Hawaiʻi Hall for our “First Friday” open houses.

Faculty and staff are welcome to stop by with questions, comments or ideas to share with any OVPAE staff from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Refreshments will be served in the Hawaiʻi Hall 209 conference room.

OVPAE will also offer facilitated conversations on the topics:

DEI and Program Review

February 7, 2025, Hawaiʻi Hall 309
Facilitator: Monica Stitt-Bergh

Distance Learning/Programs
March 7, 2025, Hawaiʻi Hall 209
Facilitators: Paul McKimmy, Monica Stitt-Bergh, April Quinn

Teaching and Learning in Medicine is now seeking applications to our 2025-2027 editorial internship program.

Please see the program description here.

The MS Word application may be found here.

Webinar: NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): What You Need to Know and Recent Changes

• Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025
• Time: 2:30 – 4:00 p.m. ET
• Free virtual event
• Registration Required

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-25-037.html

Purpose

Attention principal investigators (PIs), research administrators, research development professionals, and anyone else interested in NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15) grants!

In this virtual event, participants will learn about the two NIH R15 programs:

• Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions
• Research Enhancement Award Program (REAP) for Health Professional Schools and Graduate Schools
• These grants are designed to provide support for meritorious research at domestic institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH support, to strengthen the research environment at these institutions, and to give students an opportunity to gain significant biomedical research experience. Webinar participants will gain insights into the application process and the review criteria with an opportunity to participate in a live Q&A with a panel of NIH experts.

During this live event, participants will gain insight into:

• Eligibility details for both AREA and REAP R15 programs
• Application components
• The NIH Simplified Review Framework (SRF) for R15s
• Resources and contacts

How to Participate

• Visit the NIH Grants Events Page for additional resources and registration link.
• Register for the webinar at any time before or during the event.
• Submit your questions during the registration process. Some will be used to help develop the presentation, while others will be answered during the Q&A.

Related Resource:

Web Page - NIH Research Enhancement Award (R15): What You Need to Know and Recent Changes

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov

Ola HAWAII (Health And Wellness Achieved by Impacting Inequalities) - Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Specialized Center

Hawaii Journal of Health and Social Welfare

Interested in the impacts of climate change and health? Attend the upcoming Aloha 'āina, He Huliau i ka Pono conference on January 11-12, 2025, a two-day educational and advocacy training conference for physicians and healthcare providers. Our main purpose is to address climate change and health issues in our Pacific communities. CME is available. You can register for just one or both days.Day 1 at Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, UH Mānoa, 2645 Dole St, and Day 2 at the John A Burns School of Medicine, Kaka'ako Campus, 651 Ilalo St.

View Agenda and REGISTER HERE

We invite you to attend the PRIMO (Practical Recommendations in Immuno & Molecular Oncology) Meeting February 5-8, 2025 at the ʻAlohilani Resort in Waikīkī.

JABSOM graduate Shane Morita, MD, MBA, PhD, FACS, FSSO, is the local co-chair.
This cancer symposium will provide updates on current immunotherapeutic and molecular oncology treatments, and it's a great opportunity for you to stay local while receiving CE credits!

The best part is that it's FREE for all JABSOM faculty, staff, students, residents, and fellows!

Register at www.primomeeting.org and use the promo code JAB100.

Queen's Health System CME

Hawaii Pacific Health CME

Interested in learning about applying for promotion and tenure at UH-JABSOM? This workshop will provide an overview of the promotion/tenure application process, including tips and strategies on what goes in to the application, when to apply, who will review the application, and materials to start collecting to prepare the application. This workshop is specifically for UH compensated faculty as it covers the compensated UH promotion/tenure application process which requires submission of a complete dossier application packet.

Monday, February 24

12:00-1:30pm

via Zoom

Presented by the Office of Faculty Affairs. For more information or questions, please contact Lori Emery at lmatsuza@hawaii.edu.

REGISTER HERE

The 2025 JABSOM Dossier Bootcamp will be starting in February and will be meeting monthly on the 4th Mondays until September. The promotion/tenure dossier (application) is due the first Friday in October. It is highly recommended that all faculty planning to apply for promotion this year (Oct 2025) participate in this program. This is an 8-month mentoring program that will cover strategies to put together the dossier application. Sessions will be recorded for those who would like to participate but are not able to attend all sessions.

REGISTER HERE

For questions or additional information, contact: Lori Emery at lmatsuza@hawaii.edu

JABOM Diversity Site

Title IX and The Office of Institutional Equity

Join us for a relaxing 30-minute yoga session tailored for all experience levels, led by certified yoga instructor Gunes Aytac, JABSOM ABP Faculty. Please bring a yoga mat.

Gunes, a yoga instructor with a medical background, combines expertise in anatomy with a passion for yoga. Practicing yoga since 2016, she completed a 200-hour teacher training in 2019. Gunes welcomes practitioners of all levels to explore yoga with her. Register here!

Mindful Practice Sessions

Join us every first Wednesday of the month from 12:30-1:00pm virtually for a 30-minute break in your day with trained facilitators and special guest presenters.

We hope that you can join us for a 30-minute break in your day to join us in listening to a Mindful Practice presentation, January session: The Art of Mindfulness: Embracing Every Step with Special Guest Speaker Dr. Gunes Aytac, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, JABSOM. Learn more about Dr. Aytac by clicking here!

The February session will be a special session with returning special guest speaker Dr. Miku Lenentine! Coordinated in collaboration with the JABSOM Department of Native Hawaiian Health, Ohana Mindful Practice Group, and KCC CERENE, we will be having a back-to-back event: Mala Workday and our Annual Forest Bathing Mindful Practice Session! More information to come soon!

Check out our Mindful Practice Repository for previously recorded sessions and shared materials HERE!

Click HERE to register for upcoming sessions in 2025, then check your email for a Zoom confirmation with the login info.

UH Center for Teaching Excellence Presents: “Friday Afternoon Yoga for Stretching and Relaxing”

Fridays (except holidays)
January 17 - May 2, 2025
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Kuykendall 106 Events Room

These sessions will include simple exercises to loosen your joints, variations on sun salutations and other asanas (poses) depending upon your flexibility, and breathing and relaxing techniques. Dress comfortably and bring a yoga mat or towel.

Presented by

Professor Sai Bhatawadekar
Hindi-Urdu, Theatre and Dance, Cross-Cultural Philosophy

This event is sponsored by the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).

To register: https://www.ofdas.hawaii.edu/events/

UH Center for Teaching Excellence and College of Education, Center on Disability Studies present: Sensory Room Mondays

Open Every Monday (excl. select dates*)
January 13 – May 5, 2025
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Kuykendall 106 Events Room

*Sensory Room Closures: Martin Luther King Day (1/20), President’s Day (2/17), Spring Break (3/17), April 14 (conference)

In partnership with the Center on Disability Studies and the College of Education, the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence will host UH Mānoa's one and only sensory room in Kuykendall 106 each Monday. All students, faculty, and staff are welcome to visit the sensory room throughout the semester.

Sensory rooms are now common in schools, hospitals, and community spaces. These rooms use equipment to create a controlled sensory-focused environment. A sensory room creates a safe space to self regulate and manage over-stimulation and stress and can be beneficial to anyone.

This event is sponsored by the College of Education, Center on Disability Studies & the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).

No registration is required. For more information, please visit our website: https://www.ofdas.hawaii.edu/events/campus-sensory-room/

UH Health and Wellness Resources

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January 18 - 19, 07:00 AM - 05:00 PM

Hawaii Prince Hotel
100 Holomoana St
Honolulu, HI 96815

Experience the wonders of Hawaii's paradise, a true escape from the mainland winter. The 36th Hawaii Plastic Surgery Symposium, taking place on January 18 and 19, 2025, at the beautiful Prince Hotel in Honolulu, offers a unique opportunity to learn from renowned experts in various plastic surgery fields. Join us for engaging presentations, insightful discussions, and the chance to learn from world-class professionals in a serene setting.
Visit www.panpacific.org for more information.

Where: UH Cancer Center Sullivan Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813

The Symposium will explore the latest basic medical research on cell death, mitochondrial
dynamics, autophagy, with a specific focus on heart failure. The program will host session talks
by international experts on stem cell biology and myocardial repair, mitochondrial dynamics,
autophagy, necrosis, and metabolism with a major focus on translating basic and clinical science
to clinical heart failure. The Symposium is sponsored by John A. Burns School of Medicine,
University of Hawaii at Mānoa, and the St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre,
Winnipeg, Canada.

🎫REGISTER HERE

Early Rate* : General $180 | Student/Trainee $90
(Before Jan 22, 2025)
Standard Rate*: General $260 | Student/Trainee $130

*includes lunch, break food/beverages, meeting program

Welcome Reception Dinner Party

In the JABSOM CAFE (2/6/25): $40

(Registration is required by January 22, 2025)

Poster Sessions

We have poster sessions for junior investigators. Please submit your abstracts for poster

presentations to Ms. Kairee Ryplanski kryplanski@sbrc.ca(opens in a new tab) by January 22, 2025.

Conference Media

2025 Programs and Flyers

We are currently seeking abstract submissions for the 2025 Hawaiʻi Addictions Conference (HAC), scheduled for Friday, April 11th, 2025.

If you are interested in being considered for presentation at the 2025 HAC, we invite you to submit a preliminary abstract no later than Friday, February 21st, 2025. Presentations may be on case studies or original unpublished research. Interested participants can submit their abstracts via email to sburns@hawaiiresidency.org.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience Events

It's hard to believe it's that time of year again! The 2025 Leeward District Science and Engineering Fair is just around the corner and we need your help and expertise as a judge! 2025 Leeward District Science and Engineering Fair NEEDS YOUR EXPERTISE!

High school students will be presenting the results of their research conducted during the last year and your expertise is needed. You will be assigned a few projects and asked to interview the students and rank their efforts. This usually takes about an hour of your time. We cannot conduct the fair without your help!

· DATE: Friday, February 28, 2025

· TIME: Anytime between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm

· LOCATION: Leeward Community College, Education Building Room 201 (ED 201) 96-045 Ala 'Ike, Pearl City, HI 96782

Register Today!
Use the button below to sign up today to be a part of the fun science experience!

Register

If you have any questions, please email:
Sandro Jube (Judge Coordinator)
sandro@hawaii.edu

If you know someone that might be interested, please feel free to forward this registration form and cc sandro@hawaii.edu so I can add them to future emails.

A BIG MAHALO for all your help and support!

Happy 2025! Please share the attached ERS Winter 2024 Holomua Newsletter with your UH employees that are ERS members (50% FTE or more; excludes casual hires and Grad Assts). Previous issues of the Holomua are also available on the ERS website.

“The Academic Medicine Starter Kit: Timeless Tips & Guidance for Early-Career Faculty Members”

Check out this other great faculty development resource: Faculty Factory (Mission: A Faculty Development Community Sharing Tools to Build Academic Leaders).

You can obtain a print or Kindle version of the newest Faculty Factory book here:

Print version: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZV85KBW;

Kindle version: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZFDVG7R.

Visit the Faculty Factory website for more resources (e.g., scholarship) and the Youtube channel (for episodes sorted by topic).

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

If you have any upcoming faculty or professional development opportunities or resources to share, please contact the Office of Faculty Affairs at jabsomfd@hawaii.edu.