Laserfiche WebLink
<br /> <br />February 14, 2018 <br /> <br />CONTACT: Alyson Kakugawa-Leong, (808) 932-7669 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />College of Pharmacy to hold community outreach to explain research <br />Members of the community are invited to learn more about research conducted at <br />UH Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the Inaugural DKICP <br />Research Day to be held at Prince Kuhio Plaza March 17. <br />The event, which will take place center court from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., will showcase <br />research on health issues such as cancer and infectious diseases. Faculty members <br />from the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacy Practice will be <br />on hand to explain the potential benefits their research will bring, along with <br />graduate students working on their Ph.D. degrees in pharmaceutical sciences and <br />student pharmacists from the professional Pharm.D. program. <br /> “While the researchers are constantly explaining this high-level data to their <br />scientific peers throughout the world, they are re-configuring their presentations <br />in order to discuss their findings to a wider audience,” said Ghee Tan, director of <br />the Ph.D. program and organizer of the community outreach. “This exercise will <br />bring them out of their labs and clinical sites and out to meet the people who <br />might benefit from the research outcomes.” <br /> <br />Examples of booths that will be available are: Cancer Research, Rat Lungworm <br />Disease, Drug Discovery for Cancer and Infectious Diseases, Hawaiian <br />Traditional Medicine, Neuroscience, Nanomedicine, Interprofessional Education, <br />Opioid-related Casualties, and Antimicrobial Stewardship. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Dr. Ghee Tan, gheetan@hawaii.edu. <br /> <br /> <br />