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Committee defers bill on integrating cancer center with JABSOM; university to develop plan
Summary
Senate bill to integrate the cancer center and the John A. Burns School of Medicine at Kakaako was deferred after university leadership said it is assembling a plan and timeline to evaluate integration to protect clinical trials, research funding and operational sustainability.
A bill that would more tightly integrate the University of Hawaii Cancer Center with the John A. Burns School of Medicine and the Kakaako campus was deferred by the Senate Committee on Higher Education on Feb. 6 so the university can develop a formal plan and timeline.
University leadership told the committee that, following earlier budget hearings, the president asked campus leaders to assemble internal and external partners to develop an implementation plan that evaluates administrative integration, academic impact and financial sustainability. The president asked the committee for time to…
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