Ola HAWAIʻI researchers are working to better understand the long-term impact of COVID, the role of exercise with type 2 diabetes and dietary impacts on the Native Hawaiian population.
The study involves a diverse multidisciplinary collaboration probing the socioecological determinants of diabetes risks in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Seven UH faculty and four JABSOM professors’ projects regarding diabetes, homelessness and elderly health care will be funded through the Clinical Scholars Program.
A UH Mānoa study, in partnership MAʻOFarms, shows promise that getting a community involved in preventing type 2 diabetes can reduce their disease risk.
UH researchers Yvette Amshoff, Gertraud Maskarinec and Andrew Grandinetti looked at 24 years of health data and found that patients who have type 2 diabetes in addition to other chronic diseases have a lower survival rate for colorectal cancer.
The award will enable researcher Gertraud Maskarinec to research the relation of obesity, type 2 diabetes and breast cancer in Caucasian and Asian women.