Native Hawaiian colorectal cancer patients twice as likely to die from sepsis
Native Hawaiian cancer patients have a two-fold increased risk of dying from sepsis compared to other ethnicities.
Heart health education at high schools led by medical students
This community health program is a grassroots solution initiated by second-year medical students Anson Lee and Jonathan Hu.
In memoriam: Noa Emmett Aluli, defender of Native Hawaiians, rural health
Aluli was one of five Native Hawaiians who were part of the first class of graduates from the four-year pilot program at the UH medical school.
Native Hawaiian advancement award presented to psychiatry professor
Naleen Naupaka Andrade was one of three individuals honored with the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce award.
Improving Indigenous populations’ medication use
The UH Hilo pharmacy college project aims to develop a screening tool that can be used to better address potential medication adherence barriers.
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander health disparities focus of talk
The next in a series of talks on the future of food and agriculture in Hawaiʻi will highlight Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health disparities.
Array of health threats to Native Hawaiians focus of $22.5M grant
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.
$2.8M to develop e-cigarette intervention for rural Hawaiian youth
The grant will help develop and evaluate a school-based, culturally-grounded e-cigarette prevention intervention for Hawaiʻi's rural youth.
Free mental health program for Native Hawaiian students
Ka Malu a Waʻahila was established to meet the unique needs of Native Hawaiian students at UH Mānoa.
COVID-19’s impact on Hawaiʻi healthcare workers highlighted
Study participants were primarily concerned about contracting COVID-19 at work and transmitting it to their families.
