Full-tuition Native Hawaiian health scholarships for 3 JABSOM students
Three students are part of Papa Ola Lokahi Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program’s 2021–2022 cohort of scholars.
JABSOM Native Hawaiian health ‘legends’ bid aloha
Kalani Brady and Mele Look retired at the end of December 2021.
$1M for UH center to advance Indigenous innovation to improve NHPI health
The Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity seeks to highlight, research and scale traditional practices that may have significant positive impacts on health for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Inequities in asthma health for Native Hawaiian keiki
Native Hawaiian children accounted for 36.5% of all ED visits for pediatric asthma in Hawaiʻi during the two-year study period.
183rd birthday of Mōʻī Liliʻuokalani launches Hawaiian History Month
UH faculty and staff will take part in a five-week long virtual series highlighting social justice and reconciliation of historical and cultural wrongs in Hawaiʻi.
$15M research center to improve Indigenous health
PIKO, led by JABSOM professors, will help improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Pacific People.
10 COVID-19 vaccine myths busted
A John A. Burns School of Medicine professor addresses 10 fears and rumors about the COVID-19 vaccine currently circulating in the community.
Hula to help combat dementia in Native, Pacific Islander communities
This will be the first time that these Native populations have been included in this type of project grant from the National Institute on Aging.
UH Mānoa, UH Hilo students part of push for more kānaka in anthropology
Students completed a four week long internship working with historical and cultural experts in the archaeology field.
$3.3M for game-changing type-2 diabetes study in Hawaiʻiʻs NHPI communities
The study involves a diverse multidisciplinary collaboration probing the socioecological determinants of diabetes risks in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
