Lessons from another pandemic June 29, 2020 UH News This column by Catherine Pirkle ran on the Honolulu Civil Beat website on June 24, 2020.
Tough decisions need better data and inclusive voices June 29, 2020 UH News This column by Victoria Fan and Nick Redding ran on the Honolulu Civil Beat website on June 28, 2020.
UH helps shelter homeless, provide services during COVID-19 June 23, 2020 UH News The center has freed up hospital space, saved on medical costs and kept the community protected from those with COVID-19 symptoms.
First national Medicare counseling certification June 15, 2020 UH News The new course used an innovative curriculum with a variety of modalities to familiarize students with Medicare.
Physical activity to benefit people with genetic risk of obesity June 10, 2020 UH News Researchers used data from participants across the U.S. and found interactions drive a person’s body mass index further up or down.
Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative celebrates 20 years of lifting communities June 9, 2020 UH News Healthy Hawaiʻi Initiative was created in 2000 as a statewide effort to promote health-supporting environments through systems and policy change.
Public health professor makes mental health of UH community priority June 4, 2020 UH News Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda is providing mental health resources to help keep the UH Mānoa campus community safe.
UH helps distribute PPE donations to behavioral health, homelessness providers May 26, 2020 UH News More than 13,000 surgical masks, among other items, have been donated to “resilience hubs,” on Oʻahu.
Public health students turn Medical Reserve Corps members May 26, 2020 UH News Students had the opportunity to volunteer with Oʻahu’s Medical Reserve Corps to complete their spring semester.
Resilience in Native Hawaiians may lead to better health May 26, 2020 UH News Researchers found that participants who scored higher on resilience also reported higher levels of general health.