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Kathryn Braun, DrPH Professor, Social & Behavioral Health Sciences 1960 East West Road, Biomed D203 Honolulu, HI 96822 email: kbraun@hawaii.edu phone: (808) 956-5768 fax: (808) 956-9582

Academic Degrees
DrPH (Health Services Evaluation), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
MPH, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
BS, University of Michigan

Awards
Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, 1998

Dr. Kathryn L. Braun is Professor and Chair of the DrPH Program in the Department of Public Health Sciences. She has a joint appointment with the School of Social Work, where she serves as Co-Investigator of the National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders. She is affiliated with the UH Center on Aging, through which she serves as evaluator for the Hawai‘i Healthy Aging Partnership, dedicated to building capacity to deliver evidence-based health promotion programs for older adults. She also is Research Director of ‘Imi Hale -- Native Hawaiian Cancer Network, which is funded through a grant to Papa Ola Lo¯kahi (a Native Hawaiian Health organization) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In this role, she mentors Native Hawaiians who want to expand their skills in research, grant writing, and publishing.

Dr. Braun’s primary teaching responsibilities are in the doctoral program, teaching seminars on health disparities and evidence-based public health. She is known for her work in community-based participatory research in cancer and gerontology, and she has published more than 125 peer-reviewed journal articles on these topics. She is a fellow in the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education. She also consults as a trainer and program evaluator in Hawai‘i.

Dr. Braun is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served in the Philippines (Bontoc) in the 1970s. In 2008, she was a Fulbright Scholar in Busan, Korea. She is the 2009-2011 President of the Active Aging Consortium Asia Pacific, an international network of gerontologists in Japan, Korea, China, Indonesia, Mongolia, Singapore, and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. She likes to travel and has visited all 7 continents and more than 110 countries.

Selected Publications
Braun K, Goebert D. The Euro-Americans. In N. Andrade & J. McDermott (Eds). People and cultures of the Pacific: A psychocultural profile, 3rd edition. Honolulu: The University of Hawai‘i Press, in press

Han D, Braun K. Promoting active aging through technology training in Korea. In Soar (Ed). Intelligent technologies for the aged: The grey digital divide. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, in press.

Leslie J, Hughes C, Braun K. Designing healthy worksites to improve Native Hawaiian health. Progress in Community Health Partnerships. in press.
Fernandes R, Braun K, Ozawa J, Compton M, Somogyi-Zalud E. Home-based palliative care services for underserved populations. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2010 doi:10.1089/jpm.2009.0216.

Tsark J, Braun K. Eyes on the Pacific: Cancer issues of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Hawai‘i and the US-affiliated Pacific. Journal of Cancer Education. 2009, 24 (2 Suppl):S68-S69.

Aitaoto N, Tsark J, Braun K. Pacific Diabetes Today coalitions 10 years later: Factors for success and sustainability. Preventing Chronic Disease 2009;6(4) http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2009/Oct/08_0181.

Park CB, Braun K, Horiuchi B, Tottori C, Onaka A. Longevity disparities in multiethnic Hawai‘i: An analysis of 2000 life tables. Public Health Reports 2009;124(4):579-584.

Browne C, Mokuau N, Braun K. Resiliency and adversity in the lives of Native Hawaiian elders. Social Work 2009;54:253-261.

Braun K, Tsark J. Community-based research should be based in the community (editorial). Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2008; 2:271-273.

Santos LA, Braun K, Aea K, Shearer, L. Institutionalizing a comprehensive tobacco-cessation protocol in an indigenous health system: Lessons learned. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2008; 2:279-289.

Braun K, Allison A, Tsark J. Using community-based research methods to design cancer patient navigation training. Progress in Community Health Partnerships 2008; 4:329-340.

Kulukulualani M, Braun K, Tsark J. Using a four-step protocol to develop and test culturally targeted cancer education brochures. Health Promotion Practice. 2008; 9:344-355.

Braun K, Tsark J. Community-based IRBs: What researchers should know. Nurse Author & Editor. 2008; 18(2). http://www.nurseauthoreditor.com/article.asp?id=103

Kaholokula J, Braun K, Santos J, Chang H. Culturally informed smoking cessation strategies for Native Hawaiians in rural communities. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2008;10:671-681.

Browne C, Braun K. Globalization, gender migration, and the long-term care work force. Gerontologist. 2008;48:16-24.

Mokuau N, Braun K, Wong L, Higuchi P, Gotay C. Development of a family intervention for Native Hawaiian women with cancer: A pilot study. Social Work. 2008;3:9–19.

Mokuau N, Braun K. Family support for Native Hawaiian women with breast cancer. Journal of Cancer Education.2007;22:191-196.

Boyd J, Braun K. Supports for and barriers to healthy living for Native Hawaiian young adults enrolled in community colleges. Preventing Chronic Disease 2007; 4(4). http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2007/oct/07_0012.htm.

Chen TH, Buenconsejo-Lum L, Braun K, Higa C, Maskarinec G. A pilot evaluation of distance education modalities for health workers in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. Pacific Health Dialog 2007; 14(1):22-30.

Aitaoto N, Braun K, Dang K, Soa T. Cultural considerations in developing church-based programs to reduce cancer health disparities among Samoans. Ethnicity and Health 2007; 12:381-400.

Browne C, Braun K, Arnsberger P. Filipinas as residential long-term care providers: The role of culture, gender, and immigrant status. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. 2007;48: 439-457.

Tsark J, CCPI, Braun K. Reducing cancer health disparities in the US-associated Pacific. Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 2007; 13:49-58.

Braun K, Tsark J, Santos L, Aitaoto N, Chong C. Building Native Hawaiian capacity in cancer research and programming: The Legacy of ‘Imi Hale. Cancer. 2006;107 (8 Suppl): 2082-2090.

Braun K, Karel H, Zir A. Family response to end-of-life education: Differences by ethnicity and stage of caregiving. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 2006;23:269-276.

Gellert K, Braun K, Starkey V, Morris W. The ‘Ohana (Family) Day Project—A community approach to increase cancer screening. Preventing Chronic Disease 2006 http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/jul/pdf/05_0188.pdf

Kaholokula JK, Braun K, Kana‘iaupuni S, Grandinetti A, Chang H. Ethnic-by-gender differences in cigarette smoking among Asian and Pacific Islanders. Nicotine & Tobacco Research 2006;8:275-286.

Braun K, Zir A. Using an interactive approach to teach nursing home workers about end-of-life care. Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing 2005; 7:280-288.

Braun K, Fong M, Gotay C, Chong C, Pagano I. Ethnicity and breast cancer in Hawai‘i: Increased survival, but continued disparity. Ethnicity and Disease.2005;15:453-460

Braun K, Fong M, Ka‘ano‘i M, Kamaka M, & Gotay C. Testing a culturally appropriate, theory-based intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening among Native Hawaiians. Preventive Medicine. 2005;40:619-627.

Braun K, Zir A, Crocker J, Seely M. Kokua Mau: A statewide effort to improve end-of-life care. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2005;8:313-324. Also abstracted in Hall, Perkova, Higginson (eds), Palliative Care for Older People: Better Practice. (Box 5.1). Copenhagen, Denmark: World Health Organization, 2010.