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University of Hawai'i |
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For Immediate Release: |
November 30, 1998 |
Contact: Louise Medina, Clinical Research Center 983-6235
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Clinical Research Center awarded additional funds The University of Hawai'i and Kapi'olani Health Clinical Research Center (CRC) received a new federal grant from the National Institutes of Health. The supplemental award provides an additional $878,000 over the next two years for the center. In 1995, UH and Kapi'olani Health received the original five-year, $3 million award to create the CRC that was needed to support clinical research by professionals throughout Hawai'i and to fund pilot research projects. Funds from the new supplemental award will enable the CRC to further support clinical research on health problems that disproportionately affect minority populations in Hawai'i and to better serve the needs of dedicated clinical researchers in our community. The CRC is housed in the Bingham Building at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children and is statewide in scope, with emphasis on health problems disproportionately affecting minority populations. UH President Kenneth Mortimer serves as the principal investigator for the grant and Dr. David Easa serves as the program director for the CRC, with Dr. Frederick Greenwood from UH Pacific Biomedical Research Center as director of the parent Research Centers in Minority Institutions program. |
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