Contact tracers provide essential outreach to Pacific Islanders
UH-DOH program graduates Chantelle Eseta Matagi, Elia Titiimaea and Teresa Parsons share how they have been working with these communities.
UH contact tracing trainees want to help Hawaiʻi’s communities
By July 24, the University of Hawaiʻi-State Department of Health Contact Tracing Training Program will have trained nearly 450 qualified individuals.
Clinical healthcare professionals needed to become full-time contact tracers
The UH-DOH Contact Tracing Training Program has reopened registration for Track 1 to meet this need.
Community contact tracer training underway
The first cohort for Track 2 consists of 31 participants taking the six-week intensive program.
UH begins training COVID-19 contact tracers
The first cohort of trainees on will begin on Monday, June 8.
Health workers for underserved communities supported with $50K grant
Scholarships support 24 Community Health Worker students at Kapiʻolani CC.
$313K grant to help train more community health workers
The new funding from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health will focus on recruiting and training bilingual and Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and Filipino populations.
UH graduates record number of community health workers
The program graduated more than quadruple the number of students who have earned their certification in previous years.
UH-educated community health workers key to COVID-19 response
Nearly 150 students statewide will have earned their certification training through the UH online program by May 2021.
Nursing professor joins Global Health Board, UH presents free session
Qureshi will help strengthen the CUGH community of 179 academic and partner institutions engaged in addressing global health challenges.
