$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.
UH System health professionals chosen for national leadership program
Seven UH faculty and four JABSOM professors’ projects regarding diabetes, homelessness and elderly health care will be funded through the Clinical Scholars Program.
Surprising link found between insulin resistance and avoiding Alzheimer’s
Research led by Thomas Lee of the UH Office of Public Health Studies involved 1,544 Japanese men participating in Kuakini Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.
UH/MAʻO Farms data show 60% improvement in diabetes risk
A UH Mānoa study, in partnership MAʻOFarms, shows promise that getting a community involved in preventing type 2 diabetes can reduce their disease risk.
New findings on type 2 diabetes and colorectal cancer survival rates
UH researchers Yvette Amshoff, Gertraud Maskarinec and Andrew Grandinetti looked at 24 years of health data and found that patients who have type 2 diabetes in addition to other chronic diseases have a lower survival rate for colorectal cancer.
Diabetes center established at JABSOM with $11.2 million federal grant
The grant will intensify Hawaiʻi-based research into a disease that currently affects 155,000 adults and children—1 in 9 individuals in Hawaiʻi.
UH Cancer Center researcher receives Fulbright Award
The award will enable researcher Gertraud Maskarinec to research the relation of obesity, type 2 diabetes and breast cancer in Caucasian and Asian women.
New way to measure if people are pre-diabetic discovered
University of Hawaii Cancer Center discovery may allow physicians to warn patients years before the onset of diabetes.
Continued reduction in diabetes development shown in 16-year study
Increasing physical activity has prevented or delayed the development of Type 2 diabetes according to a national diabetes study.
