Back pain sufferers expected to increase by 36%, linked to depression
UH Mānoa epidemiologist Eric Hurwitz has studied back pain for 30 years.
TAs can help open doors for students in life sciences
Priority will be given to students who apply by April 29.
UH researchers shape new dietary guidelines for Americans
Nutritional epidemiologists Rachel Novotny and Carol Boushey are two of only 20 nationally recognized scientists on the USDA independent advisory committee.
Epidemiologist: Hawaiʻi has advantage during COVID-19 pandemic
A UH Mānoa epidemiology professor explains what could help Hawaiʻi avoid becoming a hot spot.
UH epidemiologist lays out critical steps to containing pandemics
Epidemiologists are looking at population trends and COVID-19'’s infection rate to develop an aggressive approach toward containing it.
UH+community=beneficial health outcomes
Researchers take the time to get to know their communities by being present and listening to their concerns and priorities.
Training college students in Brazil how to improve their country’s public health
UH researchers are partnering with Brazilian epidemiologists to teach college students in Brazil about public health issues.
UH epidemiologists to help develop U.S. dietary guidelines
The University of Hawaiʻi's Rachel Novotny and Carol Boushey are part of the federal 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.
World’s first Zika outbreak was diagnosed by JABSOM alumnus
In 2007, W. Thane Hancock, a 2003 graduate of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, pieced together what would become the world’s first reported outbreak of Zika.
Study finds Japanese Americans vulnerable to excess body fat
UH Cancer Center researchers collected data from almost 2,000 participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
