Health needs of Native Hawaiian men focus of UH Cancer Center project February 28, 2023 UH News Kū Ola works to support culturally-grounded services that promote the health, and well-being of Native Hawaiian men.
$4.6M anonymous gift boosts UH Center for Indigenous Innovation and Health Equity February 9, 2023 UH News The gift will fund the center’s first endowed chair and provide funding for programs and activities to advance their work.
National recognition for hoʻoponopono leader, social work faculty February 6, 2023 UH News Lynette Kahekili Kaopuiki Paglinawan wins national award for bringing hoʻoponopono to social work in Hawaiʻi.
Native Hawaiian colorectal cancer patients twice as likely to die from sepsis December 20, 2022 UH News Native Hawaiian cancer patients have a two-fold increased risk of dying from sepsis compared to other ethnicities.
Heart health education at high schools led by medical students December 6, 2022 UH News This community health program is a grassroots solution initiated by second-year medical students Anson Lee and Jonathan Hu.
In memoriam: Noa Emmett Aluli, defender of Native Hawaiians, rural health December 2, 2022 UH News Aluli was one of five Native Hawaiians who were part of the first class of graduates from the four-year pilot program at the UH medical school.
Native Hawaiian advancement award presented to psychiatry professor October 26, 2022 UH News Naleen Naupaka Andrade was one of three individuals honored with the Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce award.
Improving Indigenous populations’ medication use October 25, 2022 UH News The UH Hilo pharmacy college project aims to develop a screening tool that can be used to better address potential medication adherence barriers.
Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander health disparities focus of talk October 13, 2022 UH News The next in a series of talks on the future of food and agriculture in Hawaiʻi will highlight Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander health disparities.
Array of health threats to Native Hawaiians focus of $22.5M grant September 21, 2022 UH News Ola HAWAIʻI researchers are working to better understand the long-term impact of COVID, the role of exercise with type 2 diabetes and dietary impacts on the Native Hawaiian population.