Helping Waimānalo families use aquaponics, improve health
Three researchers have won a national fellowship and will receive $350,000 funding over three years.
UH Hilo to research high rate of HIV/AIDS in Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders
Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are in the top three ethnicities with the highest rates of HIV diagnoses in the country.
Marjorie Mau honored with Creighton University alumni award
Mau, one of only three women to receive the alumni merit award in the school’s history, was also asked to deliver a keynote lecture addressing health disparities.
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.
Researchers find potential signature of cognitive function in people living with HIV
UH researchers identify a unique footprint in specific types of immune cells from blood that can identify individuals with HIV that have impairments in cognitive function.
Aspiring medical students present summer internship projects
JABSOM and Queen’s Medical Center collaborate to recruit student researchers into graduate studies, careers.
Marjorie Mau first Native Hawaiian woman ranked master physician
UH Professor Marjorie Mau has become the first Native Hawaiian woman to be recognized with the title of master physician by the American College of Physicians.
ʻOhana establishes scholarship for aspiring UH West Oʻahu nurses
$10,000 will help fund scholarship for UH West Oʻahu pre-nursing students studying culturally competent ways to work with Native Hawaiian communities.
Native Hawaiian health programs receive $3M Queen’s Health Systems investment
Queen’s Health Systems invests nearly $3 million for education and community programs to improve Native Hawaiian health.
School of Social Work’s resource center honored for national excellence
Hā Kūpuna at UH Mānoa’s School of Social Work honored with Award for Excellence in Multicultural Aging.
