Students led effort to implement tobacco-free UH campuses
Lisa Kehl, a former Office of Public Health Studies graduate student and current prevention specialist for University Health Services Mānoa, was instrumental in changing state law.
UH grad tackles suicide awareness in new book
Office of Public Health Studies graduate Madisyn Uekawa wrote a young-adult novella for her senior honors thesis with the hope of saving lives.
Managing big data in the health sector researchers awarded $215,000 grant
An interdisciplinary research team from UH Mānoa has been awarded a $215K National Science Foundation grant to study organizational forms of data governance in the big data era.
Women need better understanding of important childbirth terms, UH study shows
Team from Office of Public Health Studies says physicians should actively confirm patient understanding.
Food and family key to Filipino heart health
To lower the high rate of heart disease among Filipino-Americans, the community needs heart health interventions rooted in Filipino cultural values.
Parent education key to protecting kids from HPV
Many teens in Hawaiʻi are not getting vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, primarily because parents don’t know enough about the vaccine, and doctors aren’t recommending the shots.
In memoriam: UH public health leader Jerrold Michael
The former dean of the School of Public Health worked at the Mānoa campus for 25 years, beginning in 1971.
Key to fighting opioid deaths: Increase health insurance coverage for addiction treatment
New national opioid addiction policy recommendations were co-authored by Professor Claudio Nigg in the UH Office of Public Health Studies.
Healthy at 50: UH office celebrates more than five decades of improving public health
The Office of Public Health Services, a unit within the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work, celebrates National Public Health Week and the contributions of its students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters.
Study provides insight into making a mobile app to encourage routine HIV testing
Researchers asked potential users what features they look for in apps, and what aspects of an app would make them likely to use it.
