Dementia storybook distributed to public schools, libraries statewide June 20, 2022 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes Nearly 100,000 kūpuna and others in Hawaiʻi are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia.
Hawai‘i keiki health, safety data dashboard launched June 9, 2022 UH News Reading time: 2 minutes The dashboard provides statewide and county-level data on 19 metrics and allows users to track changes over time.
Improving Native Hawaiian elders’ access to healthcare, longevity June 6, 2022 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes The research underlined the appreciation kūpuna felt for providers who took the time to get to know them and respected Hawaiian cultural practices.
Pursuing health equity through a women, gender issues lens May 26, 2022 UH News Reading time: 4 minutes A WGSS student and two alumni explain why seeking a double major in WGSS made sense to them in pursuit of health care careers.
Hawaiʻi’s COVID-19 models, responses, lessons learned May 25, 2022 UH News Reading time: 4 minutes This is one of the first comprehensive pandemic response studies for the state.
Student speaker developed love for higher ed from Kapiʻolani CC, UH Mānoa May 10, 2022 UH News Reading time: 2 minutes Tiare Sabellano-Tsutsui will be the student speaker at UH Mānoa’s 2022 commencement ceremony on Friday, May 13.
Search begins for Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health dean May 4, 2022 UH News Reading time: 2 minutes A search advisory committee reporting to Provost Michael Bruno has been established to start the search process.
Improving public health with hula is a focus of UH research April 19, 2022 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes This is the first time the prevalence and popularity of Hawaiʻi’s iconic dance has been scientifically substantiated.
TAs can help open doors for students in life sciences April 5, 2022 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes Priority will be given to students who apply by April 29.
$100K boost to develop, diversify public health workforce March 29, 2022 UH News Reading time: 3 minutes The new workforce development contract will support the creation of opportunities for students from diverse backgrounds.