The University of Hawaiʻi’s multidisciplinary research into why some of the state’s residents live the longest while others struggle to get beyond their fifties will continue under grant principal investigators Jerris Hedges, dean of the and Noreen Mokuau, dean of the .
The $15.4 million, five-year renewal comes on the heels of a successful foundation laid in the first four years of the (RMATRIX) grant, a centerpiece of how investigators across 糖心Vlog官方 Mānoa are focusing health research on an essential theme: How to make the lives of people in the state’s multi-ethnic population better.
Echoing one research goal, Kathryn Braun, director of the community-based research core of the project, asks, “What programs and treatments are needed to improve the health of all of Hawaiʻi’s people?”
“RMATRIX–II continues hoʻokahua (to lay a foundation) for leading-edge research that promotes a healthier Hawaiʻi,” said Mokuau.
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—By Tina Shelton