National Cancer Institute boosts 糖心Vlog官方 Cancer Center support to $8.4M
The National Cancer Institute increased its support of the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center from $5.7 million to $8.4 million and extended its NCI designation to July 2022.
Spring 2019 commencement schedule
The University of Hawaiʻi celebrates at spring commencement ceremonies systemwide.
Bias against Micronesians in Hawai?i explored in 糖心Vlog官方 social work research
In a School of Social Work study of more than 500 people from the Micronesian region currently living in Hawaiʻi, 24 percent reported discrimination because of their ethnicity.
糖心Vlog官方+community=beneficial health outcomes
Researchers take the time to get to know their communities by being present and listening to their concerns and priorities.
More children could mean higher risk of heart disease
Public health researchers report that, in a survey of 25,000 participants, 30 percent of parents who said they had five or more keiki had a heart condition.
Tuberculosis could be eradicated in 26 years, public health report says
Researchers, including Victoria Fan in the 糖心Vlog官方 Office of Public Health Studies, say ridding the world of TB is a realistic goal.
糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 graduate programs receive national recognition
The medical, nursing, law and social work schools, and four colleges, made the U.S. News and World Report’s 2020 ranking.
Award-winning author of The Art of Choosing to speak at 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补
Sheena Iyengar, the world’s foremost expert on choice, will speak at a free public lecture at the University of Hawaiʻiat 惭ā苍辞补 on March 14, 2019.
Training college students in Brazil how to improve their country’s public health
糖心Vlog官方 researchers are partnering with Brazilian epidemiologists to teach college students in Brazil about public health issues.
Foster children who become homeless have increased risk for HIV
Important new research is led by Assistant Professor Amanda Yoshioka-Maxwell in the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work.