What They're Watching: Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, PhD, UH John A. Burns School of Medicine
Eli Kirshbaum | Apr 3, 2023 | Hawaii
Med-QUEST invests millions into UH at Mānoa's Health Policy Initiative
Nicole Pasia | May 3, 2022 | Hawaii
Keynote: Health care’s role in Hawaii’s economic outlook
Nicole Pasia | Jan 26, 2022 | Hawaii
Representing unique perspectives on Hawaii’s economic landscape, three executives shared their thoughts on how the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact the state’s welfare and communities at our recent 2022 Hawaii State of Reform Health Policy Conference. Ray Vara, president and CEO of Hawaii Pacific Health, John Fink, CEO of Aloha
Hawaii education system offers key link to solving the health workforce crisis
Nicole Pasia | Jan 7, 2022 | Hawaii
Hawaii’s health system continues to face dual strain from the COVID-19 pandemic and a significant workforce shortage. A recent report from the University of Hawaii (UH) John A. Burns School of Medicine found a statewide shortage of up to 1,000 physicians—a deficit the report says would be “difficult to manage”
UH-DOH contact tracing program trains nearly 450 individuals
Emily Boerger | Jul 28, 2020 | Hawaii
The University of Hawaii last week announced its COVID-19 contact tracing training program had reached a new milestone. By Friday, the University of Hawaii-Hawaii State Department of Health (UH-DOH) training program had trained nearly 450 individuals who can now be activated by the Dept. of Health to trace COVID-19 contacts
What They’re Watching: Aimee Grace, MD, University of Hawai’i System
Emily Boerger | Jun 1, 2020 | Hawaii
Aimee Grace, MD, MPH, is the Director of Health Science Policy at the University of Hawai’i System. In her role, Grace directs strategic health initiatives and federal affairs for the University of Hawai’i System and leads the UHealthy Hawai’i initiative. She joins us in this edition of “What They’re Watching”
The trends affecting economic growth in Hawaii
Michael Goldberg | Dec 26, 2019 | Hawaii
A new report from the Economic Research Organization at the University of Hawaii (UHERO), predicts that Hawaii’s economy will continue to grow in 2020 despite several challenges. The report’s lead authors, economists Carl Bonham, Byron Gangnes and Peter Fuleky found that while the global economy is mired in ongoing difficulty
Senator Hirono announces $6.5 million for state’s first cutting edge cancer research clinic
Office of Senator Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 23, 2019 | Hawaii
[Last week], Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) announced $6.5 million in federal grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support construction of a new clinical research center – the first of its kind in the state – at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center that will focus