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Amplifying Pacific Islander & Allied Voices
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
PI, Physician-Scientist
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Department of Health Policy and Management
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Department of Radiation Oncology
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
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Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS1
UCSD
Health Equity, Community Partnered Science
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS4
University of Minnesota
Clinical Trial Inclusion
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
UCSF
Mental Health & Substance Use
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS3
Harvard Medical School
Climate Health & Sustainability
Indigenous Fijian and Tongan
(She/Her/Hers)
Undergraduate Student
Foot Hill College/UC Berkeley
Social Determinants of Health
Filipino
(He/Him/His)
Undergraduate Student
University of Pennsylvania
AANHPI Data Equity, Health Data Science
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS2
Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV
Clinical Research
(She/Her/Hers)
Master of Science Student
Harvard University
Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Bioethics
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Clinical Psychology
PhD Candidate / F31 NSRA Fellow
University of Rhode Island
Substance Use and Suicide
Adrian Fontao, BA
Filipino (Guam)
(He/Him/His)
University of California, Berkeley
Survey Data
Yapese
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Trial Inclusion
Bolivian
(He/Him/His)
Public Health Student
Research Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine-Resuscitation Science
University of Pittsburgh
Behavioral and Community Health Sciences-Health Equity, Global Health
Gisele Halualani
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Undergraduate
UC Berkeley
Social Determinants of Health
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS3
University of California, Irvine
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS1
University of Hawai'i
Adolescent & Young Adults
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student
Icahn School of Medicine
Gynecologic Cancers
Chinese and Filipino
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University)
Cancer and Health Disparities
George Kenji Ikaika Nakahara, BS
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS2
University of California San Francisco
Urgent Care and Survey Methods
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Healthcare Disparities
Tongan/Peruvian
(She/Her/Hers)
Research Assistant
Stanford University
Diet-Related Chronic Disease Prevention, Health Disparities, Clinical Trial Inclusion
Native Hawaiian, Japanese, Filipino
(She/Her/Hers)
3rd Year PhD Candidate, Jenkins-Lord Lab
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Molecular drivers of cancer disparities
Fijian & Indofijian
(He/Him/His)
PGY-5 Resident in Radiation Oncology
MPH, Global Health & Policy
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
Global Health, Cancer Disparities, Patient Education
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Resident
Washington State University College of Medicine
Cancer Health Disparities
Tieri Rigamoto
Rotuman
(She/Her/Hers)
Undergraduate
Harvard University
Neuroscience and Health Policy
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS1
Keck School of Medicine of USC.
Santa Clara University
Clinical Trial Inclusion
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS2
The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Health Disparities, Medical Education, Clinical Trial Inclusion, PROMs
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS2
University of Washington School of Medicine
Culturally Responsive Medicine
Filipino and Japanese
(He/Him/His)
PhD Student in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Yale School of Public Health
Health Equity, Intersectionality, Structural Violence
Paul Tominez, MD
Filipino (Guam)
(He/Him/His)
Resident
Tripler Army Medical Center
Cancer Treatment Decisions
Jason Uilelea, BS
Sāmoan
(He/Him/His)
Undergraduate
Brown University
Adolescent & Young Adults
Chinese (Guam)
(She/Her/Hers)
Pharmacy Resident
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Health Disparities and Pharmacology
Chinese (Guam)
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS4
Harvard Medical School
Health Disparities and Medical Education
Key Collaborators
Chamorro, Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
UNLV
Environmental Epidemiology
Chinese
(She/Her/Hers)
Staff Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Health Disparities
Vietnamese
Assistant Clinical Investigator
(She/Her/Hers)
NCI, NIH
Cancer health disparities, cancer survivorship
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