First national Medicare counseling certification
The new course used an innovative curriculum with a variety of modalities to familiarize students with Medicare.
Physical activity to benefit people with genetic risk of obesity
Researchers used data from participants across the U.S. and found interactions drive a person¡¯s body mass index further up or down.
Healthy Hawai?i Initiative celebrates 20 years of lifting communities
Healthy Â鶹´«Ã½ Initiative was created in 2000 as a statewide effort to promote health-supporting environments through systems and policy change.
Public health professor makes mental health of UH community priority
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda is providing mental health resources to help keep the UH Mānoa campus community safe.
UH helps distribute PPE donations to behavioral health, homelessness providers
More than 13,000 surgical masks, among other items, have been donated to “resilience hubs,” on Oʻahu.
Public health students turn Medical Reserve Corps members
Students had the opportunity to volunteer with °¿ʻ²¹³ó³Ü¡¯²õ Medical Reserve Corps to complete their spring semester.
Resilience in Native Hawaiians may lead to better health
Researchers found that participants who scored higher on resilience also reported higher levels of general health.
Public health professor forecasts COVID-19 impacts for Hawai?i
Thomas Lee analyzes reams of data and gives state policy makers a picture of what the coming months may hold.
Public health student research event presented virtually
Students presented posters of literature reviews, and others shared research findings or policy analyses based on service-learning experiences.
Strong relationships promote physical activity in older adults
Researchers found that individual and interpersonal factors had the greatest association with older adults being physically active.