{"id":163872,"date":"2022-08-23T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T00:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=163872"},"modified":"2022-08-23T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T00:20:19","slug":"hipam-kauai-council-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/08\/23\/hipam-kauai-council-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaua\u02bbi Council honors <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> for pandemic guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_163880\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-163880\" style=\"width: 671px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-HiPAM-team.jpg\" alt=\"group photo\" width=\"671\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-163880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-HiPAM-team.jpg 671w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-HiPAM-team-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/manoa-HiPAM-team-130x74.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-163880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <abbr title=\"hawaii pandemic applied modeling work group\">HiPAM<\/abbr> team with Major General Kenneth Hara and Brigadier General Stephen Logan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipam.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Pandemic Applied Modeling Work Group<\/a> (<abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr>) was recognized by the <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> County Council for their &ldquo;outstanding contributions to <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> and to the State of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> in addressing the formidable challenges poised by the COVID-19 pandemic.&rdquo; <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> members included University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> researchers and community professionals in epidemiology, data science, healthcare and others who adapted tools that inform decision making and planning to help improve lives and public health in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kaua\u02bbi-Council-Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Kauai council certificate\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-163882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kaua\u02bbi-Council-Certificate.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kaua\u02bbi-Council-Certificate-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Kaua\u02bbi-Council-Certificate-93x130.jpg 93w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The certificate of honor stated, &ldquo;The <span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> County Council extends its sincere appreciation to <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> and its many volunteers who tirelessly work to provide much needed information specific to Hawai\u02bbi for the health and safety of our community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?s=hipam\">Read more <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories on <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr>.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> members worked in a voluntary capacity using professional expertise to best help to minimize the disruptions and maximize the health and economic benefits of pending policy decisions. They developed models that assisted decision makers in understanding how different variables and indicators could potentially impact the spread of COVID-19 in a specific region of the state. The purpose of a model was to see how the variables might result in various outcomes based on certain policy frameworks. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> members are grateful and honored for the council&#8217;s recognition of the value and importance of <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr>. Our goal has always been to provide the most accurate information to the public and policymakers to make the best possible decisions,&rdquo; said <strong>Victoria Fan<\/strong>, founder and chair of <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr>, who has served as an associate professor of health policy in the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Social Sciences\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/ssri.manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">Social Science Research Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monique Chyba<\/strong>, <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> mathematician and professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/math.hawaii.edu\/wordpress\/\">mathematics<\/a> in the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Natural Sciences, added, &ldquo;<abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> demonstrated the best of how university partnerships can be relevant to the real world and innovative during a time of crisis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although <abbr>HIPAM<\/abbr>\u2019s models are meant to serve as one of many tools for decision makers, its models have been useful to Hawai\u02bbi because they captured local cluster data, risk of infection from incoming travelers, and demographic make-up, all of which are specific to the islands.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa College of Social Sciences\u2019 Dean <strong>Denise Konan<\/strong> said, &ldquo;The university is an amazing resource that, when harnessed skillfully, can provide and communicate valuable information in the service of the whole community.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> closed in June 2022. <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> was supported by several sources including the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Data Collaborative, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost\u2019s Office, National Science Foundation, <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Health and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Defense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hipam.org\/\">For more, go to <abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr>\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>HiPAM<\/abbr> models assisted decision makers in understanding how different variables and indicators can potentially impact the spread of COVID-19 in a specific region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[308,301,1411,1416,598,1467,1363,911,916,9],"class_list":["post-163872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-college-of-natural-sciences","tag-college-of-social-sciences","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-manoa-excellence-in-research","tag-manoa-research","tag-program-recognition","tag-social-science-research-institute","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163872"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163972,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163872\/revisions\/163972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}