{"id":28261,"date":"2014-10-10T13:29:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T23:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=28261"},"modified":"2021-10-25T11:32:38","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T21:32:38","slug":"lifespan-differences-of-hawaii-residents-examined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/10\/lifespan-differences-of-hawaii-residents-examined\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifespan differences of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents examined"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Leroy Piiohia, study participant, with his graddaughter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s multidisciplinary research into why some of the state’s residents live the longest while others struggle to get beyond their fifties will continue under grant principal investigators Jerris Hedges<\/strong>, dean of the John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> and Noreen Mokuau<\/strong>, dean of the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The $15.4 million, five-year renewal comes on the heels of a successful foundation laid in the first four years of the RCMI<\/abbr> Multidisciplinary and Translational Research Infrastructure Expansion<\/a> (RMATRIX<\/abbr>) grant, a centerpiece of how investigators across UH<\/abbr> Mānoa are focusing health research on an essential theme: How to make the lives of people in the state’s multi-ethnic population better.<\/p>\n

Echoing one research goal, Kathryn Braun<\/strong>, director of the community-based research core of the project, asks, “What programs and treatments are needed to improve the health of all of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s people?”<\/p>\n

“RMATRIX<\/abbr>–II<\/abbr> continues hoʻokahua<\/span> (to lay a foundation) for leading-edge research that promotes a healthier Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>,” said Mokuau.<\/p>\n

—A John A. Burns School of Medicine story<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

—By Tina Shelton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Multidisciplinary research into varying lifespans of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> residents will continue at UH<\/abbr> Mānoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[165,31,244,596],"class_list":["post-28261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-health","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-social-work","tag-myron-b-thompson-school-of-social-work","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t