{"id":45831,"date":"2016-05-10T14:09:42","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T00:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=45831"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:48:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T01:48:49","slug":"marjorie-mau-first-native-hawaiian-woman-ranked-master-physician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/10\/marjorie-mau-first-native-hawaiian-woman-ranked-master-physician\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Mau first Native Hawaiian woman ranked master physician"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Marjorie Mau<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Marjorie Mau at the American College of Physicians Mastership Convocation ceremony in Washington, D.C.<\/abbr><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Marjorie Mau<\/strong><\/a>, a University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Native Hawaiian health professor, has become the first Native Hawaiian woman to be recognized with the title of “master” physician by the American College of Physicians<\/a>. She was welcomed into the ranks of mastership in a convocation ceremony at the American College of Physicians’ annual meeting for internal medicine May 5–7, 2016 in Washington, D.C.<\/abbr><\/p>\n

In addition to treating patients on Molokaʻi<\/span> and at the Lau Ola Clinic in Honolulu, operated by University Health Partners of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a>, Mau is a prolific scientist who has conducted groundbreaking research in metabolic disorders among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders. She is one of the top-funded researchers at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a>, having brought more than $20.9 million in external funds to the medical school, helping to fuel Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>’s biomedical research economy. <\/p>\n

A busy mother of twin toddlers, Mau received her mastership recognition a year late. She was selected into the 2014–2015 class<\/a> but was pregnant at the time and couldn’t travel.<\/p>\n

More about Marjorie Mau<\/h2>\n

Mau is a graduate of Kalani High School and Creighton University, where she earned her undergraduate and medical degrees. She also holds a master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. <\/p>\n

She is principal investigator and director of the Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research<\/a> and holds the Myron P. Thompson Endowed Chair for Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> medical school. She was the first Native Hawaiian female endocrinologist, and founding chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health<\/a> at JABSOM<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

In 2010, The National Institutes of Health<\/a> featured Mau and seven other U.S.<\/abbr> researchers as worthy mentors for young scientists through the BioMedical Faces of Science program.<\/p>\n

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

UH<\/abbr> Professor Marjorie Mau has become the first Native Hawaiian woman to be recognized with the title of master physician by the American College of Physicians. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":45835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[598,165,31,242,9],"class_list":["post-45831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-health","tag-john-a-burns-school-of-medicine","tag-native-hawaiian-health","tag-uh-manoa","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\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t