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Meet the American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander Enrichment Initiative Teams

Program
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Enrichment Initiative
Topic(s)
Community-Specific Health Differences
Differences in Health Outcomes

National Association of Pasifika Organizations National Association of Pasifika Organizations logo

Papa Ola Lōkahi Papa Ola Lōkahi logo

University of Hawaii University of Hawaii logo

Contact Principal Investigator: Joseph Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, Ph.D.

Community PI and MPI: Nia Aitaoto, Ph.D., and Sheri Daniels, Ed.D.

Research Team Members

National Association of Pasifika Organizations

  • Kēhaulani Vaugh, Ph.D.
  • Rosy Weir, Ph.D.
  • Melisa Laelan
  • Cecilia Sigrah

Papa Ola Lōkahi

  • Ke'alohi Worthington, M.P.H.
  • ʻAtalina Pasi
  • Fa’auliulito “To” Tuala-Tamaalelagi
  • Ka‘imipono Hanohano
  • Nakia Nae‘ole

University of Hawaii

  • Claire Ing, Dr.PH., M.P.H.
  • Anna Fan
  • Jonathan (JD) Baker, Ph.D.
  • Eunjung Lim, Ph.D., M.S.
  • Meliza Romans, M.S.

University of Alaska Fairbanks  University of Alaksa Fairbanks logo Center for Alaska Native Health Research logo

Contact Principal Investigators: Stacy Rasmus, Ph.D.

Multiple Principal Investigator: Jennifer Shaw

Community MPI: Jorene Joe 

 

Research Team Members  

  • James Allen, Ph.D.
  • Diane O’Brien, Ph.D.
  • Andrea Bersamin, Ph.D.
  • Andrew Grogan-Kaylor, Ph.D.
  • KyungSook Lee, Ph.D.
  • Maria Stejskal
  • Fiona Rowles

 

Johns Hopkins University 
Center for Indigenous Health 

Center for Indigenous Health logo

Contact Principal Investigator: Don Warne, M.D., M.P.H.

Multiple Principal Investigators: Allison Barlow, Ph.D., M.P.H., Mary Cwik, Ph.D., M.A., Courtney Claussen, B. Sc., M.P.H.

Community MPI: Maylynn Riding In 

Research Team Members

  • Melissa Walls, Ph.D.
  • Loretta Grey Cloud, B. Sc.