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Barriers to tenure for Indigenous scholars focus of UH study
Research conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is unearthing the unique challenges that Indigenous faculty face in earning tenure, academia’s “golden ticket.”

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Giving birth during adolescence linked to mobility disability
Giving birth as an adolescent correlates to mobility disability as a young adult, according to a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study of women from 14 countries.

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Public Health Program Reaccredited for Seven-Year Term
We are pleased to announce that our Public Health Program has been reaccredited by CEPH for a seven-year term, extending to December 31, 2030.

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Welcome new Native Hawaiian & Indigenous health faculty
The University of Hawaii at Manoa's Office of Public Health Studies is proud to welcome Dr. Samantha Keaulana-Scott to its esteemed faculty.

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Antonio 1st appointed to Native Hawaiian culture endowed professorship
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Associate Professor Mapuana Antonio of the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health is the first faculty to be formally appointed the Queen Liliʻuokalani Distinguished Professorship in Native Hawaiian Culture.

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Back pain sufferers expected to increase by 36%, linked to depression
Back pain is a common problem that impacts more than 619 million people globally and remains the leading cause of disability worldwide. In the next three decades, that number is expected to jump to 840 million people.

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Welcome new epidemiology faculty
The Office of Public Health Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Vanessa Cunanan as a new faculty member. Dr.
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Adolescent fertility trends and surveillance gaps in Latin America
Dr. Catherine Pirkle, in collaboration with Dr.
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Public health student research highlighted by national honor society
Tarin Tanji, a master’s student and Saikaew Dudla, a PhD student, in the Office of Public Health Studies(OPHS) at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, were selected to present their research posters at the recent American Public Health Association&nbsp
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CEPH Accreditation: We are now soliciting comments
The Office of Public Health Studies (OPHS) is accredited as a public health program by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH), an independent agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to accredit schools and programs of public health.
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UH Research Team Launches Oceans and Human Health Initiative to Spotlight Under-Researched Connections to the Pacific
The Oceans and Human Health (OHH) Initiative starts with an Indigenous perspective to understand Hawaiʻi island inhabitants’ relationships with the ocean and its effects on human health.

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Historical trauma impact on Native Hawaiian Youth Focus of Study
The traumatic effects of colonization, particularly the forced disconnection from Hawaiʻi’s abundant ʻāina, which has led to complex, interconnected, health disparities seen today in Native Hawaiian communities and especially in the ʻōpio(youth), is the focus of new research
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Barriers to tenure for Indigenous scholars focus of UH study

Giving birth during adolescence linked to mobility disability

Public Health Program Reaccredited for Seven-Year Term

Welcome new Native Hawaiian & Indigenous health faculty

Antonio 1st appointed to Native Hawaiian culture endowed professorship

Back pain sufferers expected to increase by 36%, linked to depression

Welcome new epidemiology faculty

Adolescent fertility trends and surveillance gaps in Latin America

Public health student research highlighted by national honor society

CEPH Accreditation: We are now soliciting comments

UH Research Team Launches Oceans and Human Health Initiative to Spotlight Under-Researched Connections to the Pacific

Historical trauma impact on Native Hawaiian Youth Focus of Study

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