Featured Alumni

UHM Featured Alumni Profiles

Therese Argoud: Program Manager, Injury Prevention & Control Section, Hawai‘i State Department of Health
MPH '85, Public Health Nutrition

Judith Clark: Executive Director, Hawai‘i Youth Services Network
MPH '77, Health Education

Merlita Compton: Director, Kōkua Kalihi Valley Elder Care Program
MPH '98, Health Services Administration and Planning

Tasha Gill: PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
MPH '14, Health Policy and Management 

Alden Henderson: 2013 Distinguished Alumni Award
MPH '82, Environmental Health

Hyun Hee Heo: Research Professor, Korea University
DrPH '14, Community-Based and Translational Research

Robert Hirokawa: CEO, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association
DrPH '08, Community-Based and Translational Research; MPH '98, Epidemiology

Eleanor Huey: Manager of Quality and Patient Safety, Queen's Medical Center
MPH '10, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Sandra Hyde: Associate Professor, McGill University
MPH '88, Health Education

Trisha Kajimura: Executive Director, Mental Health America of Hawai‘i
MPH '11, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Al Katz: Professor, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai‘i
MPH '87, Epidemiology

Kevin Kunz: Physician
MPH '81: Health Services Administration and Planning

Pam Lichty: Co-Founder, Drug Policy Forum Hawai‘i
MPH '87, Health Services Administration and Planning

Sara Mayet: Health Specialist, UNICEF
MPH '08, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Kristin Mitchell-Box: Program Evaluator, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center
DrPH '11, Community-Based and Translational Research; MPH '08, Epidemiology

Sheryl Okamura: Program Manager, HMSA
MPH '11, Health Policy and Management

Jim Phillips: Professor, Columbia University Medical Center and Mailman School of Public Health
MS '72, Population and Family Planning

Doris Segal Matsunaga: Maternal Child Health Director, Kōkua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
MPH '80, Health Education

Lisa Simpson: President and Chief Executive Officer, AcademyHealth
MPH '86, Epidemiology

Anna Stone: Director, Pathway of Hope, The Salvation Army
MPH '12, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Kimberly Takata Endo: Senior Manager of Payment Transformation, HMSA
MPH '14, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Jill Tamashiro: Public Health Educator, Tobacco Prevention and Education Program. Hawai‘i State Department of Health
MPH '10, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Sara Keala Tanaka: Director of Strategic Partnerships, HMSA
MPH '11, Health Policy and Management

Tobacco Prevention and Education Program (TPEP) at the HI State DOH

JoAnn Tsark: Core Leader, Ola HAWAII
MPH '84, Health Education

Lorenn Walker: Director, Hawai‘i Friends of Restorative Justice
MPH '96, Health Education

​Rachael Wong: Founder and Strategic Advisor, One Shared Future
MPH '97, Maternal and Child Health

Betty Wood: Manager, CDC Prevention Block Grant, Hawai‘i State Department of Health
MPH '90, Epidemiology

Seiji Yamada:  Professor and JABSOM Medical Student Education Director
MPH '96, International Health

Sakiko Yasuda: Junior Professional Officer, UNICEF
DrPH '16, Community-Based and Translational Research

Valerie Yontz: Specialist, Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawai‘i
MPH '94, Community Health Development

SPH / OPHS Alumni Profiles

Julie Beardsley: Senior Public Health Analyst. Epidemiologist
MPH '96, International Health

Harry A. Correa: Chief of Health Care (retired)
MPH '83, Health Services Administration and Planning, 

Patricia Gleason: Adjunct Professor of Dental Hygiene
MPH '79, Health Services Administration and Planning

Tsutomu Kitajima: Professor
MPH '90, International Health

Divina Telan Robillard: President/Board of Directors/Co-Founder ALS Foundation of Hawai‘i
MPH '85, International Health

Alissa Keny-Guyer: Oregon State Representative
MPH '85, Health Education

Widya Wijayanti: Urban Designer, Historic Preservation Specialist
MPH '89, Environmental Health

Angie Atkins: Health and Physical Education Teacher
MPH '11, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Brandyn Dunn: Medical Student
MPH '11, Epidemiology

Sharde Mersberg Freitas: Law Student
MPH '11, Health Policy and Management

Sage King: Research Associate
MPH '14, Social and Behavioral Health Sciences

Chad Noble-Tabiolo: Monitoring & Evaluation and Communication Officer
MPH '14, Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health

Misty Pacheco: Assistant Professor
DrPH '12, Community-Based and Translational Research

Kimiko Wilson: Women’s Health Support Services Case Manager
MPH '14, Native Hawaiian and Indigenous Health

Mālamalama Magazine Profiles

Lila R. Johnson: Cancer prevention advocate
MPH '94, Health Education

Herlyne Ramihantaniarivo: Alumna improves life in Madagascar
MPH '97, Health Services Administration and Planning

Eleanor Valentin: Superior Navy medical career
MS '79, Biostatistics
MPH '78, Health Services Administration and Planning