About Us
Cecilia Shikuma, MD
Director, Hawaii Center for AIDS
Edwin C. Cadman Endowed Chair
Professor, Dept. of Medicine
Bruce Shiramizu, MD
Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology, Pharmacology, Dept. of Pediatrics
Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology & Pharmacology
Director, Laboratory of Molecular Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Dominic Chow, MD, PhD, MPH
Director of the Clint Spencer Clinic
Professor, Dept. of Medicine
Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Beau Nakamoto, MD, PhD, MSc, MBA
Investigator, Dept. of Medicine
Scott Souza, PharmD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine
Kalpana Kallianpur, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
Iris Kimura, PhD, ATC, PT
Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
Iain MacPherson, PhD
Asst. Professor, Dept. of Tropical Medicine, Medical Microbiology and Pharmacology
Investigator, Hawaii Center for AIDS
News
International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science 2019
The Hawaii Center for AIDS presented research works at the 10th International AIDS Society Conference in HIV Science held in Mexico City in July 2019. Dr. Lishomwa Ndhlovu co-chaired a session at the HIV/Hepatitis B Cure symposium. He also presented a…
2019 Honolulu AIDS Walk
The Hawaii Center for AIDS joined the community at the 28th Annual Honolulu AIDS Walk held at Kapiolani Park on June 30, 2019.
Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)
Treatment as Prevention There is still no existing cure for HIV. With advances in HIV research, medications called ‘antiretrovirals’ keep the virus in check and can make the virus ‘undetectable’ in the blood. According to the Centers for Disease Control…
The 2019 Hawai’i to Zero HIV Conference
The 4th Hawaii to Zero HIV Prevention & Cure Conference was held at the Ala Moana Hotel in January 10, 2019. The Hawaii to Zero is an initiative of the Hawaii Center for AIDS with the vision of “Zero new…
Dr. Cecilia Shikuma receives the Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award
Dr. Cecilia Shikuma was named this year’s recipient of the Suzanne Richmond-Crum Award. The Harm Reduction Services Branch of the Hawai’i Department of Health confers the award annually to an individual in Hawaii “for outstanding contribution in providing HIV/AIDS services.”…
Expanding research collaborations with the Philippines
Dr. Cecilia Shikuma and Dr. Louie Mar Gangcuangco recently visited the Philippines in November 2018 as invited speakers of the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID) and the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT). Dr. Shikuma’s plenary…