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