Research Contracts

Current Projects:

(Co-I) Hawai’i Public Health Workforce Catalyst Lab / CDC 2103 Workforce Development Team (2023 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. Increase public health workforce capacity through opportunities for high school students in the Community Health Scholars Program, applied learning opportunities for students, development of new curriculum, and bringing together stakeholders to help strengthen the public health workforce in Hawai’i.

(PI) Public Health in Practice (2023 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. Support a public health postdoctoral fellow who acts as a critical liaison between DOH and OPHS, and conducts studies and evaluations at the intersection of public health practice and academic scholarship and training, using a social ecological perspective and applying a health equity lens in the Hawai’i Pacific context.

(PI) DOE School Nursing Needs Assessment (2022 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Education. Conduct a needs assessment to inform processes and protocols related to school nursing and health services in Hawai’i.

(PI) CDC OT21-2103 HHDW Covid-19 Reporting Enhancements (2021 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. Enhance dissemination, access, and use of quality COVID-19 data through the HHDW.

(PI) CDC DP20-2001 National and State Tobacco Control Program (2020 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. Provide evaluation support to Hawai’i DOH’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Section (TPCS) who has a 5-year CDC Cooperative Agreement to address tobacco burden and health disparities.

(Co-I) Hawaii Health Data Warehouse (Co-I from 2022 to present; PI from 2015 to 2022). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. HHDW was created to standardize the collection and management of public health data for the State of Hawai’i, to monitor progress towards Healthy People Goals, and to make data readily available to researchers, policy makers, and the public. www.HHDW.org and www.HawaiiHealthMatters.org

(Project Director) Healthy Hawai’i Evaluation Team (2010 to present). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health. Role: Develop evaluation research projects for the Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Division, who uses a social-ecological approach to increase physical activity, improve nutrition, reduce tobacco use, and promote chronic disease prevention. Focuses primarily on school health, tobacco, and youth-related evaluation projects. https://manoa.hawaii.edu/healthyhawaiievaluation/

Past Projects:

(PI) Safe Routes to School on Kauai (2015 to 2016). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Transportation.

(PI) Environmental & Policy Change to Promote Physical Activity and Nutrition on Maui and Kauai (2015 to 2016). Funded by the Hawai’i Department of Health.

(PI) Six federal and state funded alcohol and tobacco contracts (2012-2013). Funded by the Hawaii Department of Health, US Food and Drug Administration, Honolulu Liquor Commission, and Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawai’i. Role: Responsible for overseeing alcohol and tobacco projects focusing on prevention, education, compliance and advocacy. The research teams conducted random, unannounced inspections and compliance checks to help enforce and reduce tobacco and alcohol sales to minors.

(Project Manager) Biosen Research Team (2007-2009).  PIs Dr. Trish Jordan and Dr. Leigh Jerome. Funded by Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center. Role: Collected physiological data using biosensors in a controlled laboratory setting to identify patterns of physiological arousal associated with tobacco craving.