The 2025 Hawaii-ASM (HI-ASM) Spring Meeting was held on Saturday, May 3, 2025 at the Marine Science Building, UH Manoa. The keynote speaker was Dr. Michael Norris, Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Leader of the Pathogen Analysis and Translational Health Group in the School of Life Sciences, UH Manoa. Dr. Morris, whose research examines the ecologic, immunologic and pathogenic mechanisms of infectious diseases, presented a lecture on “Genome-wide characterization of host-pathogen interactions”. The meeting was attended by 70 students, faculty, and scientists and featured oral and poster presentations by undergraduate and graduate students from UH Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture & Human Resources (CTAHR), UH Manoa John A Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), UH Manoa School of Life Sciences (SOLS), UH Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy (DKICP), and UH Maui College.
Awards were presented by HI-ASM President Rosie Alegado for the best poster and oral presentations in several student categories:
Oral Sessions
PhD Category
• 1st Thomas Ken Awamura, UH Manoa, JABSOM
• 2nd Jerrisa Ching Choe, UH Manoa, JABSOM
• 3rd Jonatan Josue Fierro Nieves, UH Manoa, JABSOM
Masters Category
• 1st Jaymie Bilog-Mina, UH Manoa, JABSOM
Undergraduate Category
• Chloe Houy, UH Manoa, SOLS
Poster Sessions
PhD Category
• 1st Kyle Rafael Marcelino, UH Manoa, CTAHR
• 2nd LeTanya R. Thinn, UH Hilo, DKICP
Masters Category
• Shreeja Lopchan Lama, UH Manoa, CTAHR
Undergraduate Category
• 1st Mary-Magdalene Kim, UH Manoa, JABSOM
• 2nd Nadia Apo Takayama, UH Maui College
Travel Awards
• 1st Yu-Ching Dai, UH Manoa, JABSOM
• 2nd Ty Shitanaka, UH Manoa, CTAHR
• 3rd Troy Odo, UH Manoa, JABSOM
COL Donald Person Award for Excellence
• Yu-Ching Dai, UH Manoa, JABSOM