2021 Trainees

TRAINEEMAJORTRAINING SITEUH MENTOR/FOREIGN MENTORRESEARCH TOPIC
Angela Rose DavidBiology, Minor Spanish, Public HealthUniversity of California- Los AngelesAngela Sy, PhD; Gilbert Gee, PhDExamining Differences in Pre-Migration Food Consumption Behaviors Between Filipino Non-Migrants and Migrants to the United States
Sabrina Hardisty Molecular Biosciences, BiotechnologyJohn A Burns School of MedicineLauren Ching, BS; Alanna Tseng, PhD; Sandra Chang, PhD; Vivek Nerurkar, DMLT, MSc, PhDInvestigating the role autoantibodies play among Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders in increased severity of COVID-19
Deshaynee IseriForensic Science, Minor ChemistryJohn A Burns School of MedicineKeawe Kaholokula, PhD and Andrea Hermosura, PhDReducing the risk of Alzheimer's Disease and other related dementias in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders through a hula-based intervention
Kelley QuachPublic HealthJohn A Burns School of MedicineKapuaola Gellert, PhDSleep Interventions During Postpartum in Women with a History of Gestational Diabetes: A Scoping Review Protocol
Nicolas RegaspiMicrobiology, EnglishJohn A Burns School of MedicineSaguna Verma, PhDEffects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Human Testicular Cells
Christine RiveraPublic HealthJohn A Burns School of MedicineCecilia Shikuma, MD; Boonyanudh Jiayrom, MSCharacteristics of Post-Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Syndrome in a Hawaii Cohort
Ian Alvarado VelezMicrobiologyUniversity of Puerto Rico Medical CampusJosefina Romanguera, MD, MPH; Filipa Godoy-Vitorino, PhDCharacterization of the cervicovaginal microbiota and HPV infection persistance in pregnant and non-pregnant Hispanic women living in Puerto Rico
Joanne YeungBiology, Public HealthJohn A Burns School of MedicineLauren Ching, BS; Alanna Tseng, PhD; Vivek Nerurkar, DMLT, MSc, PhDAntibody Response to SARS-CoV-2 and Common Cold Coronaviruses Spike and Nucleocapsid Proteins in Sub-Saharan Africa
Logan Dean (G)Athletic TrainingJohn A Burns School of MedicineCecilia Shikuma, MD; Juwon Park, PhDFlow Cytometry Analysis of Circulating Fibrocytes in People Living with HIV
Jonathan Low (G)Biochemistry, Biomedical Sciences, Business Analytics/Data ScienceCollege of Charleston, SCJoseph Keawe'aimoku Kaholokula, PhD; Sarah Maness, PhD, MPH, CPHSocial Determinants of Access to Healthcare Services in the Tri-County Charleston Metropolitan Area, South Carolina, by Race and Ethnicity
Thomas Salek (G)BiologyJohn A Burns School of MedicineAlan Katz, MD, MPHThe Sharing of Needles and/or Drug Injection Preparatory Equipment Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Systematic Review, United States, 1988-2019 (Preliminary Report)
Caitlin Williams (G)Tropical MedicineJohn A Burns School of MedicineAxel Lehrer, Dr. rer. nat.SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Elicited IgG in Human Milk

Note: (G) are graduate students

MHRT 2021 graduates post-8th Annual E Ho’oulu Haumana Seminar