The Team
Amplifying Pacific Islander & Allied Voices
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
PI - Resident Physician Stanford Medicine
Medical Postdoctoral Fellow
Stanford Cancer Institute Fellow
President Obama Foundation USA Leader
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Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS3
University of Minnesota
Clinical Trial Inclusion
Keʻala Akau, MPH
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Postgraduate Associate
Yale School of Medicine
Social Determinants of Health
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
UCSF
Mental Health & Substance Use
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS3
Harvard Medical School
Climate Health & Sustainability
Indigenous Fijian and Tongan
(She/Her/Hers)
Undergraduate Student
Foot Hill College/UC Berkeley
Social Determinants of Health
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Clinical Psychology
PhD Candidate / F31 NSRA Fellow
University of Rhode Island
Substance Use and Suicide
Yapese
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS3
Harvard Medical School
Clinical Trial Inclusion
Bolivian
(He/Him/His)
Public Health Student
Research Specialist, Department of Emergency Medicine-Resuscitation Science
University of Pittsburgh
Behavioral and Community Health Sciences-Health Equity, Global Health
Gisele Halualani
Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Undergraduate
UC Berkeley
Social Determinants of Health
Chamorro
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS3
University of California, Irvine
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Native Hawaiian
(He/Him/His)
Harvard University, BA
Post-Baccalaureate
Adolescent & Young Adults
Chinese and Filipino
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS2
Chicago Medical School (Rosalind Franklin University)
Cancer and Health Disparities
Fijian & Indofijian
(He/Him/His)
PGY-4 Resident in Radiation Oncology
MPH Student, Global Health & Policy
University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University
Global Health, Cancer Disparities, Patient Education
Filipino and Japanese
(He/Him/His)
PhD Student in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Yale School of Public Health
Health Equity, Intersectionality, Structural Violence
Paul Tominez, BS
Filipino (Guam)
(He/Him/His)
Medical Student MS4
UCSF
Cancer Treatment Decisions
Chinese (Guam)
(She/Her/Hers)
Pharmacy Resident
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Health Disparities and Pharmacology
Chinese (Guam)
(She/Her/Hers)
Medical Student MS4
Harvard Medical School
Health Disparities and Medical Education
Key Collaborators
Chamorro, Native Hawaiian
(She/Her/Hers)
Assistant Professor
UNLV
Environmental Epidemiology
Chinese
(She/Her/Hers)
Staff Scientist
Cancer Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Health Disparities
Vietnamese
Assistant Clinical Investigator
(She/Her/Hers)
NCI, NIH
Cancer health disparities, cancer survivorship
