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

@KekoaMDPhD

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Kai Akimoto Taparra Lab

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

Nikki Apana Taparra Lab

Native Hawaiian

(She/Her/Hers)

Medical Student MS3

UCSF

Mental Health & Substance Use

Ryan Benavente Taparra Lab

Chamorro

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS3

Harvard Medical School

Climate Health & Sustainability

Henrietta Cakobau Taparra Lab

Indigenous Fijian and Tongan

(She/Her/Hers)

Undergraduate Student

Foot Hill College/UC Berkeley

Social Determinants of Health

Alana Egan Taparra Lab

Native Hawaiian

(She/Her/Hers)

Clinical Psychology

PhD Candidate / F31 NSRA Fellow

University of Rhode Island

Substance Use and Suicide

Megan Gimmen Taparra Lab

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 Taparra Lab

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

Kāʻeo Kekumano Taparra Lab

Native Hawaiian

(He/Him/His)

Harvard University, BA

Post-Baccalaureate

Adolescent & Young Adults

Kawehi Keli'i Taparra Lab

Native Hawaiian

(She/Her/Hers)

Undergraduate

Brown University

Gynecologic Cancers

Brianna Lau Taparra Lab

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

@RohanPatelMD

Eric Pineda Taparra Lab

Chamorro

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS4

Tulane University

Cancer Health Disparities

Luke Roberto Taparra Lab

Chamorro

(He/Him/His)

Pre-Med

Santa Clara University

Clinical Trial Inclusion

Taiwanese

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS3

UCSF

Clinical Trial Inclusion

Native Hawaiian

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS2

JABSOM

Heme Onc/BMT

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 Taparra Lab

Paul Tominez, BS

Filipino (Guam)

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS4

UCSF

Cancer Treatment Decisions

Jason Uilelea Taparra Lab

Sāmoan

(He/Him/His)

Undergraduate

Brown University

Adolescent & Young Adults

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

Indo-Fijian

(She/Her/Hers)

Resident Physician

Mass General Hospital

Dermatology

Chamorro, Native Hawaiian 

(She/Her/Hers)

Assistant Professor

UNLV

Environmental Epidemiology

Taiwanese

(She/Her/Hers)

Resident Physician

Stanford

Otorhinolaryngology

Chinese

(She/Her/Hers)

Staff Scientist

Cancer Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Health Disparities

Jacqueline Vo Taparra Lab

Vietnamese

Assistant Clinical Investigator

(She/Her/Hers)

NCI, NIH

Cancer health disparities, cancer survivorship

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