Director
May Okihiro, MD, MS
Associate Professor
Deparment of Pediatrics
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Co-Director
Alika Maunakea, PhD
Professor/Researcher
Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Co-Director
Rachel Novotny, PhD, RDN
Professor/Researcher
Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences
College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Community Engagement and Outreach Core aims:
- Serve as the bridge between Precision Nutrition COBRE researchers and communities most impacted by nutrition-related health conditions.
- Orient all Center researchers to the community and culture.
- Partner with Hawaii’s largest federally-qualified community health center.
- Provide insights and collaborations that will foster development of Precision Nutrition studies, methodology, data analysis, dissemination of results, and potential health-related impacts relevant to community needs.
- Support bidirectional COBRE researcher’s information sharing