Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 23, Number 8, 1 August 2006 — Hawaiian health chair [ARTICLE]

Hawaiian health chair

In July, Native Hawaiian medical professor Dr. Marjorie Mau was selected as the first appointee to the new research chair position on

Native Hawaiian heahh at the University of Hawai'i's John A. Burns School of Medicine. Mau was appointed to the Myron P. Thompson endowed chair for research in Native Hawaiian heahh, whieh was established through a grant from the National Institutes of Heahh. Mau currently serves as chair of the school's Department of Native Hawaiian Heahh. The endowed position enables her to further her research into heahh disparities that disproportionately affect Native Hawaiians, particularly in areas such as diabetes and obesity.