We are a group of community scientists at the University of Hawaii led by Dr. Ruben Juarez (UHERO/Economics), Dr. Alika Maunakea (John A. Burns School of Medicine), and other researchers at the College of Social Sciences & UHERO, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, and UH Cancer Center.

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Our mission is to enable prevention using community-based multidisciplinary research by establishing a resilient health model, integrating biomarker and socioeconomic data to forecast individual-level risks and inform preventative strategies. Our team has led over a dozen community-based research cohorts to enable prevention in tens of thousands of Hawaii residents, including the Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19, the Hawaii Social Epigenomics of Early Diabetes Cohort, and the UHERO Rapid Health Study.

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This project is sponsored by the Hawaii Community Foundation Maui Strong Fund. We are looking for more partners.