About Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19
A Community-Driven Approach to Mitigate COVID-19 Disparities
in Hawaii’s Vulnerable Populations
The Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19 (PAAC) is formed by a multidisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Hawaii and the AHARO Community Health Centers. The collective goal is to expand testing in the community and empower educators, students and their families with COVID-19 education tools and more effective connections with public health services, especially those provided by the AHARO Community Health Centers, including the Waiʻanae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and the Waimanalo Health Center on Oʻahu, Bay Clinic and Hamakua-Kohala Health Center on Hawaiʻi Island, and Molokaʻi Health Center on Molokaʻi.
Meet The Leadership Team
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May Okihiro
Director of Human Subjects Unit and Co-Director of Community Partner and Principal Investigator
(Associate Professor in Pediatrics, JABSOM and Senior Pediatrician at WCCHC)
Alika Maunakea
Director of Testing Capacity and Principal Investigator
(Associate Professor in Epigenomics and Health Disparities, JABSOM)
Marjorie Mau
Director of Community and Scientific Advisory Board
(Professor in Department of Native Hawaiian Health, JABSOM)
Romelynn Stein
Project Manager