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Masaki, Kamal MD

HEALTH Initiative Leader - Aging and Neurocognitive
RMATRIX Scientific Subcommittee
Professor & Chair, Department of Geriatric Medicine
John A. Burns School of Medicine

Expertise: Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Dementia, Depression, Disability, Cardiovascular Diseases in Elderly, Longevity and Healthy Aging

808.523.8461
kmasaki@hawaii.edu




Selected Publications

  • Sentell TL, Valcour N, Ahn HJ, Miyamura J, Nakamoto B, Chow D, Masaki K, Seto TB, Chen JJ, Shikuma C.
    High rates of Native Hawaiian and older Japanese adults hospitalized with dementia in Hawai'i.
    J Am Geriatr Soc 2015 [more...]

  • Bell CL, Rantanen T, Chen R, Davis J, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Masaki K.
    Prestroke weight loss is associated with poststroke mortality among men in the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.
    Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2014 [more...]

  • Kojima G, Bell CL, Tamura B, Davis J, Inaba M, Lorenzo P, Blanchette PL, Iwasaki W, Masaki K.
    Combining quality improvement and geriatrics training: the nursing home polypharmacy outcomes project.
    Gerontol Geriatr Educ 2014 [more...]

  • Shimizu SM, Chow DC, Valcour V, Masaki K, Nakamoto B, Kallianpur KJ, Shikuma C.
    The Impact of Depressive Symptoms on Neuropsychological Performance Tests in HIV-Infected Individuals: A Study of the Hawaii Aging with HIV Cohort.
    World J AIDS 2011 [more...]

News
04 October 2019:
NIH Loan Repayment Applications Now Being Accepted

Applications are currently being accepted for the FY 2020 NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) until November 15, 2019.

For over three decades, the NI…

20 August 2019:
PMCID Training Module

An online training module has been developed with support from the RMATRIX and Ola HAWAII grants. This module, entitled PMCIDs: Tracking & Submitting …

12 April 2019:
UHCC/USC Postdoctoral Fellowships

Postdoctoral Fellowships
Multidisciplinary training in ethnic diversity and cancer disparities

Program

The University of Hawaii Cancer Center (…


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Seminars & Events
18 October 2018, 11:00am - 2:00pm:
Data Security & Privacy
06 September 2018, 11:30am - 1:00pm:
Ola HAWAII Forum - Brown Bag Session
18 April 2018, 8am:
ANNUAL BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES and HEALTH DISPARITIES SYMPOSIUM

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Supported by a grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD007584), National Institutes of Health.