2017-2018 RMATRIX Pilot Projects
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| Catherine Pirkle, PhD and Ann Chang, MD |
An Investigation of Medical and Non-Medical Factors Influencing Cesarean Delivery Among Micronesian Women in Hawaii |
| May Rose Dela Cruz, DrPH |
Assessing providers’ views of increasing HPV vaccination uptake through the utilization of Pharmacists |
| Sandi Kwee, MD, MSc, PhD and Maarit Tiirikainen, PhD |
Soluble epigenetic biomarker for liver cancer |
| Scott Souza, PharmD, Iain MacPherson, PhD and Clay Wakano, PhD |
X-linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein as a Target for Imaging the Latent HIV-1 Reservoir |
| John Barile, PhD and Dominic Chow, MD, PhD |
An Investigation to Re-engage and Treat HIV-Infected Individuals with Detectable Viral Loads |
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2016-2017 RMATRIX Pilot Projects
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| Melissa Agsalda-Garcia, PhD |
Biomarkers to Optimize Anal Cancer/Dysplasia Screening for HIV+ Patients in Hawaii |
| Victoria Fan, ScD |
The Economics of Food Environment, Body Mass Index, and Hospitalizations in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Communities on O’ahu |
| Seunghye Hong, PhD and Claire Townsend, DrPH |
Feasibility Testing of a Culturally-Tailored, Web-Based Weight Loss Program for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples |
| Jennifer Salcedo, MD, MPH, MPP and Mary Tschann, MPH |
Assessing the Feasibility and Impact of Volunteer Reproductive Health Educators on Comprehensive Sexual Health Services and Patient Knowledge: A Pilot Study |
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2015-2016 RMATRIX Pilot Projects
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| Melissa Agsalda-Garcia, PhD |
Biomarkers to Optimize Anal Cancer/Dysplasia Screening for HIV+ Patients in Hawaii |
| Victoria Fan, ScD |
The Economics of Food Environment, Body Mass Index, and Hospitalizations in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Communities on O’ahu |
| Seunghye Hong, PhD and Claire Townsend, DrPH |
Feasibility Testing of a Culturally-Tailored, Web-Based Weight Loss Program for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Peoples |
| Jennifer Salcedo, MD, MPH, MPP and Mary Tschann, MPH |
Assessing the Feasibility and Impact of Volunteer Reproductive Health Educators on Comprehensive Sexual Health Services and Patient Knowledge: A Pilot Study |
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2014-2015 RMATRIX Pilot Projects
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| Jinan Banna, PhD |
Development of a Food Behavior Checklist for Limited-Resource Filipinos |
| Ivo Sah Bandar, MD, PhD |
Monocyte Inflammation and Metabolic Disorders |
| Treena Delormier, PhD |
It’s All About the Context: Understanding the Food Choice Routines of Families |
| Jun Panee, PhD |
Influences of Obesity and Marijuana Use on Cognitive Function |
| Tetine Sentell, PhD |
Racial Discrimination, Health, and Healthcare for Hawaii’s Chuukese Population |
| Pallav Pokhrel, PhD |
Feasibility of Smartphone-Based Smoking Cessation Research Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women |
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2012-2013 RMATRIX Pilot Projects
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| May Okihiro, MD |
Project PONO - Prevention of Negative Outcomes |
| Nisha Parikh, MD |
Metabolite Profile as a Postpartum Predictor of Endothelial Dysfunction Following Preeclampsia |
| Kaimi Sinclair, PhD |
Hula & Hypertension: Ola Hou Pilot Study |
| Bruce Soll, MD |
Integration and Assessment of Physiologic Radar Technology in Sleep Monitoring Systems |
| Kalpana Kallianpur, PhD |
Cerebrovascular Risk Factors and Altered Brain Structure in Healthy Individuals |
| Alice Tse, PhD |
Perceptions of Native Hawaiian Community Partners about Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) |
| Victor Lubecke, PhD |
Integration and Assessment of Physiologic Radar Technology in Sleep Monitoring Systems |
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2011-2012 RMATRIX Collaboration Pilot Project Program Awards
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| J. Keawe’aimoku Kaholokula, PhD |
PILI ’Aina Project: Partnerships to Overcome Obesity Disparities in Hawaii |
| Shane Morita, MD, MS |
Thyroid Cancer and Ethnic Disparity in Hawaii: Profiling the MAPK and MTOR Signaling Pathways |
| Beau Nakamoto, MD, PhD |
Neuroimaging Correlates of Monocyte/Macrophage Infiltration in HIV-infected Individuals: A Cross-sectional Pilot Study Using IV Furomoxytol |
| Alexander Stokes, PhD, BSc, MSc |
Protection from Cardiac Hypertrophy via Pharmacological Inhibition of the Ion Channel TRPV1 |
| Johann Urschitz, PhD |
Correlation of genetic risk factors with gestational diabetes and preeclampsia in women from Hawaii |
| Thomas Wills, PhD |
Discrimination and Substance Abuse Among Adolescents in Hawaii |
| Angel Yanagihara, PhD |
Identification and Characterization of Cryptic Fleming Bay Marine Stingers |
| Yi Zuo, PhD |
Effect of Corticosteroids on Pulmonary Surfactant of Premature Newborns |
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2010-2011 RMATRIX Collaboration Pilot Project Program Awards(Co-funded in Partnership with the RTRN Small Grant Awards Program)
| Principal Investigator(s) |
Title of Project |
| Sandra Chang, PhD |
Design of imido-substituted 2-chloro-1, 4-naphthoquionones as anti-malarial drugs |
| Katalin Csiszar, PhD |
Genetic Risk for Exfoliation Glaucoma in Pacific Islanders and Puerto Ricans |
| Suwit Jack Somponpun, PhD |
Morphogenetic Mechanism of Embryonic six2 in Establishing Nephron Endowment |
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