Joseph Kaholokula

Joseph Kaholokula, PhD Dr. Keawe Kaholokula is an Associate Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health in the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He is also a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialty in behavioral medicine. He received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Hawai‘i […]

Bradley Willcox

Bradley Willcox MD, MSc Dr. Bradley J. Willcox is Professor and Director of Research at the Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa. Dr. Willcox trained in Medicine at the University of Toronto, Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic, and Geriatric Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is Physician […]

Mariana Gerschenson

Dr. Mariana Gerschenson, Associate Dean for Research, Principal Investigator COBRE-Diabetes, Hawaii Dr. Mariana Gerschenson is Professor and Associate Dean for Research at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). She completed her doctoral training at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Experimental Pathology. She pursued her […]

Jason L Burkhead

Dr. Jason Burkhead is the professor at department of Biological Sciences at University of Alaska Anchorage and also serves as the PI of Alaska INBRE.

Kelly Drew

Kelly Drew, Alaska Research Description Research in the Drew lab focuses on three aspects of hibernation biology. The first involves mechanisms of intrinsic neuroprotective properties of the Arctic ground squirrel brain in the hibernating and euthermic state. The second involves mechanisms and cognitive significance of synaptic remodeling observed during hibernation torpor and arousal. The third […]