Teaching through Story: Using Narratives in a Graduate Ethnicity Course by Michele Ebersole, Huihui Kanahel-Mossman, Alice Kawakami

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“Suppose for a moment, that Keanu had reasoned thus”: Contagious Debts and Prisoner–Patient Consent in Nineteenth-Century Hawai‘i by Christopher Perreira

“…<p>This article considers the 1884 criminal case and medical archive of Keanu, a Native Hawaiian prisoner sentenced to death in the Hawaiian courts for murder. …”
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Leprosy and exile: the biopolitics of the Hawaiian monarchy in the 19th century by André Luiz de Souza Oliveira, Thaddeus Gregory Blanchette

“…The Act to Prevent the Spread of Leprosy profoundly affected the lives of the native Hawaiian population and proved to be part of the American and European influence that would undermine the country's own autonomy.…”
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Pili‘Oha/Kinship: (Re)Imagining Perceptions of Nature and More-Than-Human Relationality by Kimberley Greeson

“…These vignettes are autoethnographic by nature, but are pushed further through the use of diffractive methodology (Barad) to include social-media visuals, multispecies encounters, and Native Hawaiian (kanaka maoli) perspectives. Through my ontological and methodological approach, I seek to challenge normative discourses on human exceptionalism, nature-culture dichotomies, and the manner in which industrialized societies place hierarchies on species and matter, as well as how these conversations might impact conservation. …”
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At the Intersection of Resident, Research and Recreation Stakeholder Interests: East Maui, Hawai‘i, as a Sustainable Tourism Destination by John Cusick

“…The geographic isolation of East Maui delayed the cultural disruption of traditional practices and is an area where residents simultaneously resist assimilation and re-create cultural landscapes to offer visitors a glimpse into the past and a view of an emerging future associated with the renaissance of Native Hawaiian identity. Partnerships have brought about and nurtured the perpetuation of culture and the conservation of biodiversity as stakeholders recognize shared benefits. …”
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Racial and ethnic disparities in the association between financial hardship and self-reported weight change during the first year of the pandemic in the U.S. by Izabelle Mendez, Paula D Strassle, Erik J. Rodriquez, Stephanie Ponce, Randy Le, Alexis Green, Emma Martinez, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Anna M Nápoles

“…Unmet healthcare expenses were also strongly associated with weight loss among Black/African American, English-speaking Latino, Spanish-speaking Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adults (aORs = 2.00-2.14). …”
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Short Report: Race and Ethnicity Misclassification in Kidney Transplantation Research by Amber B. Kernodle, MD, PhD, MPH, Valerie Thompson, BA, Xiaomeng Chen, MSPH, Silas P. Norman, MD, MPH, Dorry L. Segev, MD, PhD, Tanjala S. Purnell, PhD, MPH, Mara McAdams-DeMarco, PhD, MS

“…Race misclassification has likely led to increasingly biased research estimates over time, especially for Asian, Hispanic/Latino, and Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander study populations. …”
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Electronic Health Record–Driven Approaches in Primary Care to Strengthen Hypertension Management Among Racial and Ethnic Minoritized Groups in the United States: Systematic Review... by Dominik Ose, Emmanuel Adediran, Robert Owens, Elena Gardner, Matthew Mervis, Cindy Turner, Emily Carlson, Danielle Forbes, Caitlyn Lydia Jasumback, John Stuligross, Susan Pohl, Bernadette Kiraly

“…No study included patients who identified as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. The EHR was used to identify patients (25/29, 86%), drive the intervention (21/29, 72%), and monitor results and outcomes (7/29, 59%). …”
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A mutation in the tuft mouse disrupts TET1 activity and alters the expression of genes that are crucial for neural tube closure by Keith S. K. Fong, Robert B. Hufnagel, Vedbar S. Khadka, Michael J. Corley, Alika K. Maunakea, Ben Fogelgren, Zubair M. Ahmed, Scott Lozanoff

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Pipeline to Military Orthopaedic Leadership: 20 Years of Race and Gender Diversity Trends Within Military Orthopaedic Surgery Fellowship Training by Miles W.A. Fisher, MD, Morgan Askew, MD, Michael Baird, MD, Sevil Ozdemir, BS, Shaun Williams, MD, MPH, Valentina Ramirez, MD, Kelly Kilcoyne, MD, Marvin Dingle, MD

“…Individuals who identified as Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander represented 1% (n = 3), and an additional 6% (n = 20) fellows identified as “other” or “undeclared.” …”
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Causal inference multiple imputation investigation of the impact of cannabinoids and other substances on ethnic differentials in US testicular cancer incidence by Albert Stuart Reece, Gary Kenneth Hulse

“…Median household income and ethnicity data (Caucasian-American, African-American, Hispanic-American, Asian-American, American-Indian-Alaska-Native-American, Native-Hawaiian-Pacific-Islander-American) was from the US Census Bureau. …”
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Educating the next generation of cancer researchers: Evaluation of a cancer research partnership training program. by Lin Zhu, S J Dodd, Yuku Chen, Emily R Kaminsky, Zhiqing Elaine Liu, Grace X Ma, Olorunseun O Ogunwobi, Carolyn Y Fang

“…African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Hispanic (or Latinx), Native Hawaiian, and other Pacific Islander groups are underrepresented in the biomedical workforce, which is one of the barriers to addressing cancer disparities among minority populations. …”
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Tuberculosis Incidence, Arkansas, USA, 2010–2021 by Maheen Humayun, Leonard Mukasa, Wen Ye, Joseph H. Bates, Zhenhua Yang

“…After adjusting for age and sex, racial/ethnic disparities persisted; the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (NHPI) group had the highest risk for TB (risk ratio 173.6, 95% CI 140.6–214.2) compared with the non-Hispanic White group, followed by Asian, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic Black. …”
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Genetic research with Indigenous Peoples: perspectives on governance and oversight in the US by Nanibaa' A. Garrison, Nanibaa' A. Garrison, Nanibaa' A. Garrison, Stephanie Russo Carroll, Stephanie Russo Carroll

“…IntroductionIndigenous Peoples are increasingly exerting governance and oversight over genomic research with citizens of their nations, raising questions about how best to enforce research regulation between American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian peoples and researchers.MethodsUsing a community-engaged research approach, we conducted 42 semi-structured interviews with Tribal leaders, clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and Tribal research review board members about their perspectives on ethical issues related to genetics research with Indigenous Peoples in the US.ResultsWe report findings related to (1) considerations for Indigenous governance, (2) institutional relationships upholding sovereignty, (3) expectations for research approvals, and (4) agreements enacting Indigenous governance. …”
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An Integrated Framework for Preservation of Hawaii Indigenous Culture: Learning from Vernacular Knowledge by Ming Hu, Junghwa Suh, Camryn Pedro

“…This proposed framework is applied to learning from Native Hawaiian architecture as a way to demonstrate its practicality and necessity. …”
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High-throughput sequencing offers new insights into 5-hydroxymethylcytosine by Pang Alina P.S., Sugai Christopher, Maunakea Alika K.

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Torrid Panicgrass Dormancy Relief Through Exogenous Chemical Treatments and Seed Storage Optimization of Temperature and Relative Humidity Parameters by Scott B. Lukas, Joseph DeFrank, Orville C. Baldos, Ruijun Qin

“…Torrid panicgrass (Panicum torridum) is a native Hawaiian annual grass that has been identified as a re-vegetation candidate for seasonally dry areas. …”
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Opposing Role of Trust as a Modifier of COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in an Indigenous Population by Ruben Juarez, Krit Phankitnirundorn, May Okihiro, Alika K. Maunakea

“…Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) were disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and remain significantly under-vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2. …”
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A Review of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in the US by Caleb J. Jang, Henry C. Lee

“…The overall IMR of the entire United States (5.58 per 1000 live births) population masks significant disparities by race and ethnicity: the non-Hispanic Black population experienced an IMR of 10.8 followed by people from Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander populations at 9.4 and American Indians at 8.2. …”
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Differential retention contributes to racial/ethnic disparity in U.S. academia. by Allison K Shaw, Chiara Accolla, Jeremy M Chacón, Taryn L Mueller, Maxime Vaugeois, Ya Yang, Nitin Sekar, Daniel E Stanton

“…We find that, regardless of recruitment, failed retention contributes to mis-representation across academia and that the stages responsible for the largest disparities differ by race and ethnicity: for Black and Hispanic scholars this occurs at the transition from graduate student to postdoctoral researcher whereas for Native American/Alaskan Native and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander scholars this occurs at transitions to and within faculty stages. …”
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