CTAHR - Key Persons


Ahmad, Amjad

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Akahoshi, Kiersten

Job Titles:
  • Extn Agent

Andre Seale

AndreSeale(HNFAS)co-chairedasessionandgaveatalkatthe4thUniversityofHawai‘i-UniversityofTokyoJointSymposiumonOcean,CoastalandAtmosphericScienceshostedbySOESTUHSeaGrant.FritzieCelino-BradyandCodyPetro-Sakuma,othermembersofAndre'slab,alsopresentedattheSymposium.

Aoki, Kathy


Asuncion, Carrie Ann

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Bahng, Young Jin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Banna, Jinan

Job Titles:
  • Professor in Human Nutrition

Benito, Gabriela


Bloese, Joanna


Brent Sipes

BrentSipeswasnamedaFellowoftheSocietyofNematologistsforexcellenceinresearchandExtensionandservicetothesociety-anelitehonorbestoweduponlessthan1percentofmembersin...

Bryan, Iyara


Butel, Jean

Job Titles:
  • Nutrition Education, Community Nutrition

Cacho, Angelito T M


Caires, Kyle

Job Titles:
  • Asst Extn Agent

Catherine Chan

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean for Academics Office of Academic & Student Affairs

Caulfield, Rick A.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Professor, FamR

Cheang, Michael

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, FamR
  • DrPH. Associate Professor, HDFS Program Coordinator

Cheng-Sheng Lee

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director of the Center for Tropical
  • Researcher and Exec Dir Ctr for Trop & Subtrop Ag

Cheung, Angela


Chin Nyean

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Ching, Donna R

Job Titles:
  • EMERITUS

Clay Trauernicht

Job Titles:
  • Extension Specialist

Corrales, Rogelio


Corrales, Rommel


Cota-Kumagai, Linda

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Cristi-Kim, Marie Abigail

Job Titles:
  • Instructor, FDM

Cristobal, Hallie K

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent - Inter - Generational and Youth Development

Crow, Susan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

DAngelo, Carol

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Davidson, Dana H

Job Titles:
  • HDFS Professor Emeritus
  • Professor Emeritus, FamR

Davis, Michael

Job Titles:
  • FCS Staff Member

Domingo, Eunice M

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Dr. Sothy Eng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Human Development
Dr.SothyEngisAssociateProfessorofHumanDevelopmentandFamilyStudies(HDFS)attheUniversityofHawaiiatManoa.Dr.EngreceivedhisBSinPsychologyfromRoyalUniversityofPhnomPenh(RUPP),MSandPhDinHDFSfromTexasTechUniversity,Lubbock,TX.HespentoneyearasaPostdoctoralfellowatUCLA'sCaliforniaCenterforPopulationResearchbeforehestartedhisfacultypositionatLehighUniversity,Bethlehem,PAintheComparativeandInternationalEducationprogrambetween2011-2018whereheledtheCaringforCambodia-LehighUniversitypartnership--aprogramthatofferedgraduatestudentstheopportunitytogainresearch-to-practiceexperienceineducationalresearch,evaluation,andprogramdevelopment.Dr.Eng'sresearchinterestincludessustainablefoodsystems;theroleofsocialcapitalinpromotinghealthyfamiliesandresilientcommunities;programdevelopmentandevaluation;aswellasgender,family,andeducationissuespertainingtotheCambodiancontext.Dr.EngfoundedHomeGardenNetworkprogram(FacebookPage)withthegoalofobtainingfoodsecurity,increasingfamilyinteractions,andexpandingsocialnetworksinlocalcommunitiesthroughengagingfamiliesingardeningandplanteducation.Dr.EngalsoservesintheEditorialBoardoftheJournalofInterpersonalViolence.

DuPonte, Michael W

Job Titles:
  • Co Extn Agent

Engel, John W.

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Professor Emeritus, FamR

Esquivel, Monica

Job Titles:
  • Dietetics Program Director

Fisher, Richard P


Fong, Grace

Job Titles:
  • Ed.D., Professor Emeritus
  • Professor Emeritus, FamR

Friday, James B


Fujimoto, Lianne


Fujino, Wayne

Job Titles:
  • FCS Staff Member

Galanti, Russell

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent

Garces, Juanito C


Glen Fukumoto

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent
ExtensionagentGlenFukumoto(HNFAS)recentlyreturnedfromtheislandofPohnpeiintheFederatedStatesofMicronesia,wherehewasdoingworkonwaterqualityandpiggerysystemsaspartofhisMultiStateExtensionprojectwiththecollege'sPacificIslandland-grantpartners.

Godbout, Jemma


Godfrey-Romo, Charlotte


Goodwin, Jeff


Greenwood, Heather

Job Titles:
  • Asst Extn Agent

Hackney, Lara

Job Titles:
  • Instructor
  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Community Based Participatory Nutrition, Child Health Promotion, Food and Nutrition Security
RegisteredDietitianNutritionist,communitybasedparticipatorynutrition,childhealthpromotion,foodandnutritionsecurity

Halina Zaleski

Job Titles:
  • Specialist
  • Swine Specialist
CTAHRSpecialistHalinaZaleskiassistsinAmericanSamoa'sfirstswinediseasesurveyintwodecades. SwinespecialistHalinaZaleski(HNFAS)isquotedinanarticleabouttheresurgenceofHawai‘i'sporkindustrypublishedinHonoluluCivilBeat.SheexplainsthatporkisacriticalpartofmanyculturesinHawai‘i-notjustanypork,butthewholepig,whichmakesituniqueintermsoflivestockproductionandopensacriticalspaceforlocalproducers.

Hampton, Marielle

Job Titles:
  • Extn Agent

Hedvig, Lynne

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Hill, Erik

Job Titles:
  • Computer Specialist
  • HNFAS Staff Member

HNFAS Heroes

Celebratethecareers,contributions,andwell-deservedretirementofHNFASfacultyBrentBuckleyandDouglasVincentandExtensionagentGlenFukumotoonDecember17,from11:30a.m.to2:00p.m.inAgSci219.Attendeesarerequestedtocontributeeithermonetarydonationsorpotluckfoods.

Ho, Kacie


Idol, Travis

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Ikeda, Carol S

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus County Extension Agent

Ishizu, Roy N


Jarman, Raymond

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer, FamR

Jeremy Elliott-Engel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean and Associate Director for Cooperative Extension Office of Cooperative Extension

Jha, Rajesh

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Graduate Chair of Animal Sciences

Jim Carpenter

Job Titles:
  • Retired HNFAS Professor

Jinan Banna

JinanBannaispassionateaboutshiftingthefocusofourhealthcaresystemtopreventionratherthanthetreatmentofhealthconditions.Onthistopic,shepresentedaposterattheHawaiʻiAgricultureConference,"Mappingcommunityassetstoestablishalocalcoordinatedsystemofcaretopreventchildhoodobesity."

Ju Young

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, FDM

Julie Bennington

Job Titles:
  • Pre - Veterinary Experts in the Dept. of Human Nutrition

Jun, Soojin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kasey Purcell

CurrentlyinherlastsemesteratCTAHR,KaseyPurcellisanundergraduatestudentintheDieteticsprogram.Inalmostfouryearshere,shehasservedasaCTAHRstudentambassadorforthreeofthem,nowservingastheorganization'spresident.Whetherinherwork,academics,orvolunteering,Kaseyisquicktotakeonaleadershiprolewhensheiscalledupontostepuptotheplate,andtakesonchallengesandresponsibilitiesbeyondwhatisexpectedofastudent.

Keral, Poonam

Job Titles:
  • Instructor Faculty

Kim, Diana

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer, FamR

Kim, Yong-Soo

Job Titles:
  • Researcher

Kobashigawa, Curtis


Kratky, Bernard A

Job Titles:
  • Researcher Emeritus

Kuwahara, Rheta

Job Titles:
  • Instructor

Kyle Caires

Job Titles:
  • Extension Agent
KyleCaires'(HNFAS)projectentitled"CharacterizationofVaginalTractMicrobiotainEwesSynchronizedWithIntravaginalProgesteroneImplants,"aresultofcollaborativeresearchinHawai‘iwithpartnersinBrazil,hasjustbeenacceptedforthetheXXIVAnnualMeetingoftheBrazilianSocietyofEmbryoTechnology.

Lagos, Paul


Lau, Tina

Job Titles:
  • Extn Agent

Le, Melissa


Le, Thao

Job Titles:
  • Department Chair / Professor
  • Professor, FCS Department Chair

Lee, Mi-Jeong


Leigh Ann

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Li, Yong

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Lin, Shu Hwa

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Fashion Design & Merchandising

Litton, Creighton

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Lowe, Deborah


Ma, Maggie

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Magno, Angel K


Magno, Eric J


Mark Berthold

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director Office of Communication Services

Mark Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Specialist With the Department of Human Nutrition

Martinez, Linda M

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Martini, Mary

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Professor, FamR

Maruyama, Brooke


McCarthy, Minako

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer, FDM

McDonald, Ty G.

Job Titles:
  • Assoc Extn Agent

McGuigan, Ashley

Job Titles:
  • Assistant

Mercado, Richard J


Miller Hall

Job Titles:
  • FCS Staff Member

Mishra, Birendra

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Miura, Tomoaki

Job Titles:
  • Professor & Department Chair

Miyashiro, Thomas


Mueller, Tina


Muramoto, Amanda


Nagao, Mike A

Job Titles:
  • Researcher Emeritus

Nakamoto, Stuart T


Napoleon, Liliana


NIFA (Heart) CHL

TheCTAHRChildren'sHealthyLiving(CHL)ProgramheadedbyRachelNovotny(HNFAS)wasrecognizedApril25bytheUSDA'sNationalInstituteofFoodandAgriculture(NIFA).CHLwontheMissionIntegrationofResearch,Education,andExtensionAwardforworkingacrossallthreeofNIFA'smissionareastoproducepositiveoutcomesinagriculture,theenvironment,communities,orpeople.

Nishimura, Shaye

Job Titles:
  • Research Support

Novotny, Rachel

Job Titles:
  • Agribusiness Marketing / Adding Value ( Marketing of Specialty Crops and Products ), Agribusiness Management, Agribusiness Economics, Risk Management, Tea, Blueberries
Agribusinessmarketing/addingvalue(marketingofSpecialtycropsandproducts),agribusinessmanagement,agribusinesseconomics,riskmanagement,tea,blueberries

O'Dell, Kathleen

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Oleson, Kirsten

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Parwinder Grewal

Job Titles:
  • Dean and Director Office of the Dean and Director for Research and Cooperative Extension

Price, Melissa

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Rachel Novotny

The2022CTAHRDean'sAwardforExcellenceinResearchrecognizestheoutstandingscientificcontributionsofRachelNovotny,ProfessorofNutritionalSciences.SincejoiningCTAHRinatenure-trackpositionin1990,Rachelhasdevelopedahighlyproductiveandsignificantresearchprogramfocusedonmaternalandchildnutritionandhealth,particularlyamongculturallydiversepopulations.Shehasobtainedmorethan$40millionastheprincipalinvestigatoroffederalgrants,including$25millionforestablishingtheChildren'sHealthyLivingProgram,andrecentlyanadditional$10millionawardtoexpandthatprogramintoaCenterofExcellenceinFoodSystemResiliencyforChildren'sHealthyLiving.Rachelhaspublishedmorethan150peerreviewedpapersandsuccessfullymentoredmorethan50graduatestudentsand15post-doctoralcandidatesinNutritionandEpidemiology.Inbrieflydescribingherresearch,shestatesthatshe"conductsinterventiontrialstoimprovediet,physicalactivity,communityenvironmentandothersystemsapproachestoimprovehealthofwomen,adolescents,andyoungchildrenindiverseunderstudiedpopulations." ThehighesthonorbestowedbytheAmericanSocietyforNutritionisinductionasaFellowoftheSociety,andRachelNovotnyoftheDept.ofHumanNutrition,Food,andAnimalSciencesisamongonly14individualsnationwidewhomakeupthe2022class.

Rajesh Jha

Job Titles:
  • Associate Editor of the Journal Poultry Science
  • Co - Authored a New Publication, "of Turtles and Trees
RajeshJha(HNFAS)co-authoredanewpublication,"Ofturtlesandtrees:Nutritionalanalysisoftreeheliotrope(Heliotropiumfoertherianum)leavesconsumedbygreenturtles(Cheloniamydas)inHawaiʻi,"aboutanewfoodturtleshaverecentlybeenobservedeating:leavesthatfallfromthepopularcoastaltreecalledtreeheliotrope. RajeshJha(HNFAS)wasappointedassociateeditorofthejournalPoultryScience.PublishedbythePoultryScienceAssociation,itisconsideredthebestinthefield.Rajeshhasalsobeenservingasassociateeditorofothertwoprestigiousjournals,FrontiersinVeterinaryScience-AnimalNutritionandMetabolismandAnimalScienceJournal.

Reichhardt, Caleb Case

Job Titles:
  • Livestock Animal Production

Reilly, Andrew H.

Job Titles:
  • Professor
  • Professor, FDM

Robert Cating

Job Titles:
  • New Extension Agent
NewExtensionagentRobertCatingisstationedinHilo,attachedtoPlantandEnvironmentalProtectionSciencesandfocusedonfloriculture,nurseryandrelatedindustriesstatewide.

Robinson, Erin

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Rodrigues, Roxane


Sakamoto, Tara

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Sato, Dwight M

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Scoville-Layfield, Judy


Seale, Andre P.

Job Titles:
  • Associate Research Professor

Silva, Joshua

Job Titles:
  • Asst Extn Agent

Small Ruminants

CooperativeExtensionconductedfourworkshopsforveterinariansandtechniciansandfouropenlecturescovering"SmallRuminantHealth,"oneeachonO‘ahu,Maui,theBigIsland,andKaua‘i,featuringDavidPugh,aboard-certifiedveterinaryspecialistinnutrition,parasitology,andtheriogenology.

Solange Saxby

Job Titles:
  • Student
PhDstudentSolangeSaxby(HNFAS)wasrecentlyhonoredwitha$3,500awardfromtheC-MAIKI#mahimicrobe2018graduatecompetitionforherinnovativeresearchproposaltosimulatehumandigestionandfecalfermentationtostudykaloasafunctionalprebioticfood.Asanawardee,SolangewillpresentherworkattheC-MĀIKIsymposiumonMay9,2019.

Spencer, Margaret Leilani


Spielman, Steven P

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member
  • Research Support

Stevens, Amanda

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Sugano, Jari S

Job Titles:
  • Oahu County Administrator

Tatum, Derek


Tavares, Kylie

Job Titles:
  • Extn Agent

Thomas Lim

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director Office of Planning and Management Systems

Thorne, Mark

Job Titles:
  • Specialist

Tsuha, Dayle


UH Manoa

UHManoahasgraduatedthefirstmaster'scandidatetocompleteCTAHR's3+2master'sprograminFoodScience,whichallowsChinesestudentstocompletetheirbachelor'sdegreeathomeandamaster'satUHinfiveyears.

Uyeda, Jensen Y

Job Titles:
  • Asst Extn Agent

Valero, Johanna

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Vaughan, Mehana

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Wallick, Cheryl

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member

Walter Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Assoc Dean and Assoc Director for Research Office of Research

Whitenack, Ben


Yamane, Jennifer

Job Titles:
  • Operations Coordinator

Yan, Feixue

Job Titles:
  • HNFAS Staff Member
  • Admin and Fiscal Support

Yang, Jinzeng

Job Titles:
  • Professor & Chair

Yee, Barbara

Job Titles:
  • Professor