UH CANCER CENTER - Key Persons


Aaron Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Associate

Aaron Tuia

Job Titles:
  • Research Lab Support Associate

Abby Sugihara-Chang

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Specialist

Adrian Franke


Aimee Bowen

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer

Alan Mogi

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Database System and Technology Specialist

Alessandra Lopes

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Administrative / Fiscal Officer

Alexandra Binder


Alicia Velasco

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Regulatory Associate

Alika Maunakea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Professor, Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, UH JABSOM

Amaya Cheng


Amy Yamamoto

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Andrew Cha

Job Titles:
  • IT Specialist / Information Technology

Andrew Lum

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Fiscal Administration
  • Fiscal Director

Andrew Montgomery

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow

Andrew Wan

Job Titles:
  • Computer Data Engineering Technician

Andrew Yonemura

Job Titles:
  • Liver Cancer Research Associate

Angela Largen

Job Titles:
  • Translational Study Manager

Anna Quinn

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director of CTO

Anne Tome

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Information

Annette Lum-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Lab Specialist

Ashley Gooman

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist II

Ashley Leinbach

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director
  • Human Subject Research Compliance

Barbara Carlos

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Barry Isla

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal & Admin Support Specialist

Beau Cuizon

Job Titles:
  • Public Information Specialist / Administration

Becki Ward

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Advisory Board
  • Ward Research

Becky Nakama

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Ben Green

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Bernadette Cablay

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Support Specialist

Bernadine Oleole

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Brandon Quon

Job Titles:
  • Research Staff Biostatistician / Epidemiologist

Brenda Hernandez


Bryce Sakata


Cale Higa

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Cathy Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Executive Assistant to the Director
  • Executive Assistant to the Director / Administration

Cherie Guillermo

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Cheyenne Tashombe

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trials Support Associate

Chloe Lozano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Researcher

Christa Braun-Inglis

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Christian Caberto

Job Titles:
  • Researcher Biostatistician / Epidemiologist

Christine Farrar - VP

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Vice - President

Claire Hughes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Retired, Hawaiʻi State Department of Health

Clifford Martin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Associate Director for Administration
  • Associate Director for Administration / Administration

Cory Chun

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Courtney Chun

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist IV

Crissy Kawamoto

Job Titles:
  • Research Study Project Manager

Cristina Favaron

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist

Cynthia Au

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Daniel Ishikawa

Job Titles:
  • Building & Grounds Custodian II / Facilities

Daniella Fayette

Job Titles:
  • Administrative & Fiscal Support Specialist

Debbie Nakanelua-Richards

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Director, Community Relations, Hawaiian Airlines

Dileep Rampa

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Edward Nagamine

Job Titles:
  • Physical Plant Manager / Facilities

Eileen Elido

Job Titles:
  • Data Quality Associate

Elizabeth Kuioka

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer / Administration

Elizabeth Nakasone

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Emil Svrcina

Job Titles:
  • Computer / Information Systems / Population Sciences in the Pacific - Cancer Epidemiology

Emily Kurth

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Associate II

En Yong Liu


Erin Bantum


Erin Fukaya

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Clinical Operations Manager
  • CTO / CRA Operations Manager

Erin Pender

Job Titles:
  • Research Dietitian / Nutritionist

Esme Infante

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Communications
  • Director of Communications / Administration

Fahim Yasir

Job Titles:
  • HTR DB Systems & Technology Specialist

Flavia Novelli

Job Titles:
  • Mesothelioma Junior Researcher

Francis Blanco

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director / Facilities
  • Facilities Management

Gabriela Cruz-Mattos

Job Titles:
  • Project Assistant

Gail Ichida

Job Titles:
  • MCSDC Research Assistant

Garrett Scharsch

Job Titles:
  • Bldg Maintenance Worker I
  • Maintenance Worker

Gertraud Maskarinec

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
  • Associate Director, Cancer Research Education and Training

Gina-Patricia Holdorff

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection Associate

Grant Gathagan

Job Titles:
  • System Support Technician

Grant Uyeda

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Administrator

Greg Joel Julian

Job Titles:
  • Senior System Analyst

Gwen Ramelb

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Program Director

Haining Yang


Hali Robinett

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Hana Ogihara

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Hang Galanis

Job Titles:
  • Computer / Information Systems Admin / Population Sciences in the Pacific - Cancer Epidemiology
  • Information Systems Admin

Hazel Rems

Job Titles:
  • Senior IT Specialist / Information Technology

Helene Hodges

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Quality Associate

Herbert Yu


Huanli Hu

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Associate II

Hugh Luk

Job Titles:
  • Senior Histotechnologist / Lab Supervisor / Population Sciences in the Pacific - Cancer Epidemiology

Hui Chang

Job Titles:
  • Survey Research Associate

Huizhen Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager

Ian Pagano

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Izumi Okado

Job Titles:
  • Associate Member View Profile

James Tom

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist IV

Jami Fukui

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director

Jamie Ishii


Janet Iraha

Job Titles:
  • Admin and Fiscal Support Specialist

Jangsoon (Jason) Lee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Member View Profile

Janice Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection Associate

Janice Yonamine

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist III

Janine Abe

Job Titles:
  • Research Survey Associate

Janos Molnar

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Bio Core Manager

Jansen Santos

Job Titles:
  • Research Study Community Health Educator

Jarin Loristo

Job Titles:
  • Lab Analyst

Jasmine Chow

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trials Support Associate

Jean Ishida

Job Titles:
  • Research Dietitian / Nutritionist

Jeannette Blaisdell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Regulatory Supervisor

Jeffrey Berenberg

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Clinical Leadership Team
  • Associate Director for Translational and Clinical Research

Jennifer Lai

Job Titles:
  • Biochemical Research Project Specialist
  • Translational and Clinical Research

Jeremi Ganotisi

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jessica Natale

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist II

Jessica Stojcic

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Joanne Hayashi

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jodi Leslie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • DrPH, RDN, LDN, Co - Owner, Kukui Lifestyle Medicine Clinic

John Shepherd

Job Titles:
  • Chief Scientific Officer
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team

Joni Davis

Job Titles:
  • Data Collection / Data Quality Associate
  • Data Collection / Data Quality Associate / Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry

Kami White

Job Titles:
  • Research Biostatistics Manager

Karen Kalanta

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Karina Quach

Job Titles:
  • Ku Ola Research Assistant

Karl Veto Baker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board

Karla Floresca-Rarick

Job Titles:
  • Web Developer / Information Technology

Karolina Peplowska

Job Titles:
  • Genomics Research and Sequencing Specialist

Katelyn Padello

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Specialist / Human Resources

Keala Elcano

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer

Keala Swafford

Job Titles:
  • Research Dietitian

Keegan Noda

Job Titles:
  • Metabolomics Lab Technician

Keiko Garvin

Job Titles:
  • Biorepository Study Coordinator

Kellie Fujimoto

Job Titles:
  • Research Survey Associate

Kevin Cassel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
  • Recording Secretary
  • Associate Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Kim Yonemori

Job Titles:
  • Nutritionist / Dietitian Supervisor

Kohei Miyagi

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Database System and Technology Specialist

Kornelia Szauter

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director
  • Grants Administration

Kris Koyama

Job Titles:
  • Auxiliary and Facility Service Officer / Facilities

Kristl Nakamura

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trials Support Associate

Kyle Nishiyama

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research / Lab Support Associate

Kylee Tawara

Job Titles:
  • HTR / PC Research Associate / Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry

Kylie Uyeda

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Lan Vo

Job Titles:
  • Research Lab Specialist

Lang Wu


Lani Park

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader

Launa Luk

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Support / Data Process Technician / Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry

Laura Kowalski

Job Titles:
  • Compliance Associate

Lavonne Takaezu

Job Titles:
  • Research Survey Associate

Leila Kazemi

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Manager - Shepherd 's Research Lab

Lenora Loo

Job Titles:
  • Communicating Secretary
  • Faculty Director / Research Program Leadership

Lesley Nakamura

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Administrator

Leslie Baker

Job Titles:
  • Biocore Associate

Linda MacPherson

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist

Linda Maze

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Linda Wong

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Lisa Toguchi

Job Titles:
  • Program Secretary

Lola Irvin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Advisory Board
  • Hawaiʻi Department of Health, Vice Chair

Lori Elwood


Loïc Le Marchand

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Population Sciences

Lydia Giannakou

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Lynda Asato

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Lynette Daikoku

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Lynne R. Wilkens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Associate Director for Shared Resources

Maarit Tiirikainen


Magnolia Basoc

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Maison Hakikawa


Maki Iwase

Job Titles:
  • Research Support Staff ( Biocore )

Marcus Tius


Marie Chong

Job Titles:
  • Research Statistician and Analyst

Marie Revilla

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Marjorie Pacariem

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Mark Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Contracts and Grants Specialist

Mark Willingham


Mary Hostler

Job Titles:
  • Secretary II

Masayoshi Yamaguchi

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Matt Hiramoto

Job Titles:
  • Environment and Health Safety Specialist / Facilities

Matthew Hirai

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection / Data Quality Associate / Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry

Matthew Toyama

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trials Support Associate

Melissa Adams

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Meydalyn Lucas

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Specialist / Fiscal Administration

Michael Minaai

Job Titles:
  • Cancer Research Lab Assistant

Michael Nakasone

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Michele Carbone

Job Titles:
  • Full Member View Profile

Michele Takushi

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Specialist

Michele Yang

Job Titles:
  • Admin and Fiscal Specialist

Michelle Hashimoto

Job Titles:
  • Events Coordinator / Administration

Michelle Kau

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Min Ji Cha


Namrata Gurung - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director Human Resources
  • Human Resources

Nani Medeiros

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Advisory Board
  • Agent of Aloha

Naoto T. Ueno

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Director, University of Hawaii Cancer Center
  • Interim Co - Leader

Natalia Lukey

Job Titles:
  • Research Study Project Facilitator

Natalie Hyman

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader

Nathan Wong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Retired Physician, Kaiser Permanente

Nati Guira

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Specialist

Neal Palafox

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nicole Simco

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Contracts Specialist

Nida Alimbuyuguen

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Support Specialist

Nisa Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Coordinator - Shepherd 's Research Lab )

Ohulani Battisto

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Specialist

Owen Chan

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Palama Lee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Director, Research and Evaluation, Liliʻuokalani Trust

Pallav Pokhrel

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader
  • Program Co - Leader

Patti Corrales

Job Titles:
  • Admin Support Assistant

Paul Mizue

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Paula Higuchi

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Community Outreach and Engagement

Paula Saladino

Job Titles:
  • Lab Support Specialist

Peiwen Fei


Rachel Scaperotto

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Associate II

Rachel Taketa

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Rainier Cobarrubia


Raymundo Elido

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Quality Associate

Rayna Nakao

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Research Assistant

Reginald Ho

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • Physician, Straub Medical Center

Richard Lee

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Researcher

Robert Hirokawa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Community Advisory Board
  • Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association, Chair

Ruth Shontell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Protocol Coordinator

Ryan Choy

Job Titles:
  • HTR Admin Support Assistant

Samantha Streicher

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Sandi Kwee


Sandra Overton

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection Associate

Scott Okamoto


Shar Andreshak

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Administrator

Shawn Iwata

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Research Nurse

Shelle Santoki

Job Titles:
  • Research Laboratory Technician

Shirleen Saiki

Job Titles:
  • MCDS Research Project Assistant

Shra Kedi

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Shuxing Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Researcher View Profile

Sierra Imoe

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Song-Yi Park


Sophia McAneny-Droz

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Specialist

Stephanie Si Lim

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Steven Buchthal

Job Titles:
  • MRI Research Specialist

Steven Mau

Job Titles:
  • Community Health Educator / Population Sciences in the Pacific - Cancer Prevention

Susan Hirano

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Suzanne Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Sydney Iaukea

Job Titles:
  • Community Partnership Specialist

Tasha Meyer

Job Titles:
  • Contracts and Grants Specialist

Tawney Sablan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Development

Taylor Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Regulatory Associate
  • Translational and Clinical Research

Thaddeus Herzog

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director

Thaddeus Park

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research / Lab Support Associate

Thalia Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Admin & Fiscal Support Specialist

Thomas Wills

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Thomas Wolfgruber

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist ( DXA )

Timothy Phillips

Job Titles:
  • CTO Billing & Admin Support

Titi Ricafort

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Toshiaki Iwase - CTO

Job Titles:
  • CTO
  • Medical Director
  • Member of the Clinical Leadership Team
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Co - Leader
  • Medical Director, Clinical Trials Office

Travis Lindo

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Specialist / Human Resources

Trevor Maunakea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Native Hawaiian Community Advisory Board
  • President, Maunakea Integrated Solutions

Tyler Workman

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Clinical Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • CTO Clinical Director / Hoʻola Clinical Manager

Unhee Lim


Valerie Saiki

Job Titles:
  • Dexa Technologist - Study Coordinator

Vanessa Rubel

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Associate II

Victoria Mak

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Wade Kyono

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Researcher

Wendy Mitchell

Job Titles:
  • Clerk Typist II / Administration

Wendy Pavao

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Trials Support Associate

Wendy Richards

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director / Information Technology
  • Information Technology

Wendy Salbedo

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Wileen Mau

Job Titles:
  • MECS Biorepository Project Director

William Loui

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Researcher

Wilmer Agpaoa


Won Chang Cho

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • CTMS / Oncore Associate

Xanthe Stern

Job Titles:
  • Breast Cancer Research Associate

Xiaoping Wang


Xin Chen

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader
  • Program Co - Leader

Xingnan Li


Xue Mei Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Research Laboratory Supervisor

Xue Wang

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist

Xuemei Xie

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Yosuke Kawai

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Clinical Trials Management Services Manager
  • OnCore CTMS Manager / Clinical Trials Office

Young Jin Gi

Job Titles:
  • Lab Manager

Yu Qiao

Job Titles:
  • Fellow

Yun Oh Jung

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems Manager

Yurii Shvetsov - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Full Member View Profile