UH CANCER CENTER - Key Persons


Aaron Tuia

Job Titles:
  • Research Lab Support Associate

Abby Sugihara-Chang

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Specialist

Adrian Franke

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

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

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Alika Maunakea

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

Amy Yamamoto

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection Associate

Andrea Fleig

Job Titles:
  • Affiliate Member

Andrew Stenger

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Andrew Wan

Job Titles:
  • Computer Data Engineering Technician

Angela Largen

Job Titles:
  • Translational Study Manager

Angela Sy

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Anita Schafer

Job Titles:
  • Grants Specialist

Anna M. Quinn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Administrative Director of CTO
  • RYT, Administrative Director

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
  • Director, Human Subject Research Compliance

Barry Isla

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal & Admin Support Specialist

Becki Ward

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

Ben Green

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Researcher

Bernadette Cablay

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Support Specialist

Bernadine Oleole

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Brady Mott

Job Titles:
  • Human Subject Compliance Associate

Brandon Quon

Job Titles:
  • Research Staff Biostatistician / Epidemiologist

Brenda Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Brian Issell

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Clinical Member

Carl-Wilhelm Vogel

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor ( Researcher )

Carol Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Admin and Fiscal Support Specialist

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

Christa Braun-Inglis

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Christian Caberto

Job Titles:
  • Researcher Biostatistician / Epidemiologist

Christine Farrar - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice - President
  • Affiliate Member

Christoph Rettenmeier

Job Titles:
  • Associate

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 Associate, CCDR Lead

Crissy Kawamoto

Job Titles:
  • Research Study Project Manager

Daniella Fayette

Job Titles:
  • Administrative & Fiscal Support Specialist

Dawn Kobayashi

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

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

Elizabeth Kuioka

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Officer / Administration

Elizabeth Nakasone

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Ellinor Haglund

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

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Erin Fukaya

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

Eugene Okiyama

Job Titles:
  • Cancer Epidemiology Program Manager

Evan Wu

Job Titles:
  • Core Clinical Member

Flavia Novelli

Job Titles:
  • Mesothelioma Junior Researcher

Francis Blanco

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

Gail Ichida

Job Titles:
  • MCSDC Research Assistant

Garrett Scharsch

Job Titles:
  • 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

Golda Hellman

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Regulatory 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

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Hali Robinett

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

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

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Hideko Yamauchi

Job Titles:
  • Director of Clinical Affairs / Associate Member

Holly B. Fontenot

Job Titles:
  • Associate

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

Hye-Ryeon Lee

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Ian Pagano

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Iona Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Izumi Okado

Job Titles:
  • Associate

James Tom

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist IV

Jami Fukui

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Jamie Ishii

Job Titles:
  • Population Sciences in the Pacific - Cancer Epidemiology

Jan Thurman

Job Titles:
  • Program Specialist - Outreach

Janet Iraha

Job Titles:
  • Admin and Fiscal Support Specialist

Jangsoon (Jason) Lee

Job Titles:
  • 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

Jared Acoba

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

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:
  • OnCore / CTMS Associate
  • OnCore / CTMS Associate / Clinical Trials Office

Jeffrey Berenberg

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

Jennifer Lai

Job Titles:
  • Biochemical Research Project Specialist

Jeremi Ganotisi

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jesse Owens

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Jessica Natale

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist II

Jessica Stojcic

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Jill Drucker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Management Team
  • Investigator - Initiated Trials Project Manager

Jin-Hee Kim

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Joanne Hayashi

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader

Joaquin Villarreal

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

Jodi Leslie

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

Joelle Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow ( Meso - Gene )

John Shepherd

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

Jonathan Cho

Job Titles:
  • Co - Leader

Joni Davis

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Program Manager

Joseph Kaholokula

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

June Pai

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Kami White

Job Titles:
  • Research Biostatistics Manager

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 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, 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
  • 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

Lan Vo

Job Titles:
  • Research Lab Specialist

Lang Wu

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Lani Park

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Program Leadership Team
  • Co - Leader

Launa Luk

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

Laurence Kolonel

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor ( Researcher )

Lavonne Takaezu

Job Titles:
  • Research Survey Associate

Lee Buenconsejo-Lum

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Leila Kazemi

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

Lenora Loo

Job Titles:
  • Communicating Secretary
  • Faculty Director
  • Full Member

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

Loïc Le Marchand

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Leadership Team
  • Associate Director for Population Sciences

Lucia Seale

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

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

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Marcus Tius

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Marie Chong

Job Titles:
  • Research Statistician and Analyst

Marie Revilla

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Associate Member

Marjorie Pacariem

Job Titles:
  • Janitor II / Facilities

Mark Willingham Jr


Marla Berry

Job Titles:
  • Associate

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 Nye

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Specialist II

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

Michelle Hashimoto

Job Titles:
  • Community Engagement Specialist

Michelle Kau

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Assistant Director
  • Interim Director, Fiscal Administration

Mika Walker

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Associate

Monica Esquivel

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Namrata Gurung - CHRO

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

Natalia Lukey

Job Titles:
  • Research Study Project Facilitator

Natalie Hyman

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

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
  • Associate Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Nerrie Navarro


Nicole Simco

Job Titles:
  • Grants and Contracts Specialist

Nida Alimbuyuguen

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Support Specialist

Nina Rappeline

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

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:
  • Member of the Research Program Leadership Team
  • Co - Leader
  • Program Co - Leader

Patricia (Kalo) Cornett

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Patti Corrales

Job Titles:
  • Admin Support Assistant

Paul Mizue

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Paula Higuchi

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Director
  • Director, Community Outreach and Engagement

Paulette Yamada

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Peiwen Fei

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Peter Hoffmann

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Peter Washington

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Philip Williams

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Rachael Leon Guerrero

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Rachel Novotny

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Rachel Taketa

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate

Rainier Cobarrubia


Randal K. Wada

Job Titles:
  • Core Clinical Member

Randall Holcombe

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Raymond Young

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Raymundo Elido

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Quality Associate

Rayna Nakao

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Research Assistant

Rebecca Loeffers

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Quality Associate

Reginald Ho

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

Reinhold Penner

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Robert Hirokawa

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

Robert Nichols

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Rogelio Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Administration

Ryan Choy

Job Titles:
  • HTR Admin Support Assistant

Samantha Streicher

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Samir Ambrale

Job Titles:
  • Core Clinical Member

Sandi Kwee

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Sandra Overton

Job Titles:
  • Hawaiʻi Tumor Registry Data Collection Associate

Scott Kuwada

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Scott Okamoto

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Shar Andreshak

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Administrator

Sharleen Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

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

Shugeng Cao

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Sierra Imoe

Job Titles:
  • Regulatory Associate

Song-Yi Park


Stephanie Si Lim

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Steven Buchthal

Job Titles:
  • MRI Research Specialist

Suzanne Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus

Taylor Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Regulatory Associate

Teruo Yamauchi

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Leader of Clinical Education / Associate Member

Thaddeus Herzog

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Thaddeus Park

Job Titles:
  • Junior Research / Lab Support Associate

Therese Anagaran

Job Titles:
  • Research Lab 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

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Clinical Leadership Team
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Interim CTO Medical Director Investigator - Initiated Early Phase Clinical Trial Development and Regulatory Director
  • Interim Medical Director
  • Interim 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 Liu

Job Titles:
  • Research Assistant

Tyler Workman

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director
  • Member of the Leadership Team

Unhee Lim

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Valerie Saiki

Job Titles:
  • Dexa Technologist - Study Coordinator

Vanessa Rubel

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Research Associate II

W. Steven Ward

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

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

Wendy Solbedo

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Wileen Mau

Job Titles:
  • MECS Biorepository Project Director

Xiaoping Wang

Job Titles:
  • Full Member

Xin Chen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Research Program Leadership Team
  • Co - Leader
  • Program Co - Leader

Xingnan Li


Xue Mei Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Research Laboratory Supervisor

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

Youping Deng


Yun Oh Jung

Job Titles:
  • Information Systems Manager

Yurii Shvetsov - President

Job Titles:
  • President
  • Full Member