CHL Feature

Dr. Jessie Kai is CHL’s Training, Extension and Outreach Coordinator and joined the Hawaii team in 2022. Dr. Kai assists CHL Food Systems co-investigators, Drs.… Read More »Meet Dr. Kai!

Assistant Program Director, CHL Lead Site Co-PI Institution:  American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Education: BS: Agricultural Sciences and Management, University of California at Davis (UC-Davis) MS:… Read More »Aufa‘i Apulu Ropeti Areta, MS

Alaska Project Manager Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks; Center for Alaska Native Health Research Education: BA: Neuroscience, minor in Spanish What early experiences influenced you to… Read More »Julianne Power, BA

Leader, CHL Intervention Institution: University of Hawaii Manoa; Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences Education: BS: Life Science and Medical Technology – Kansas State University MS:… Read More »Jeannie Butel, MS

Principal Investigator/Program Director and Hawaii Lead Investigator Institution: University of Hawaii Manoa; Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences Education: BA Biology, Beloit College, Wisconsin MS Nutrition,… Read More »Rachel Novotny, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa

Associate Specialist, Soil Fertility Institution: University of Hawaii Manoa, Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Sciences Education: Ph.D. Soil Science, 2003,University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu,… Read More »Jonathan L. Deenik, Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa

Food Scientist/Food Safety Program Leader Institution: Northern Marianas College-Cooperative Research, Extension, and Education Services Education: BA, Biology, Kyungsung University, Korea MS, Cell and Molecular Biology,… Read More »Jang Ho Kim, Ph.D., College of the Northern Mariana Islands

Professor of Nutrition Institution: University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of High Latitude Agriculture Education: BA, Biology, University of Alaska MS, Nutritional Sciences, University of California Davis… Read More »Bret Luick, Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks