Co-Chairs
(Term June 30, 2021 to June 29, 2023)
Co-Vice Chairs
(Term June 30, 2021 to June 29, 2023)
Kevin Cassel, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor
Population Sciences in the Pacific Program
University of Hawaii Cancer Center
Ankur Jain, MD, FACG
Governor of Hawaii, American College of Gastroenterology
Associate Clinical Professor, John A Burns School of Medicine
Cristina L. Vocalan, BSN, RN
Chief Strategy Officer
Hawaii Primary Care Association
Kehau Matsumoto
Cancer Survivor Advocate
Steering Committee Members
Alvin T. Onaka, PhD
Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring
Brenda Hernandez, PhD
Cancer epidemiologist and faculty researcher at the UH Cancer Center, Principal Investigator of the Hawaii Tumor Registry, Co-Director of the Pathology Core.
Kristen Chun, RN, BSN, MBA/HCM
Vice President of Patient Care, Oncology, Neurology, and Laboratory Svs. The Queen’s Health Systems
Daryl Kurozawa, MD, FACS
General Surgeon, Kaiser Permanente, Retired
Jerris Hedges MD, MS, MMM
Dean, John A. Burns School of Medicine
Kehau Matsumoto
Retired, Cancer Survivors and Advocate
Neal Palafox, MD, MPH
Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at JABSOM, and Professor of Cancer Prevention and Control at the UH Cancer Center
Paula Higuchi
Director of Community Outreach and Engagement, UH Cancer Center
Rosalyn H. Baker
State Senator, Retired
Shane Y. Morita, MD, MS, PhD, FACS
Medical Director of Surgical Oncology at the Queen’s Medical Center