Anne Leake, PhD, APRN-Rx
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene
University of Hawaii at Manoa
2528 McCarthy Mall, Webster Hall 436
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: 808-956-0987, Fax: 808-956-3257
Email: aleake@hawaii.edu
Dr. Leake joined the faculty in 1993 for a joint appointment to teach community health and to practice as a family nurse practitioner in community health centers. She became an assistant professor in 2006 with a research focus in health disparities and diabetes. In 2010, Dr Leake was given the University Research Council Travel Award from the University of Hawaii at Manoa to present her research in diabetes prevention with the Philippine Nurses Association of Hawaii at an international conference in Cebu City.
PhD, University of Hawaii at Manoa
MS, Pace University
BA, University of Pennsylvania
Primary Care Across the Lifespan; Chronic Disease Management; and Diabetes
Reducing Health Disparities for Asian and Pacific Islanders; Community-Based participatory research; and Diabetes Prevention Interventions for Filipino-Americans
Inouye, J., Boland, M., Nigg, C., Sullivan, K., Leake, A., Mark, D., & Albright, C. L. (2011). A Center for Self-Management of Chronic Illnesses in Diverse Groups. Hawaii Medical Journal, 70(1), 4-8.
Kaholokula, J. K., Mau, M. K, Efird, J. T., Leake, A., West, M., Palakiko, D. M., Yoshimura, S., Kekauoha, B. P., Rose, C., & Gomes H.(2011). A family and community-focused lifestyle program prevents weight gain in Pacific Islanders: a pilot randomized controlled trial. Health Education and Behavior. doi: 10.1177/1090198110394174.
Leake, A. R., Bermudo, V. C., Jacob, J., Jacob, M. R., & Inouye, J. (2011). Health is wealth: Methods to improve attendance in a lifestyle intervention for a largely immigrant Filipino-American sample. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 13(3). doi:10.1007/s10903-011-9487-0
Leake A, Bermudo V & Jacob M. (2010). Lola's life lessons: Promoting heart health for Filipino families in Hawaii. Journal of the Philippine Nurses Association of America, 2(1), 7-10, 20, 46.
Mau M, Kaholokula J, West M, Leake A, Efferth J, Rose C, Palakiko D, Yoshimura S, Kekauoha P, & Gomes H. &: Translating diabetes prevention into Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities: The PILI 'Ohana Pilot Project. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, 2010; 4(1): 7-16.
Leake A, Oculto T, Ramones E, & Caagbay C: Diabetes Bingo: research prioritization with the Filipino community. Hawaii Medical Journal, 2010; 69: 237-241.
Williams P, Piamajariyakul U., Kataoka-Yahiro M., Alvaro S, Ceria C, Conley L., Kotsubo C., Leake A., Ratliffe C., Urso P., & Williams, AR. Effects of an intervention for Hawaiian American siblings and caregivers of children with chronic illness or disability: A pilot study. The University of the Philippines Nursing Alumni Association International, 2009; 5 (1), 44-46.
Nacapoy A, Kaholokula J, West M, Dillard A, Leake A, Kekauoha BP, Palakiko D, Siu A, Mosier S, & Mau M: Partnerships to address obesity disparities in Hawai’i: the PILI Ohana project. Hawaii Medical Journal. 2008. 67: 237-241.
Kalusugan ay Kayaman (Health is Wealth). NINR/NIH. Funded 2008 to 2010 for $40,000. Principal Investigator.
The UH Mānoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene’s baccalaureate and master’s nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.