Faculty Profiles
School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene Faculty
Department of Nursing
Shirley Alvaro, MPH, MS, APRN, CPNP
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: pediatrics, community health
salvaro@hawaii.edu
Mary G. Boland, DrPH, RN, FAAN
Dean
Clinical Area of Focus: vulnerable families, HIV/AIDS, Health care delivery systems
mgboland@hawaii.edu
Nafanua Braginsky, MSN, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health and pediatrics
braginskn002@hawaii.rr.com
Mirella Vasquez Brooks, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: family nurse practitioner
vasbro96@aol.com
John Casken, PhD, MA, MPH, RN
Associate Specialist
Director of International Affairs
Clinical Area of Focus: administration, public health
casken@hawaii.edu
Clementina Ceria-Ulep, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health, administration
clem@hawaii.edu
Ramona G. Chinn, PhD, APRN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: mental health, child and adolescent mental health
rgchinn@hawaii.edu
Estelle Codier, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
codier@hawaii.edu
Janice Cody, MPH, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
codyb001@hawaii.rr.com
Christian Collins, MSN, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
christiancollins@hawaii.rr.com
Francisco Conde, RN, PhD, AOCN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: oncology
fconde@hawaii.edu
Lori Conley, MSN/FNP, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: pediatrics
conleylori@hotmail.com
Constance Conover, MS, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
conover@hawaii.edu
Virginia Date, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: learning center
date@hawaii.edu
Joan Dodgson, PhD, MPH, RN
Associate Professor
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Health Disparities Research
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child, community health
dodgson@hawaii.edu
Clare Brady Edelen,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
hinanocats@earthlink.net
Monica S. Ford,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
chunkimo2@hotmail.com
Norma Fujise, MS, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
fujise@hawaii.edu
Connie Gazmen, MS, RN, OCN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
gazmen@hawaii.edu
Yvonne Lynne Geesey,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
geesey@hawaii.edu
Maria Guerriero, MSN, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: mental health
mariacg@hawaii.edu
Lori Harrison, MS, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
loriharr@hawaii.edu
Taryn A. Higa,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
Jillian Inouye, PhD, APRN-BC
Professor
Director of Research
Clinical Area of Focus: psychiatric mental health, psychology
jinouye@hawaii.edu
Dianne Ishida, PhD, MA, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health, anthropology
dianne@hawaii.edu
Kathleen Rae Jaeger,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
tdomek@hawaii.rr.com
Jane Kadohiro, DrPH, APRN, CDE
Assistant Professor and Diabetes Consultant
Clinical Area of Focus: administration, community health, diabetes
kadohiro@hawaii.edu
Lynette E. Kagihara, DDS, MSEd
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: Oral and Dental Health
KagiharL@hawaii.edu
Merle Kataoka-Yahiro, DrPH, RNC, APRN
Associate Professor
Graduate Chair
Clinical Area of Focus: parent-child
merle@hawaii.edu
Bee Kooker, DrPH, APRN, RNC
Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child/ informatics
kooker@hawaii.edu
Anne Leake, PhD, APRN-Rx
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: family nurse practitioner
aleake@hawaii.edu
Sandra LeVasseur, PhD, RN
Associate Researcher
Associate Director, Research
Clinical Area of Focus: nursing workforce; healthcare service delivery systems; ageing; quality of life; smoking cessation
sandraal@hawaii.edu
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
ladyfair22737@aol.com
Lenora Lorenzo, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
lenora@hawaii.edu
Neil MacNaughton, PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
Director, Master's Entry Program in Nursing
Clinical Area of Focus: nursing administration, adult health
neilm@hawaii.edu
Lois Magnussen, EdD, APRN
Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
magnusse@hawaii.edu
Blandina Mamaclay, MS, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: pediatric nurse practitioner
blandina@hawaii.edu
Debra D. Mark, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: Medical-Surgical Nursing
debramar@hawaii.edu
William Marshall, RN, MSN, PHN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: public health nursing, adolescent and school health, community health
williamm@hawaii.edu
Kristie K. Matsuyama,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
kristien@hawaii.edu
Dionicia Mau,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
dioniciamau@kp.org
Carol McCann,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
carol.mccann@amedd.army.mil
Nancy McGukin, MPH, MSN, MBA, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: population-focused health care, public poilicy
mcgukin@hawaii.edu
Margaret McNulty, DrPH, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: family/pediatric nurse practitioner
mmcnulty@hawaii.edu
Jude Miller, EdD, MPH, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
judithem@hawaii.edu
Joe Mobley, PhD, MA
Professor
Associate Director of Research and Extramural Programming
Clinical Area of Focus: statistics, psychology
jmobley@hawaii.edu
Victoria Niederhauser, DrPH, APRN, PNP
Associate Professor
Department Chair
Clinical Area of Focus: nurse practitioner
niederha@hawaii.edu
Margaret Nield, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
nield@hawaii.edu
Joe Niemczura, MSN, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
jniemczu@hawaii.edu
Linda Pole, MSN, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal child/ neonatal
pole@hawaii.edu
Kristine Qureshi, DNSc, RN
Assoicate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: emergency nursing, disaster preparedness, community health
kqureshi@hawaii.edu
Alice Ramos-Yoshida, MS, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: pediatric nurse practitioner
ar@hawaii.edu
Jonita Range, MSN, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
jonita@hawaii.edu
Clark Ratliffe, PhD(c), MS, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: administration, parent-child
clarkr@hawaii.edu
Karol Richardson, PhD, MPH, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
karolr@hawaii.edu
Patricia Shinners, MS, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult mental health
shinners@hawaii.edu
Janice Shoultz, DrPH, MSN, MPH, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: community health, adult health
shoultz@hawaii.edu
Sandra Sinclair,
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus:
sandrals@hawaii.edu
Ann Sloat, PhD, MA, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child, anthropology
asloat@hawaii.edu
Charles St. Louis,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
cstlouis@queens.org
Mariailiana Stark, DrPH, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: nurse practitioner
stark@hawaii.edu
Kathleen Sullivan, PhD, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult mental health
ksulliva@hawaii.edu
Judy Swanson,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
rnswanie@hawaii.rr.com
Carolyn Tari-Sanchez, MSN, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: gerontology, adult health
tarisanchez@hawaii.rr.com
Karen Tessier, PhD(c), MSN, RN
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: pediatrics
ktessier@hawaii.edu
Mark Toles, MS, APRN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: mental health
toles@hawaii.edu
Janet Uyehara, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
juyehara@hawaii.edu
Joyce Vogler, DrPH, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: maternal-child
vogler@hawaii.edu
Chen-Yen Wang, PhD, APRN
Associate Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
chenwang@hawaii.edu
Noelani Wilcox,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
noelaniwilcox@yahoo.com
Patricia A. Wilhelm,
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus:
Paulette Williams, DrPH, MSN, RN
Assistant Professor
Clinical Area of Focus: nursing administration
paulette@hawaii.edu
Lorrie Wong, MSN, RN
Instructor
Director, Simulation Learning
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health
lorriew@hawaii.edu
Laura Yuen, MSN, RN
Lecturer
Clinical Area of Focus: adult health, clinical nurse specialist
ljyuen@hawaii.rr.com
Terri Zucchero, MSN, APRN-BC, FNP
Instructor
Clinical Area of Focus: family nurse practitioner
zucchero@hawaii.edu
Department Dental Hygiene
Ann Akamine
Instructor
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Dental Materials, Expanded Functions
aakamine@hawaii.edu
John Ebert
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, Periodontology
jebert@hawaii.edu
Patsy Fujimoto
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, Dental Hygiene, General Pathology, Oral Pathology
patsyf@hawaii.edu
Donna Fukuda
Instructor
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Dental Radiology
donnaf@hawaii.edu
Carolyn Kuba
Instructor
Department Chair
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Oral Anatomy and Tooth Morphology, Community Dental Health, Directed Reading, Fieldwork, Research
ckuba@hawaii.edu
Gina Lau
Instructor
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Dental Radiology
umebayas@hawaii.edu
Amy Ogawa
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Pain Control, Dental Radiology
ogawa@hawaii.edu
Martin Oishi
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, Dental Materials, Expanded Functions
oishim@hawaii.edu
Julee Omori
Instructor
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Community Dental Health
juleeo@hawaii.edu
Kristine Osada
Lecturer
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Oral Anatomy and Tooth Morphology
kmsato@hawaii.edu
Diana Saidy
Lecturer
Didactic: Dental Hygiene
saidyd@hawaii.edu
Pam Shimizu
Lecturer
Didactic: Dental Hygiene, Health Education and Promotion
pshimizu@hawaii.edu
Alicia Shin
Lecturer
Didactic: Dental Hygiene
okia@hawaii.edu
Kari Sing Chow
Lecturer
Didactic: Dental Hygiene
ksnakaso@hawaii.edu
Wendy Wakai
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, Dental Materials, Expanded Functions, Oral Anatomy, and Tooth Morphology
wakai@hawaii.edu
Leslie Wong
Assistant Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, General and Oral Histology and Embryology
wonglesl@hawaii.edu
Lawrence Yamada
Associate Professor
Didactic: Dental Sciences, Periodontology
yamadal@hawaii.edu
Emeriti Faculty
Yoshi Koga
Emeritus Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
Jean Lum
Emeritus Professor of Nursing
Ruey Ryburn
Emeritus Professor of Nursing