HONOLULU, Sept. 21 -- The University of Hawaii issued the following news release:
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The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University ofHawaiʻiatManoanearly $5.9 million through two grants to continue and expand theMaui Wildfire Exposure Study(MauiWES),Hawaiʻi's largest and most comprehensive disaster health cohort.
The new funding from theNational Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities(NIMHD) will allow researchers to continue following adults affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires and expand the study to 800 children, creating an unprecedented opportunity to understand how a maj...