Thank you for visiting the Native Hawaiian Center of Excellence (NHCOE) website. As part of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), NHCOE seeks to improve the health of all Native Hawaiians through education, research, and community partnerships that strengthen the capacity of Native Hawaiian students and faculty to succeed in medicine.
To promote the physical and mental health of Native Hawaiians through education, research, and community partnerships.
To strengthen the national capacity to produce a quality health care workforce to improve the quality and delivery of health care through collaborations and strategic partnerships.
To serve as innovative, education resource centers to recruit, train, and retain students and faculty of Hawaiʻi in health professions schools.
To improve clinical education and cultural competence that addresses the prominent health issues in the state of Hawaiʻi.
