Annual Report 2024 | Page 2

2024

ANNUAL REPORT

CONTENTS

1 Director’ s Message
2 Our Aspiration and Flagship Priority Our Core Values
3 UH Cancer Center Statewide
7 Cancer at a Glance
UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘ I CANCER CENTER Naoto T. Ueno, MD, PhD, FACP Director
ART & PRODUCTION Managing Editor Tawney Sablan Associate Director of Development
Editor Julie Inouye Executive Director of Development
Esme M. Infante Director of Communications
Photographer and Contributing Writer Jena Funakoshi, MA
Contributing Writer Nathan Hokama
Photographer Andrea Riano Tellez
Graphic Designer Kay Yamaguchi
Cover Image: Two-time breast cancer survivor and Community Health Advocate Patricia Kalo Cornett hugs her oncologist, Dr. Jami Fukui, MD, Faculty Co-Director of Community Outreach and Engagement at the UH Cancer Center.
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Research Matters
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Cancer Community
16
Hope in Research
18
Gifts
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Awards & Honors