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University of Hawaii Research Physician Maintains Focus on Pacific Islander Health

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The last 25 years of Dr. Palafox's career has been focused on improving health capacity and health policy toward reducing health disparities in Pacific Islander populations.

Neal Palafox M.D. is a professor in theJohn Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center who has worked for over a quarter of a century to improve health outcomes for Pacific Islanders, including Marshallese. Palafox discusses his ongoing National Cancer Institute grant-funded research, the cancer incidence in the Marshall Islands — a ground zero U.S. Cold War nuclear bomb test site — and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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