MAIN CONTACTS
NIH NIDDK STEP-UP
National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Office of Minority Health Research Coordination
Rob Rivers, Ph.D.
niddkstepup@mail.nih.gov
Pacific STEP-UP/Hawaii
George Hui, Ph.D., Program Director
Aneesa Golshan, MSPH, Program Coordinator
University of Hawaii at Manoa
John A. Burns School of Medicine
651 Ilalo Street, BSB 320
Honolulu, HI 96813
hawaii.stepup@gmail.com
+1 (808) 692-1675
LOCAL PROGRAM COORDINATORS
American Samoa
American Samoa Community College
Dr. Mark Schmaedick
markschmaedick@earthlink.net
American Samoa Department of Education
Dr. Joserose Jyothibhavan
joserose@gmail.com
Amercan Samoa Department of Education
Magdalene Augafa
augafam@yahoo.com
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
CNMI Public School System
Asapmar Ogumoro
asapmar.ogumoro@cnmipss.org
Northern Marianas College
Dr. Alfredo De Torres
alfredo.de.torres@marianas.edu
Federated States of Micronesia
College of Micronesia
Dr. Paul Dacanay
dackydoc@comfsm.fm
Guam
University of Guam
Kristina Sayama
kristina@triton.uog.edu
Hawaii
University of Hawaii
Aneesa Golshan
hawaii.stepup@gmail.com
Republic of the Marshall Islands
College of Marshall Islands
Walton Bohanny
wbohanny@cmi.edu
College of Marshall Islands
Sali Andrike
sandrike@cmi.edu
Republic of Palau
Palau Community College
Dr. Christopher Kitalong
ckitalon@gmail.com
Palau Community College
Larry Wakakoro
lwakakoro@gmail.com
Palau Community College
Isu Ngirairikl
kubarii09@gmail.com