Marjorie Mau, MD

diabetes/metabolic syndrome

Marjorie Mau, MD

Dr. Marjorie Mau is the first Chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawaii’s John A. Burns School of Medicine. She is also the founding director of the Center for Native and Pacific Health Disparities Research and the Myron Pinky Thompson Endowed Chair for Native Hawaiian Health Research. Dr. Mau, a Native Hawaiian, was instrumental in developing the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, arguably the first department in an U.S. accredited medical school dedicated to indigenous health.

Indeed, Dr. Mau has devoted her career to research, teaching and providing health care in medically underserved and primarily Native Hawaiian communities. As Chair of the Department of Native Hawaiian Health, Dr. Mau worked tirelessly to build the Department’s research capacity for conducting health disparities research that is scientifically meritorious as well as grounded in community engagement research approaches. Dr. Mau has published peer-reviewed papers on chronic kidney disease, insulin resistance, diabetes prevalence and culturally competent interventions to treat and prevent diabetes in Native Hawaiians using community-engaged participatory research approaches.

Her research accomplishments have included studies on obesity interventions to prevent diabetes, heart failure interventions, understanding familial forms of cardiomyopathy in Native Hawaiians and the use of telemedicine to improve access to care in Native Hawaiians and Alaska Natives. Under Dr. Mau’s leadership as Chair, the Department of Native Hawaiian Health has become a leader in conducting a wide range of health disparities research in the Pacific region. That is, research undertaken to know more
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