History of the Clinic Visits 2019 – 2018
The current funding phase started in 2017. It has given us the opportunity to continue the 10-year follow-up clinic visits so that we can offer them to all participants. If you have not already come for the follow-up visit, please contact us to schedule a time convenient to you. If you have not yet had a clinic visit, we want to see you! Please schedule a visit. It is still very valuable for us to see people for the first time at the clinic.
2017 – 2016
By the end of the 2012-2017 funding phase, over 400 participants attended the 10-year follow-up clinic visit. This is a wonderful contribution to the understanding of lifestyle, culture, and health by our participants. Thank you to everyone who came for their follow-up clinic.

Lab Team: Darlene & Amy

Interview Team: Jonathan, Cris, & Darlene
2015
We are happy to report that 180 participants have attended our 10-year follow-up clinic visit. Mahalo to everyone! The unique strength of this important research is the loyalty and commitment of our participant ‘Ohana. Also unique is the long term relationship from small kid time until the present. The depth and breadth of your contributions are resulting in extensive publication of results regarding the understanding of relations among lifestyle, culture, and health over the lifespan. Our staff is ready to welcome you to your very first or your 10-year follow-up clinic visit!
We are constantly grateful for your generous contributions over time. Mahalo!
2014
This has been a busy year with 140 participants joining us for their 10-year follow-up clinic visit. We also have welcomed new participants for their very first clinic visit and/or survey. We are grateful for everyone’s participation and continue to offer $150 if you live on O’ahu and $300 if you live elsewhere to help defray travel costs. We have welcomed a new staff member, Jonathan Lai, RD, CDE, whose background in clinical and research nutrition is very important for the project. He is interviewing participants and learning all the aspects of this complex study.
2013

Matt, Valentyna, Darleene, Joan, Cris, Amy, & Caryn
We are ready to greet you for your follow-up clinic visit! You will receive an invitation near the 10-year anniversary of your first clinic visit. We anticipate welcoming you back! And we look forward to meeting you if you are joining us for the first time. As before, you will receive $150 when attending the visit if you live on O’ahu. If you live on the neighbor islands, the mainland, or in a foreign country, you will receive $300 to help defray travel costs.
2012
We exceeded our goal for this phase of our study, 2007 – 2012, thanks to your commitment and participation!
Your ‘Ohana is growing each year, as many people unable to join us in the past are now completing surveys and the clinic visit. In our recent visits to Kaua’i, Wai’anae, the Big Island, and Maui alone, 90 people attended clinic visits for a total of 827 visits overall. 72% of the students from long ago have joined the follow-up study by completing surveys and 60% of these have attended a clinic visit. These are amazing numbers. It’s only due to your commitment to this important work that we have been able to reach our goal for this research phase. Although we have finished our neighbor island work for now, we are still welcoming everyone to complete a clinic visit at Dole Cannery on O’ahu.
2011
Early in 2011, we are planning to invite Leeward residents to a clinic visit at Kaiser Permanente’s Nanaikeola Clinic in Wai’anae on O’ahu. With competing schedules of work, family activities, and child/elder care, it is often difficult for participants to attend a clinic visit at our Dole facility in Honolulu. We are hoping that many folks in the Leeward area will join us for this important part of our study.

David, Darlene, Joan, Amy, Melody, & Matt
2010
Our happiest news this year was our ability to welcome participants for a clinic visit on Kaua’i. Beginning in September 2009, we began seeing folks at our research clinic in Dole Cannery on O’ahu and at the Aloha Medical Center in Lihue, Kaua’i. Our team visited Kauai two to four times a month, scheduling appointments at times convenient for participants. The staff at Aloha Medical Center welcomed our team and supported our work in many ways. We are grateful for the opportunity to work there. Our main work on Kaua’i is concluded; however, we may continue to occasionally visit Kaua’i as we discover newly interested participants. Both Dole and Kaua’i participants have given their time generously to the clinic visit — by mid-December 770 folks have joined us in this important part of the project! Mahalo, Everyone!
2009
We are continuing to see participants for the clinic visit. By the end of April our numbers will have grown to 655 on the way to our goal of 810 by the end of this phase of the study. Mahalo to everyone! We greatly appreciate the time you have spent with us in the clinic.

Hawaii & Oregon Team 2008
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