UH Hilo pharmacy alumna Cherie Chu receives tenure at her alma mater
Associate Professor Cherie Chu was the first UH Hilo pharmacy alumni to sign on as full faculty and is the first to receive tenure.
Category: Tenure
Jeanette Ayers-Kawakami receives tenure at UH Hilo’s School of Nursing
Associate Professor Ayers-Kawakami says transcultural communication and responsiveness are at the core of her work at the university; as director of the nursing program, she focuses on teaching and success of students.
Matthew Knope, groundbreaking evolutionary ecologist, receives tenure at UH Hilo
Knope is an evolutionary ecologist specializing in speciation and extinction, specifically the generation and loss of plant and animal biodiversity in Hawai‘i and globally.
Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Exercise Sciences Ozan Atalağ receives tenure at UH Hilo
In addition to teaching, Associate Professor Atalağ serves as the chair of the kinesiology and exercise sciences department while conducting his research into physiological markers in athletes.
Pharmacy alumnus Jarred Prudencio receives tenure at UH Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
Associate Professor Prudencio is focusing on the growth of curriculum at UH Hilo’s pharmacy college and on providing pharmaceutical students with field work early in their academic career.
Camlyn Masuda receives tenure at UH Hilo’s Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy
Researcher, teacher, and practicing pharmacist Camlyn Masuda’s driving passion is patient care and health for the people of Hawai’i.
Nursing alumna Patricia Hensley receives tenure at UH Hilo
Assistant Professor Patricia Hensley plans to build on her research and continue contributing to UH Hilo’s School of Nursing.
Watch: 2021 Fall Welcome, hosted by Chancellor Irwin
New faculty and staff were introduced at the virtual event along with recognition of faculty who have received tenure and promotion over the last year.
