Hawaii Pacific Neuroscience

05/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Darren Dugas, Director, Hawaii Comprehensive Epilepsy Center & Epilepsy Research Unit Awarded Study to Investigate Novel anti-Galectin-3 Monoclonal Antibody bringing hope to those suffering from Drug-Resistant Epilepsy (DRE). https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07051629

05/04/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Darren Dugas, Dr. Enrique Carrazana, UH JABSOM med students Andrew Mettias, Matthew Kao Haley Yamamoto Natalie Toma and epilepsy center team for their work and publication. A triple burden in native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander patients with epilepsy: The cardiometabolic risks of obesity, diabetes, smoking, and their association with seizure control, Epilepsy Research, Volume 225, 2026, 107811. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0920121126000811

05/03/2026

MAHALO & ALOHA Dr Nicholas & Rachelle Anderson for all that you have invested into our lives. We are better people because of you. Your legacy and work will continue to inspire us. Praying for God’s richest blessings on you and your Ohana!

04/29/2026

04/29/2026

04/29/2026

Join us in congratulating Hawaii Alzheimer's Research Team in their contribution to recently published paper in Nature.
Fang, C., Feng, D., Gaines, M. Laskowitz D, Sanders L, Liow K et al. Buntanetap treatment in mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease: phase 2/3 study. npj Dement. 2, 26 (2026). https://www.nature.com/articles/s44400-026-00073-z

04/27/2026

We are so proud of you Yash and Kristal!

Hoʻomaikaʻi to MS2s Kristal Xie and Yash Vyas, Biostats Core members Kyle Ishikawa and Noa Brenner, along with SimTiki faculty Benjamin Berg, and Jannet Lee-Jayaram, and David Hyunchang Kim for taking the top prize in the student poster category at the UH x Google: Accelerating Research in the Age of AI symposium! Learn more about how this group’s work could change faculty debriefings: https://jabsom.hawaii.edu/news-events/news/2026/04/jabsom-students-take-top-prize-for-ai-tool-evaluating-faculty-debriefing.html

04/26/2026

Honored to have Dr Kore Liow deliver keynote at University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine 2026 Biomed Symposium together with BRAIN program leaders Kenji Aoki, Albert Jiang's work being top posters! Proud of other BRAIN scholars Titan Alexio Joshua Grube Ryan Nishi Yash Vyas Stryder Williams Emily Kang Emi Luo Lauren Seu Hollis Tam Mia Viola & interns Sofia Muniz Alexa Palacat who presented!

04/22/2026

04/20/2026

Please join us in congratulating 2026 Hawai’i physician of the year- Kore Kai Liow, MD. https://hawaiineuroscience.com/who-we-are/

04/20/2026

Please join us on congratulating Castle Connolly 2026 Top doctors voted by their peers (Sleep medicine - Nicholas Anderson, MD; Neurology - Darren Dugas, MD, Natalia Gonzalez, MD, Kore Liow, MD)
https://hawaiineuroscience.com/who-we-are/