Health research brings science and culture together under hula

A public health study found that a quarter of the state’s residents have danced or still dance hula.

Mele Look is the director of community engagement and researcher with the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawaiʻi John A. Burns School of Medicine.

For the last 20 years, the department has built on research that started with a cardiologist and heart health. It has since expanded to preventive care and more…

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