Dr. Kolonel Honored with Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research
(Fall 2003)

Dr. Laurence Kolonel, Director of the Epidemiology Program and Deputy Director of the Cancer Center, was one of three University of Hawai‘i professors to be awarded the Regents’ Medal for Excellence in Research in October 2003 at the UH Awards Convocation ceremony. An internationally recognized scholar and researcher in epidemiology and cancer, Dr. Kolonel pioneered work that revealed the role of environmental factors in the causes of cancer resulting in different rates of incidence and deaths among different ethnic groups. In particular his research has demonstrated the importance of diet in the development of cancer in humans.

Earlier in 2003 Kolonel was honored with a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award from the National Institutes of Health. It was the first time the MERIT Award was received by a UH faculty member.