Hawaii Residency Programs, in collaboration with Physicians Medical Administrators Group, are proud to award the following research projects for the year 2010-11. Congratulations!

• Kristi Lopez, MD, Internal Medicine Residency Program. Clean Hands Save Lives: Queen Emma Clinic Hand Hygiene Project
• Maung Tin, MD, Geriatric Fellowship Program, Leadership Collaborative Education Intervention to Enhance Quality of End-of-Life Care in Nursing Homes: the IMPRESS Project
• Gregory Gatchell, MD, Geriatric Fellowship Program, An Educational Intervention for Frontline Nursing Home Staff on Palliative Care: The IMPRESS Project
• Eugene Hsu, MD, Transitional Residency Program, Assessing the cost savings from implementation of a safety intervention to reduce central line associated blood stream infections in Hawaii
• Yukako Tachibana, MD, Geriatric Fellowship Program, Family Perception of Quality of Death in Nursing Homes: the IMPRESS Project
• Chelestes Grace, MD, Pathology Residency Program, Evaluation of p16 & Ki-67 as Improved Diagnostic Biomarkers in Cervical Cancer Screening
• Kara Wong, MD, Pediatric Residency Program, Perspectives of Chuukese Patients and Health Care Providers on the Use of Different Interpretation Methods