Aloha and welcome to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Study Center of the National Children’s Study. Our Study Center is part of the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu.
The National Children’s Study aims to improve the health and well-being of children. It is the largest long-term study of children’s health and development ever to be conducted in the United States. The National Children’s Study will look at how the environment affects the health and development of more than 100,000 children across the United States. It will study the children from before they are born until they are 21. Study researchers hope to learn how children’s genes and their environments work together to affect children’s health and development.
In the Study, “environment” includes things such as air, water, and house dust; what children eat; how they are cared for; the safety of their neighborhoods; and how often they see a doctor. By studying children through different stages of their lives, researchers hope to better understand how these factors affect health and disease.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine’s architectural and interior design includes many historical elements of old Hawai‘i. Healing plants, elements of nature, ancient gods of healing, and symbols and images of patterns were developed into contemporary patterns and themes that are seen throughout the campus grounds. A Hawaiian motif band is incorporated into the concrete panels of the medical school building. Native Hawaiian kapa patterns representing natural elements such as rain, wind, water, as well as a DNA strand, are included in the motif band.