Updated 10/26/2017

CURRICULUM VITAE

Aunchalee E.L. Palmquist, PhD, IBCLC EDUCATION Ph.D. Anthropology University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 2006 Dissertation Title: Populations in Transition, Medicines in Motion: Migration, Health, and Healing in Echang Hamlet, Republic of Palau, and Micronesia. Prof. Nina L. Etkin, Chair M. A. Anthropology University of Hawaii-Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 1997 B. A. Anthropology University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1994 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Assistant Professor, Department of Maternal and Child Health and the Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, August 2017 - present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Elon University, August 2011 – May 2017 POSTDOCTORAL APPOINTMENTS Postdoctoral Associate & Lecturer, Yale University, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Global Health Initiative, July 2009 – June 2011 (Mentors: Marcia C. Inhorn, Elizabeth Bradley) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Human Genome Research Institute – National Institutes of Health, Social and Behavioral Research Branch, Social Network Methods Section. Laura M. Koehly, Ph.D., Section Chief, January 2007 – June 2009 (Mentor: Laura Koehly) CONTINUING EDUCATION August 2012 - May 2013, Mary Rose Tully Training Initiative, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, IBLCE Pathway 2 clinical lactation consultant certification program. IBCLC credential earned November 2013. (Mentor: Miriam Labbok). RESEARCH INTERESTS Medical Anthropology

Global maternal-child health; health disparities; genetics/genomics and health identity; illness experience; risk perception; breast and colorectal cancer; HIV/AIDS

Anthropology of Food and Nutrition Breastfeeding/human lactation; infant feeding in emergencies; human milk sharing; cooperative infant and young child feeding; food, culture, and identity; food insecurity; ethnobotany/ethnopharmacology

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Research Methods Qualitative research; mixed-methods; social networks; community-based participatory research; applied anthropology; ethnographic/documentary film

Community Studies

Online/digital communities (U.S., Global); Pacific Islands/Oceania (Palau, Hawaii), Southeast Asia (Thailand), U.S. immigrant and refugee (Bhutanese, Burmese, Pacific Islander, Mexican-American) and indigenous (Native Hawaiian) communities

GRANTS & FUNDING Wenner-Gren Foundation Post PhD Grant, to aid research on Taking Milk From Strangers: An Anthropological Investigation of Breast Milk Sharing in the U.S. and Beyond, awarded April 2014 Faculty Research and Development Grant, Elon University, Summer 2016 Faculty Research and Development Grant, Elon University, Summer 2014 Faculty Research and Development Grant, Elon University, Summer 2013 Hultquist New Faculty Summer Research Fellowship, Elon University, Summer 2012 Faculty Research and Development Grant, Elon University, 2012-2013 Pacific Fellowship, American Association for University Women, Hawaii chapter, 2001 AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition, IBLCE Scholarship, Summer 2013 Selected Oral Presentation, Annual Scientific Retreat, Division of Intramural Research, National Human Genome Research Institute, 2008 Pacific Asian Scholarship, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Dept. of Anthropology, 1998-2000 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Southeast Asian Studies Dept., Research and training grant, 2000

Award of Recognition, Arizona State University, Southeast Asian Studies Summer Institute, Thai Language Studies, 1996 Award of Merit, University of Louisville, Dept. of Anthropology, 1994 Mary K. Tachau Prize, University of Louisville, Women’s Studies Dept., 1994

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RESEARCH PROJECTS Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies: Syrian Refugee Crisis. Funding: Elon University Research on human milk sharing, 2011- ongoing. Funding: Wenner-Gren Foundation and Elon University Applied collaborative community-based research on the changing landscape of midwifery in North Carolina, in partnership with the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center, Chapel Hill, NC, 2013. Research on the social and cultural context of child feeding beliefs and practices among low-income Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander families in Hawaii, 2011- ongoing. Funding: Elon University Dissertation research on migration, culture and health, Echang Hamlet, Republic of Palau, 2001 December – 2002 June. Funding: American Association of University Women Pacific Fellowship and Community Conservation Network

Applied research on indigenous marine resource use and conservation, Republic of Palau, 2000 July. Funding: Community Conservation Network Applied research on indigenous medicines and diet; oral histories of Tobian and Sonsorolese migrations to Echang, Republic of Palau, 1999 July – August. Funding: University of Hawaii-Manoa, Arts and Sciences Advisory Council

Research on complementary medicines used to treat HIV/AIDS related illnesses in Northern Thailand, Chiang Mai and Bangkok, Thailand. 1998 July – August. Funding: Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications Palmquist, AEL (2017) Advocacy: IBCLCs advocating for global breastfeeding through skilled lactation support. Journal of Human Lactation, 33(3): 502-503 Perrin MT, Goodell LS, Fogleman AD, Pettus H, Bodenheimer A, and Palmquist AEL (2016) Expanding the supply of pasteurized donor human milk: Why don’t peer-to-peer milk sharing donors donate to milk banks? Journal of Human Lactation, 32(2):229-237 Palmquist AEL and Doehler K (2016) Human milk sharing practices in the U.S. Maternal and Child Nutrition 12(2): 278-290 Palmquist AEL and Doehler K (2014) Contextualizing online human milk sharing: structural factors and lactation disparity among middle income women in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 122: 140-147

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Stuebe AM, Gribble KD, and Palmquist AEL [E-letter] Pediatrics (January 3, 2014) Differences between online milk sales and peer-to-peer sharing. http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/132/5/e1227/reply#content-block Palmquist AEL, Wilkinson A, Sandoval JM, and Koehly LM (2012) Age-related differences in biomedical and folk beliefs as causes for diabetes and heart disease among Mexican origin adults. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 4(14): 596-601 Palmquist AEL, Upton R, Kim S, Panter A, Hadley D and Koehly LM (2011) Beliefs about cancer and diet among those considering genetic testing for colon cancer. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 43(3): 150-156 Palmquist AEL, Koehly LM, Peterson SK, Shegog MS, Vernon S and Gritz ER (2010) “The cancer bond”: exploring the formation of cancer risk perception in families with Lynch Syndrome. Journal of Genetic Counseling 19(5): 423-544 Ashida S, Palmquist AEL, Basen-Engquist K, Singletary S. Eva and Koehly LM (2009) Changes in female support network systems and adaptation after breast cancer diagnosis: differences between older and younger patients. Gerontologist 49(4): 549-59 Koehly LM and Loscalzo AE (2009) Adolescent obesity and social networks. Preventing Chronic Disease 6(3): A99 Book Chapters Palmquist AEL (2017) When everyday violence is a barrier to breastfeeding. In P.H. Smith and M. Labbok, Eds., Breastfeeding, Social Justice and Equity, Pp. 27-34, Praeclarus Press Palmquist AEL and Palmer C (2017) Knowledge and use of herbal galactagogues among health care providers and breastfeeding mothers in the U.S. In P.H. Smith and M. Labbok, Eds. Breastfeeding, Social Justice and Equity, Pp., 361-368, Praeclarus Press Palmquist AEL and Doehler K (2016) Forging new partnerships for milk sharing. In P.H. Smith and M. Labbok, Eds., Advancing Breastfeeding: Forging Partnership for a Better Tomorrow, Pp. 229-236, Praeclarus Press Palmquist AEL (2015) The gift of milk: how altruistic milk sharing practices empower women. In P.H. Smith and M. Labbok, Eds., It Takes a Village: The Role of the Greater Community in Inspiring and Empowering Women to Breastfeed, Pp. 256-262, Praeclarus Press O’Brien M and Palmquist AEL (2015) My body, my self. In E. Mendenhall and K. Wollner, Eds., Community Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth, University of New Mexico Press Palmquist AEL (2014) Demedicalizing breast milk: the discourses, practices, and identities of informal milk sharing. In T. Cassidy and A. El-Tom, Eds. Ethnographies of Breastfeeding: Cultural Contexts and Confrontations, Pp. 23-44, Bloomsbury Press

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Palmquist AEL (2014) Breastfeeding and intimacy (psychosexual functioning). In P. Whelehan and A. Bolin, Eds., Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality, Wiley Palmquist AEL (2012). The old and the new. In E. Mendenhall and A.D. Koon, Eds., Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth, University of New Mexico Press Book Review Loscalzo AE (2007) Review of “Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge of California's Natural Resources, by M. Kat Anderson.” Journal of Ethnobiology 27 (2): Fall/Winter Ethnographic/Documentary Film “Bad Air” (2010) short film/public service announcement regarding air pollution exposure and respiratory illnesses among children of migrant farm workers in the San Joaquin Valley, CA. Directed by Owen Palmquist

INVITED PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS Milk Sharing. 14th Annual Triangle Breastfeeding Alliance Conference, Celebrating Breastfeeding Empowerment, Raleigh, NC, April 2016 Hot Topics in Breastfeeding: Human Milk Sharing. La Leche League of North Carolina Breastfeeding Conference, March 2016 Health Equity Lens on Human Milk: Buying, Selling, Donating, and Sharing. Uzazi Village workshop, Kansas City, MO, October 2015 Infant Feeding in Emergencies: Focus on the Syrian Refugee Crisis, Global Neighborhood Dinner, Elon University, October 2015 Milk from another mother: cooperative infant feeding in a digital age, Davidson College, October 2015 Of risks and rewards: anthropological perspectives of milk sharing, iLactation Online Conference, Building Better Breastfeeding, September 2015 Human milk sharing practices in the U.S., Central North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition meeting, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, July 2015 Open-ended questioning? Perspectives from a cultural anthropologist and ethnographer, Elon University, Physician Assistant Symposium on Underserved and Vulnerable populations, December 2014 Concerns and misconceptions associated with Ebola, Elon University, African Society, Panelist, December 2014 Breastfeeding: Public Health Perspectives, Elon University, Childbirth Seminar (Prof. Cynthia Fair), November 2014

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Anthropology and Ebola: The Intersection of Disease and Culture in Emerging and Re-emerging Infections Elon College Fellows Colloquium: Changing Perceptions of Disease, Panelist, November 2014 New Refugee and Immigrant Communities in Greensboro, Elon University, Panel discussant, October 2014 Understanding milk sharing practices and experiences through ethnographic inquiry. South Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition, August 2014 Gender, Society, and Infant Feeding, Elon University, Inclusive Community Education Team Roundtables, August 2014 Qualitative research in medical anthropology, Elon University Physical Therapy Seminar (Prof. Steve Bailey), August 2014 Milk Sharing: is it worth the risk? Art of Breastfeeding Conference, Chapel Hill, October 2013 Anthropological research on child feeding beliefs and practices. Elon University, Women’s and Gender Studies brown bag series, March 2012 The Cultural Context of Medicines and Health: Pacific Perspectives, Global Health Seminar, Health and Development Lecture Series, Yale School of Public Health, September 2010

Childhood obesity in Pacific Islander populations: a research proposal in progress, Global Health Working Group, The MacMillan Center, Yale University, November 2009

Folk illness beliefs and complementary and alternative medicine: implications for cultural competency, Symposium on Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Wofford College. April 2009 Peer Reviewed Presentations & Posters Translating IBCLC skills into field research on human lactation. Human Biology Association Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA. April 2016 (poster) Nutritional composition and food safety of human milk acquired through peer-to-peer sharing and milk banking: preliminary findings on % fat and % water. With Davis, D., Perrin, MT, Fogleman, A. Human Milk Banking Association of North America Sixth International Congress on Donor Human Milk Banking, Human Milk: Culture, Composition and Use. April 2016 (poster) Why don’t peer-to-peer milk sharers in the United States donate to milk banks? With Perrin, MT, Goodell LS, and Fogleman AD. International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation Conference. Stellenbosch, South Africa. March 2016. (poster) The unintended consequences of risk messages for milk sharing: Insights from the field and implications for practice, International Lactation Consultants Association Conference, Washington, DC, July 2015 (paper)

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When everyday violence is a barrier to breastfeeding: Poverty, social suffering, and infant feeding in Hawai’i, Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Chapel Hill, NC, March 2015 (paper) Childhood obesity as structural violence: Homelessness, food insecurity, and infant and young child feeding in Hawai'i. Society for Applied Anthropology, Meeting, Pittsburg, PA. Session title. Family Matters: Exploring cultural values and practices for raising healthy children, March 2015 (paper) Consuming Immunities: the biocultural context of passive immunity among milk sharing donors and recipients. Anthropologies of Breastfeeding session, Part II, American Anthropological Association annual meeting in Washington, DC, 2-7 December 2014 (paper) Where to share: milk sharing donor’s perceptions of milk banks and donation decisions, Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA) 2014, Fifth International Congress on Donor Human Milk Banking, Human Milk: Evidence, Strategies, and Ethics, Victoria, BC, April 28-29 2014 (poster, with Kirsten Doehler and Maryanne Perrin) Forging new partnerships for milk sharing: preliminary findings from the Anthropological Contexts of Milk Sharing (AnthroCOMS) Study, Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 20-21 March 2014 (paper, with Kirsten Doehler) The gift of milk: how altruistic milk sharing practices empower women, Breastfeeding and Feminism Conference, Carolina Global Breastfeeding Institute, Department of Maternal and Child Health, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 21-22 March 2013 (paper) The hands that feed us: rethinking obesity in the context of food insecurity in Hawaii, ASAO Annual Meeting, Informal Session (continued): “Obesity and Health in the Pacific,” Co-organized with Nancy Pollock, San Antonio, TX, 5-9 February 2013 (paper) Got donor milk? Internet based milk sharing in the U.S., “American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, Special Invited Session Crossing safely into toddlerhood: An ecological perspective on risks to maternal care in infancy sponsored by the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition and the Biological Anthropology Sections, 16 November 2012 (paper) Setting an agenda for anthropological research on childhood obesity in Hawaii, ASAO Annual Meeting, Informal Session (continued): “Obesity and Health in the Pacific,” Co-organized with Nancy Pollock, Portland, OR, 7-11 February 2012 (paper) The social and cultural context of childhood feeding beliefs and practices among Pacific Islander groups in California and Hawaii, ASAO Annual Meeting, Informal Session: “Obesity and Health in the Pacific. Co-organized with Nancy Pollock, Honolulu, HI, 9-13 February 2011 (paper) Illness experience and health identity among families of Mexican origin in Houston, Society for Medical Anthropology meeting, Yale University, 27 September 2009 (poster)

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The social construction of hereditary disease risk as a basis for family-centered cancer prevention, Society for Applied Anthropology meeting, Santa Fe, NM, 19 March 2009 (paper) The role of social relationships in shaping perceptions of screening efficacy and intentions to screen, International Network for Social Network Analysis annual meeting, Tampa, FL, 22-27 January 2008 (poster) Changes in friend network systems of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients: a comparison between older and younger patients, International Network for Social Network Analysis annual meeting, Tampa, FL, 22-27 January 2008 (poster) The role of applied anthropology in social and behavioral genomics research: contributing to methodological innovation in the study of health disparities, American Anthropological Association annual meeting, session on Innovating and Evaluating Methodologies, 28 November 2007, Washington, DC (paper) Food security, health insecurity: genes, environment, and health disparities in the Republic of Palau, Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting, 30 March 2007, Tampa, FL (poster) Ethnicity, ecology, and medical pluralism in Palau, American Anthropological Association annual meeting, session on Western and Traditional Medicines at the Intersections of Modernity and Globalization, 17 November 2006, San Jose, CA (paper) Polypharmacy Palauan style, Society for Medical Anthropology and Society for Applied Anthropology joint meeting, session on Medicines and Pharmaceutical Enterprises: From Critical Theory to Advocacy, 1 April 2004, Dallas, TX (paper)

Evaluating the ethnic distribution of lymphovascular invasion and nodal status in Hawaii, 5th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, 6-9 October 2003, Chicago, IL (poster) Breast cancer detection trends in Hawaii, 5th Annual Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium, 6-9 October 2003, Chicago, IL (poster)

Breast cancer in Hawaii: The significance of marital status, Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, 3 December 2003, San Antonio, TX (poster) Ecosystem health and social relations in contemporary multi-ethnic Pacific Islander communities, International Society for Ecosystem Health annual meeting, session on Healthy Ecosystems, Healthy People, 2002, Washington, D.C. (paper)

Tracing linkages between ecosystem health and human health in place-based communities: Sociopolitics, cultural attachment, and the health status of Pacific Islanders, International Society for Ecosystem Health annual meeting, session on Healthy Ecosystems, Health People, 2002, Washington, D.C. (paper)

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Sessions Organized Anthropologies of Breastfeeding, Part I and II. Co-organized with Cecilia Tomori. American Anthropological Association annual meeting in Washington, DC, 2-7 December 2014 Obesity and Health in the Pacific. Co-organized with Nancy Pollock. First Working Session for the ASAO annual meeting in San Antonio, TX, 5-9 February 2013 Obesity and Health in the Pacific. Co-organized with Nancy Pollock. Second Informal Session for the ASAO annual meeting in Portland, OR, 7-11 February 2012 Obesity and Health in the Pacific. Co-organized with Nancy Pollock. Informal Session for the ASAO annual meeting in Honolulu, HI, 9-13 February 2011 Teaching Assistant Professor, Elon University, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, August 2011-present Lecturer, Yale University, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, July 2009-2011 Lecturer, Santa Clara University, Department of Anthropology, April – June 2006 Courses Taught

Anthropology of Babies (Elon University)

Honors Seminar, Cultural Approaches to Health Communication (Elon University, team taught with Dr. Lucinda Austin, Communications)

Elon College Fellows, Sophomore Seminar (Elon University, team taught)

Food, Health and Society in Global Perspective (Yale University; Elon University)

Anthropology of Food (Elon University)

Anthropology Senior Seminar (Elon University)

Culture, Health, and Illness (Elon University)

Qualitative Research Methods (Elon University)

Introduction to Social/Cultural Anthropology (Elon University, University of Hawaii-Manoa- TA; Santa Clara University)

Medical Anthropology & Global Health (Yale University)

Human Adaptation (University of Hawaii-Manoa- TA)

Introduction to Physical Anthropology Lecture/Lab (University of Hawaii-Manoa- TA)

History of Anthropological Theory (University of Hawaii-Manoa- TA) Mentoring Sarah Holdren, Honors Fellow (Anthropology and Public Health Studies, Honors Fellow, Lumen Scholar), Human milk feeding for preemies in the NICU: How do institutional policies influence families’ experiences? Elon University 2015 – Amy Mullan, College Fellow (Public Health Studies, Elon College Fellow, Lumen Scholar), Examining change in infant and young child feeding practices among Montagnard and Bhutanese refugee families in North Carolina, Elon University 2015 –

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Anna Rice, College Fellow (Public Health Studies), Public assistance, food security, and infant and young child feeding practices, Elon University 2014 – Vashti Schwimangal, College Fellow (Public Health Studies), Narratives of hunger and food insecurity among North Carolina families on Public Assistance, Elon University 2014 - Sara Paille-Jansa, College Fellow and Lumen Scholar, Winner PERCS Outstanding Ethnography Award 2015 (Public Health Studies), The embodiment of fear: exploring the cultural constructions of childbirth and the perinatal decisions of expectant mothers, Elon University 2013 – 2015 Catherine Palmer (Public Health Studies) Use of plant-based galactagogues in lactation: a survey of health care providers and breastfeeding mothers, Elon University 2014-2015 Trenita Childers, Sociology doctoral candidate, Duke University, Preparing Future Faculty mentor, 2013 – 2014 Charlise Morgan, (Anthropology), Summer Internship at Duke Lemur Center, Summer 2013 Nina Boston, Rawls Scholar (Anthropology) Exploring the cultural consequences of energy and commercial development on sacred Native American Sites, Elon University 2012-2013 Jennifer Proto, (Anthropology & Public Health Studies) Project Pericles cohort, Breastfeeding Narratives Among WIC Participants in Alamance County, NC, Elon University 2012-2013 Kate MacDonald (Anthropology) Isabella Canon Leadership Program, Legacy Project Phase V Advisor, Spring 2012 Patrick Lee, Senior International Relations major, serving as primary advisor for Senior Essay in Ethics, Politics, and Economics (Winner of the 2011 William H. Orrick Prize) Fall 2010, Yale University Angela Lee, Senior Anthropology major, services as primary advisor for her ethnographic research project on the role of physician assistants in hospital intensive care units, 2010-2011 academic year, Yale University Professional Affiliations (Current) American Anthropological Association (AAA) Anthropology of Childhood and Youth Interest Group of the AAA Biological Anthropology Section of the AAA Evolutionary Anthropology Section of the AAA Human Biology Association International Lactation Consultants Association (ILCA) International Society for Research on Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML) National Association of Professional and Peer Lactation Supporters of Color (NAPPLC) Society for Medical Anthropology Editorial Activities

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Ad Hoc Reviewer

Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health

Food, Culture, and Society

Human Organization

Health, Risk, and Society

Journal of Ethnobiology

Journal of Human Lactation

Journal of Nutrition Education & Behavior

Journal of Tropical Medicine and International Health

National Science Foundation

Pediatrics

Sociology of Health and Illness Manuscript Screener, Medical Anthropology Section, Social Science & Medicine, 2010- 2012 Service University

Director, Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies (PERCS), Elon University, 2014 - present

Program for Ethnographic Research and Community Studies Faculty Advisor, Elon University 2011-present

Public Health Studies Advisory Committee, Elon University, 2013 - present

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Advisory Committee, Elon University, 2012-present

Lumen Prize Advisory Committee, Elon University, 2012-present

Faculty Advisor, Lambda Alpha, Anthropology Honors Society, 2011 - present

Isabella Canon Global Education Center Advisory Committee, Elon University 2012-2014 Local Community

Collaborative community-based health advocacy with PERCS and UNCG Center for New North Carolinians, 2014-present

Project lead for collaborative research with the Women’s Birth and Wellness Center, Chapel Hill, NC 2013

Community of Scholars

International Lactation Consultant Association, Advocacy Committee

Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Scholarship Committee 2015

Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference, Planning Committee 2012-present

Reviewer, National Women’s Studies Association, 2013, 2014

Society for Medical Anthropology, Research Committee, 2012-2013

Scientific Reviewer & Mentor, Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), October 2008

Scientific Reviewer, Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, September 2008

Other Related Employment

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Behavioral Scientist, Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center, National HIV/AIDS Training Program, San Francisco, CA, July - October 2006 ORC Macro, Consultant, (Research, data collection, and writing projects related to child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking for the U.S. Department of Labor) 2006, 2007, 2010 Research Associate, Kapi’olani Breast Center, Honolulu, HI, 2002 November – 2004 June Research Assistant, University of Hawaii-Manoa, Department of Psychiatry and the Pacific Addictions Research Center, Honolulu, HI, 2002 July – October Research Assistant, Hawaii Heptachlor Project, Honolulu, HI, and UC Irvine, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health 1999 March - 2000 July