Director
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Lawrence P. Burgess, M.D. Principal Investigator Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs Director of the Telehealth Research Institute |
TRI Office 212F Phone: 808.692.1091 E-mail: lburgess@hawaii.edu |
TRI Staff & Associate (in Alphabetical Order)
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Christoph Aschwanden, Ph.D. Project Manager |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1082 E-mail: caschwan@hawaii.edu |
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Eileen Beamis Project Administrator |
TRI Office 224WS Phone: 808.692.0844 E-mail: ebeamis@hawaii.edu |
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Benjamin Berg, M.D. Director of Simulation |
TRI Office 224N Phone: 808.692.1093 E-mail: bwberg@hawaii.edu |
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Deborah Birkmire-Peters, Ph.D. Senior Scientist/Research Manager |
TRI Office 212E Phone: 808.692.1090 E-mail: dbpeters@hawaii.edu |
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Sven-Erik Bursell, Ph.D. Director of the Diabetes Center of Excellence |
TRI Office 212G Phone: 808.692.0842 E-mail: svenerik@hawaii.edu |
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Kathleen Kihmm Connolly, M.S. Project Manager |
TRI Office 224WS Phone: 808.692.1089 E-mail: kihmm@hawaii.edu |
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W. Kelley Gardner Systems Technical Manager |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.0843 E-mail: wgardner@hawaii.edu |
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Victoria Garshnek, Ph.D. Research Coordinator |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1086 E-mail: garshnek@hawaii.edu |
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Kris Hara, RRT Chief Simulation Specialist |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1096 E-mail: harakm@hawaii.edu |
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Takuya Inoue, M.D. Research Scholar |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.0840 E-mail: takuyai@hawaii.edu |
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Mari Kimura, RN Simulation Specialist |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.0841 E-mail: kimurama@hawaii.edu |
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Cami Mikami Administrator/Fiscal Assistant |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1085 E-mail: mikamic@hawaii.edu |
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Kristen Okahashi HR Administrator/Contract Specialist |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1087 E-mail: okahashi@hawaii.edu |
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Dolly Puchert Administrative Specialist/Fiscal Assistant |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1080 E-mail: puchert@hawaii.edu |
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Andrei Sherstyuk, Ph.D. Project Manager |
TRI Office 212C Phone: 808.692.1088 E-mail: andreis@hawaii.edu |
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Dale Vincent, M.D. Director of Telemedicine |
TRI Office 212D Phone: 808.692.1083 E-mail: dvincent@hawaii.edu |
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Michael Von Platen System Programmer |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1084 E-mail: platen@hawaii.edu |
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Kin Lik Wang (Alex), M.S. Software Developer |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.1098 E-mail: kinwang@hawaii.edu |
TRI Research Assistant (in Alphabetical Order)
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Eric K.W. Lee Research Assistant |
TRI Office 212WS Phone: 808.692.0845 E-mail: ekwlee@hawaii.edu |



















