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Advantages of Conducting Clinical
Research in Hawaii
Hawaii, with its unique, racially diverse population has been underutilized
as a site for clinical trials. Hawaii is ideally
suited to this activity, with a statewide population of 1.2 million (900,000
on the island of Oahu) that includes the following ethnic groups:
* Caucasians: 23 percent
* Japanese: 20 percent
* Mixed/part-Hawaiian: 18.6 percent
* Mixed/non-Hawaiian 18.4 percent
* Filipino: 10.5 percent
* Chinese 4.6 percent
* Other, including Hawaiian, Korean, Samoan and African-American: 4.5
percent
Subject recruitment and retention is typically better in Hawaii than on
the U.S. mainland because of local cultural emphasis on service to others,
and limited out-of-state travel due to the geographic isolation of the
Islands.
Seventy-five percent of the state's 1.2 million population resides within
a 25-mile radius of our site.
Honolulu is easily accessible, with frequent nonstop flights from most
major U.S. cities and competitive airfares. Our site is just 10 minutes
from the airport and major hotels, and adjacent to the state's largest
medical center. (And no one ever gets stuck in Hawaii due to snow!)
The strength of our Research lies in our Experience
and the Ethnic Diversity and Close Proximity of our Island Population.
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