RCUH is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2026 Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards!
Researcher/Project Manager Category
- Hank Kuehn, MHPCC Computer Systems Engineer III, Maui High Performance Computing Center
- Nominated by Principal Investigator Tiare Martin
- Angie Largen, Translational Study Manager, UH Cancer Center
- Nominated by Principal Investigator Loic Le Marchand
- Roshan Paudel, Assistant Researcher, CTAHR Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences
- Nominated by Principal Investigator Koon-Hui Wang
- Giovana Simao Slanzon, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CTAHR Soil Microbial Ecology Lab
- Nominated by Principal Investigator Nhu Nguyen
Project Support Staff Category
- En Liu, UHCC Exercise Physiologist, Shepherd Research Lab
- Nominated by Principal Investigator John Shepherd
- Cami Mikami, TRI Administrative/Fiscal Assistant, JABSOM Telehealth Research Institute
- Nominated by Principal Investigator Benjamin Berg
Teams Category
- Cooperative Institute for Marine & Atmospheric Research (CIMAR), Nominated by Principal Investigator Douglas Luther
- Hristina Hristova, CIMAR PMEL Scientific Researcher
- John Lyman, CIMAR PMEL Assistant Researcher
- Elizabeth Steffen, CIMAR PMEL Float Research Coordinator
- East Asian Observatory, Nominated by Principal Investigator Ming-Tang Chen
- Shaoliang Li, EAO/JCMT Instrument Scientist
- Kuan-Yu Liu, EAO/JCMT Electronics Engineer
- Subaru Telescope, Nominated by Principal Investigator Satoshi Miyazaki
- Jonah Conol, Summit Mechanical/Telescope Technician IV
- James Ferreira, Senior Summit Technical Supervisor
- Michael Kerns, Summit Mechanical/Telescope Technician III
- UH Cancer Center Clinical Trials Office, Nominated by Principal Investigator Toshiaki Iwase
- Courtney Chun, Clinical Research Specialist IV
- James Tom, Clinical Research Specialist IV
Save the Date! Join us as we celebrate the outstanding achievements and contributions of our 2026 RCUH Outstanding Employee of the Year (OEY) nominees!
Friday, October 30, 2026
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
East-West Center, Imin Conference Center
Lunch will be included. Ticket prices and purchasing information will be available soon.
Stay tuned for more details!
