The efficiency and high quality of PHRI’s work is largely due to its collaborative approach to health care research, which is possible due to PHRI’s position as an independent research institute. This independence provides an ideal setting for health providers to step out of often-competing arenas and join hands in areas of mutual interest to do important work of interest to society at large.

In so doing, the synergies created through these partnerships facilitate complex, interdisciplinary research that could not easily be duplicated by a single research institution working alone.

With its collaborative partners, PHRI’s current research includes studies of:

In these and other projects with partners in Hawaii, the Pacific, Asia and the mainland U.S., PHRI leverages its core strengths in major research areas including:

• Clinical Trials
• Health Services Research
• Clinical Research
• Genetics

A summary of major projects currently underway is provided in the “Major Projects” page. The list of organizations with whom PHRI is collaborating to conduct these studies is provided in the “Collaborations” page.