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2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog 
  
2025-2026 UH Mānoa Catalog

Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health


Department of Social Work     Department of Public Health Sciences   

Administration

Gartley Hall 204
2430 Campus Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-6300
Fax: (808) 956-5964
Email: deants@hawaii.edu
Web: manoa.hawaii.edu/thompson/

Dean: Alexander Ortega
Associate Dean: Meripa Godinet (Gartley Hall 216)

About Myron B. Thompson

Myron “Pinky” Thompson earned his MSW from UH in 1953. A noted leader in the struggle for the preservation of the Hawaiian culture, he was at the vanguard of the Hawaiian Renaissance movement in the 1970s. While at the Queen Liliʻuokalani Children’s Center, he helped revitalize traditional healing practices such as hoʻoponopono and dream work. Along with Kumu Mary Kawena Pukuʻi and others, he helped create Nana I Ke Kumu, a two-volume reference manual on indigenous healing practices. He helped start Alu Like and Papa Ola Lokahi, was a Bishop Estate Trustee, and served as president of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. The UH Board of Regents approved the naming of the school after him in 2008.

General Information

The Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health is comprised of the Department of Social Work, the Center on Aging, and the Department of Public Health Sciences.

Vision

Achieving social justice and health equity for the people of Hawaiʻi and citizens in a changing world.

Department of Social Work

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Programs

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctorate

Department of Public Health Sciences

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Programs

Bachelor’s

Master’s

Doctorate

Minor

The Center on Aging (COA)

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