Assistant Researcher
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Ashley Yamanaka is a nutritional epidemiologist whose research focuses on child health, food environments, and health disparities in the Pacific region. She has over a decade of experience working with the Children's Healthy Living Center of Excellence, leading efforts to evamining food security, food access, nutrition, diet quality, and household structure across Pacific communities. She currently serves as Assistant Researcher at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she mentors students and contributes to interdisciplinary public health initiatives.