Title
UPDATE ON MAUI WILDFIRE EXPOSURE COHORT STUDY (WASSP-1(10))
Description
Under Rule 7(B) of the Rules of the Council, the Committee intends to receive an update on the Maui Wildfire Exposure Cohort Study (“MauiWES”).
Status
The Committee may receive an update on MauiWES’s latest report entitled, “From Crisis to Recovery: Health and Resilience Two Years After the Maui Wildfires,” which reveals the lasting health and social impacts of the August 2023 Maui wildfires, from Dr. Alika Maunakea, Professor, Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Dr. Ruben Juarez, Hawaiʻi Medical Services Association Distinguished Endowed Professor, University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization and Economics Department, University of Hawaiʻi; and Christopher Knightsbridge, Psy.D., Doctor of Clinical Psychology, Lahaina Certified Community Behavioral Health Center. The Committee may also discuss other related matters. No legislative action will be taken.