Left to right: Dr. Bessie Young, Dr. Reya Mokiao, & Dr. Paula Houston  

Dr. Mokiao receives a traditional Indigenous blanket in honor of her award from the Center of Indigenous Health 

Dr. Reya Mokiao delivers remarks after accepting the Pat Dawson Endowed Fellowship  

OHCE was grateful to honor and recognize the accomplishments of Dr. Reya Mokiao as the 2025-2028 Dr. Patricia L. Dawson Endowed Faculty awardee for her remarkable contributions to the community through her commitment to her research and advancing health equity. Dr. Mokiao is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, in the Division of Nephrology and the first Native Hawaiian pediatric nephrologist trained at Children’s. She is also a KL2 scholar through the Institute of Translational Health Sciences. She has made a tangible impact both within the University of Washington Medicine community along with the broader Seattle area by partnering with Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Her work has received grant support from the Center of Indigenous Health to conduct a community needs assessment. She is currently working on understanding and developing kidney and cardiometabolic health programs for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander youth. 

This fund supports the work of a faculty leader at UW Medicine to operationalize the goals of the UW Medicine Healthcare Equity Blueprint, an innovative roadmap for improving equity outcomes written by UW Medicine leaders and initiated by Drs. Houston and Dawson. You can learn more about the fund and support its lasting impact here.