The Hawai`i EXPORT Center is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded research project that is focusing on diabetes health disparities in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Peoples which consist of Filipinos, Samoans, Tongans, etc.

The overall mission of the Hawai`i EXPORT Center is to reduce or eliminate diabetes related health disparities in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Peoples through "grass roots" partnerships that will foster research, research capacity building and community outreach.

The Hawai`i EXPORT Center operates within the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine.  MedStar Research Institute is a collaborative partner located in Washington, D.C.