Ola Pasifika is a research collective located at the University of Washington's School of Social Work led by Pasifika people for Pasifika people. Utilizing Pasifika, Indigenist, decolonizing, and community-based participatory research practices, our mission is to holistically study the physical, social, and spiritual aspects of health and wellness of Pacific Islanders, people of color, and other Indigenous communities. Ola Pasifika hopes to gain insight drawn from the collective resilience of Pasifika and indigenous people to improve the health and wellness of all indigenous people.

Our collective is under the direction of Kanaka Maoli scholar, Dean of the University of Washington School of Social Work, and Director of Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and Oceanic Affairs at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, Dr. Michael Spencer. For more information on our current research and methodology, please look at our research page.