Skin✓ Van ("Skin Check Van")
Our Skin✓ Van is bringing cancer-prevention education to a neighborhood near you!
The University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center and the Friends of the UH Cancer Center are committed to bringing education on the risks and prevention of skin cancer to every community across Oahu. Skin cancer can affect anyone, regardless of a person's age, sex, or skin complexion! Our Skin✓ Van is equipped with sunscreen, educational materials, and computerized tools for measuring sun damage to your skin and showing you what you could look like if you don't protect yourself. The Skin✓ Van will travel to beaches, courts, parks, and other outdoor venues across Oahu, spreading awareness of skin cancer and methods of prevention.
The Skin✓ Van is an education initiative and generally does not provide skin cancer screenings. However, when possible, the Skin✓ Van may occasionally be able to include a dermatologist or other doctor.
For diagnosis and/or treatment, please contact your primary care physician or a dermatologist.
For the latest, most accurate information on skin cancer, including melanoma, visit the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) website. You can also call the NCI's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237).
Our Helpful Resources tab below includes guidance on where to find a dermatologist if you don't have one.
Mahalo to our partners, including members of the Hawaiʻi Skin Cancer Coalition, Cancer Moonshot, and John A. Burns School of Medicine Dermatology Interest Group.
Calendar, where to find us
If you have any questions, or a request for where the van should go next, please reach out to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (808) 564-3809.
To request the Skin✓ Van:
- Please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.and tell us about your organization, event (if applicable), location, start and end time, and expected number of participants.
- Please allow 5 to 7 business days for a response, and send your request at least 6 to 8 weeks in advance of the date for a requested visit. This initiative depends on support from some wonderful volunteers!
- Note: Requesting the Skin✓ Van to visit a city beach, park or facility requires a city permitting process that may lengthen the scheduling process.
Please allow time for events to be set as this community initiative is new. Our goal is one event per month, so check back to see where the Skin✓ Van will go next!
