Center for the Study of Asian American Health

Join us this morning for our Summer Seminar Series: https://nyumc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4GgNT39VhfW8aNw

Dr. Matthew Lee will provide an overview of applying qualitative methods to conduct community-engaged health equity research. Attendees will be introduced to common approaches to designing, collecting, and analyzing qualitative data!

Join us at 11AM ET as we kick off our 2024 Summer Seminar Series, with a special session featuring Introductions from the Director of the Section for Health Equity, Dr. Simona Kwon, and from the Institute for Excellence in Health Equity, Dr. Olugbenga Ogedegbe, followed by a presentation by Dr. Simona Kwon titled “Using Mobile Platforms, Electronic Health Record, and Community Health Workers to Address Health Equity in Chinese American Populations." https://nyulangone.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0pfuiprj8uGtCitKzMBpB7yYHLwNAtZNiR #/registration

We are thrilled to offer FIVE exciting panel sessions from our 11th Biennial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference, from June 3-4, 2024. This conference event is hosted by CSAAH in partnership with Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)and with support from AARP AAPI Community! To view the full program booklet, please click the link here: https://shorturl.at/ft93j and visit our Conference website here: https://csaahconference2024.wordpress.com/registration. Full recordings of our conference sessions will be made available soon!

is next week! Have you seen and registered for panel and presentation sessions yet? View speakers + session descriptions and register at

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Registration for , “Sustaining Momentum: Community Action & Health Equity Research,” is now live! Don’t miss this 2-day virtual event on June 3-4. Register for sessions at:

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American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network - ACS CAN, Oncology Nursing Society, and American Cancer Society's AAPI Volunteer Caucus are hosting a virtual event to discuss cancer inequities among populations who face stereotypes, stigma & aggregated data that mask disparities! See flyer to learn more and register for the event!

The Call for Abstracts for the 10th Annual NYU Langone Health Equity Symposium is now open! Accepted posters will be presented in-person later this October. Learn more, and remember to submit your abstract by June 10, 2024. Visit: https://bit.ly/3w65l21

Reminder to submit your abstracts to be featured at our 11th Biennial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference on June 3-4th, 2024!! Abstracts are due Monday, April 15 @ 5PM EST. Learn more about how to submit in the graphics here - this year's conference event will be co-hosted virtually by Center for the Study of Asian American Health and Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) with support from AARP AAPI Community!!

Eid Mubarak!

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2020, a National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine consensus report was published that offered a framework for equitable vaccine distribution -- "but Asian Americans were not on it," Dr. Stella Yi noted. In conversation with Dr. Yi and other Asian American health researchers, a new article from JAMA News discusses why disaggregating AsAm health data is long overdue. Read it here:

Momentum Grows for Disaggregated Asian American Health Data This Medical News article discusses how aggregated data obscure large health disparities among the 24 million Asian American people in the US.

🚨 Interested in community-based participatory research approaches? Our Section for Health Equity at NYU Langone Health’s Department of Population Health is hiring for a Program Coordinator to support several ongoing cancer research efforts. See more details and apply at

Program Coordinator job at NYU Langone Health – 1125779_RR00088614 Job Details

🚨Call for flash presentation abstracts now open for the 11th Biennial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference on June 3-4, cohosted virtually by CSAAH and & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)! Abstracts are due April 15 by 5 PM EST. Check out the details on how to submit below:

Mark your calendars! 🗓️ The Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone and our partners at the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) are excited to host the 11th Biennial Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Conference on June 3rd-4th! Join us for this series of panel talks and flash presentations, with the theme, "Sustaining Momentum: Community Action & Health Equity Research!" Agenda, speaker details, and registration info coming soon!

Have you checked out the National Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Response Partnership website for resources about ? Find a variety of informational resources that have been translated across a variety of Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander languages, that may be used to keep our communities and families healthy and safe! https://www.aa-nhpihealthresponse.org Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)

A recently invited article published in the Annual Review of Public Health by Lan Ðoàn, Michelle Chau, Naheed Ahmed, Jiepin Cao, Celine Chan, and Stella Yi critically reviews Asian American health research over the past two decades. The authors found that much of the literature emphasized underutilization of health care services; low knowledge and awareness among Asian Americans about risk factors, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment; inadequate efforts to improve language access, provider-patient communication, and trust; and the critical roles of community- and faith-based organizations and leaders in health promotion initiatives. The authors recommend investing significantly in community-engaged research infrastructure to increase representation, funding, and research innovation for Asian American communities.

Read the full text of this important review at:

Turning the Health Equity Lens to Diversity in Asian American Health Profiles | Annual Reviews The monolithic misrepresentation of Asian American (AsAm) populations has maintained assumptions that AsAm people are not burdened by health disparities and social and economic inequities. However, the story is more nuanced. We critically review AsAm health research to present knowledge of AsAm heal...

🙌 So excited to join our long-time partner and friends at Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (KCS) at their upcoming 51st Gala, and honored to accept this wonderful honor for Dr. Simona Kwon, Associate Professor and Director at our Center for the Study of Asian American Health at NYU Langone’s Department of Population Health! https://kcsny.org/2024-51th-gala/

Celebrating a legacy of health and partnership! 🌟 NYU Langone Health has been at the forefront of advancing health equity for Asian Americans, alongside KCS, for over 25 years. We’re proud to honor them and Dr. Simona Kwon, a beacon of dedication to improving health outcomes for our community. Here’s to a healthier tomorrow for all New Yorkers!

Excited to join Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) and partners on the CDC's Project Firstline, to continue strengthening infection prevention and control across Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities! 🥳Cheers to CSAAH's amazing superstar and IPC Champion, Anna Hao!! 🌟🌟🌟

In collaboration with CDC's Project Firstline, APIAHF welcomes our 2023-2024 cohort of IPC Champions!

Meet Anna Hao from NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH).

Learn more about our IPC Champions at www.aanhpiprojectfirstline.org/firstline-champions today!

CDC's Project Firstline
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA)
Center for the Study of Asian American Health
I Ola Lāhui
Ocapica (Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance)
Pacific Islander Community Association of WA
Papa Ola Lokahi
Philippine Nurses Association of America Foundation

🚨Join our team! Looking to bring on TWO Research Coordinators to support the Beyond Bridges initiative, which seeks to bolster the multi-ethnic, multilingual, immigrant population in the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY! Learn more:

Research Coordinator job at NYU Langone Health – 1124343_RR00088073 Job Details

Want to help build community-clinical partnerships?🔨 NYU Langone Health is hiring 2 Research Coordinator to support the Beyond Bridges initiative to address the health needs of the multi-ethnic, multilingual Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY! Learn more:

Research Coordinator job at NYU Langone Health – 1124343_RR00088073 Job Details

Pleased to share that the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN) has published a supplemental issue of Cancer Causes and Control to mark the Network’s 20th anniversary!! Separated into five sub-themes: (1) Addressing Equity Through CPCRN, (2) Capacity Building, (3) Partnership Engagement, (4) Rural Cancer Prevention and Control, and (5) Future Cancer Needs and Priorities, the supplement offers 21 articles co-written by Network members, partners, and affiliates detail frameworks to address disparities in cancer prevention, strategies to build capacity and engagement across community partners, and considerations on working with medically underserved populations, such as rural and bicultural communities.

As one of the Network Centers since 2019, the New York City CPCRN, housed in the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the CUNY School of Public Health, is proud to have played an integral part of in the writing and release of this supplement. Three articles were led by researchers including our very own Drs. Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Perla Chebli, Simona Kwon, and Ms. Julie Kranick and Tory Foster!!

CHECK IT OUT HERE:

Cancer Causes & Control Supplement Issue, December 2023Issue editors Prajakta Adsul, Cam Escoffery, Aaron T. Seaman, Cynthia A. Thomson, Stephanie B. Wheeler

Last but certainly not least in : 2023 in Photos! We're grateful for another fantastic year with an incredible team, and are so excited for what's to come ✨

Rounding out the Publication Spotlight of our is a scoping review on non-partner sexual violence among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander adults, which underlines the importance of disaggregating data and further study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35446743/

Another must-read publication in our is from the Diabetes Research, Education & Action for Minorities (DREAM) Initiative! The Atlanta expansion showed community health worker-led virtual health education improved blood pressure control: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37845588/

Also in our : some publication spotlights! Read more about the IDEAL Initiative led by CSAAH, CACF: Coalition for Asian American Children & Families, and The New York Academy of Medicine. The IDEAL Initiative recently released a Data Disaggregation Manual with accompanying Toolkits. Read more about the IDEAL Initiative and the importance of data disaggregation: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37824700/

We are pleased to co-host a webinar TOMORROW, Thursday, December 21st with Council of Young Filipinx Americans in Medicine and FYLPRO -- join us for “Kalusugan para sa lahat: Uniting against COVID-19, Flu, and RSV” webinar at 6PM PT/9PM ET via Facebook Live/Zoom! Register to join the conversation via: tinyurl.com/cyfamcovid23

Another : the WebHub! The WebHub features Section for Health Equity & CSAAH projects, with curated resources relevant to community & research audiences to foster interest in community engagement, health disparities research, + advocacy! Check out:

AA & NH/PI Health Central – The AA & NH/PI Web Hub offers a variety of demographic and research information, resources, and tools to support Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community health research and knowledge sharing.... The AA & NH/PI Web Hub offers a variety of demographic and research information, resources, and tools to support Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community health research and knowledge sharing. Content shared on this site has been reviewed by the NYU Center for the Study of Asi...

Next in : the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study! The NYC expansion of the study from Chicago, led by CSAAH, focuses on reaching NYC's South Asian Bangladeshi & Pakistani communities to help develop effective strategies to prevent and treat heart disease. Learn more at:

The MASALA Study The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study is the first longitudinal study in U.S. South Asians to understand what factors lead to heart disease and guide prevention and treatment of heart disease.

First up in our : new NYCEAL Initiative infographics on updated COVID vaccines + long COVID! Created based on convos w/ community partners to support outreach & offer clear COVID messaging for community members - available free in 7 languages! Link: bit.ly/40pmdvf

What a great year it's been at the Section for Health Equity! We're ending 2023 by looking back at a few of many favorite moments in another this week, to celebrate all that the team accomplished in 2023!

Please join us this Thursday, December 21st, at 6pm PT/9pm ET via FB Live/Zoom for a LIVE panelist talk about COVID, Flu, and RSV! We are pleased to cohost this event featuring expert Filipino partners within the community to talk about how to protect each other from illnesses, update about CDC guidelines with the vaccines, and battling stress and burnout with recovery and Long COVID.

FB Live and Zoom link to follow shortly!

👩🏽‍💻 WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT 👨🏽‍💻
Please join us for a panelist talk about COVID, Flu, and RSV on Thursday, December 21st at 6PM PT/9PM ET via FB Live/Zoom! We are hosting expert Filipino partners within the community to talk about how to protect each other from illnesses, update about CDC guidelines with the vaccines, and battling stress and burnout with recovery and Long COVID.

FB Live and Zoom link to follow shortly!