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Asian American Research Center on Health (ARCH)
2022 Mentored Research Symposium

Hosted By Department of Public Health California State University, East Bay
November 17, 2022

⬩ Symposium - Full Program PDF

Download Full Program PDF

⬩ Introductory Video

Symposium Opening Remarks and Welcome

Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH
Department Chair & Associate Professor of Public Health (Cal State East Bay)

Tung Nguyen, MD
Founder and Director (Asian American Research Center on Health) Professor of Medicine & Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (UC San Francisco)

⬩ Panel 1 Videos

“A More Inclusive Understanding of Social, Cultural, and Historical Traumas Impacting Understudied South Asian Communities in Northern California”

Ria Maharaj & Priya Raman (Cal State East Bay)

*Honorable Mention* “Racism and Mental Health: Chronicles from The FILLED Project (FILipino Lived Experiences during COVID-19)”

Mayra Zamora  (Cal State Los Angeles)

*Best Oral Presentation* “Asian American Enclaves and Healthcare Accessibility: An Ecologic Study Across Five States”

Alice Guan (University of California, San Francisco)

⬩ Panel 2 Videos

“Improving Multiracial Data Collection”

Lauren Fu  (NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health)

“Does Home Cleaning Bring Families Together? Insights from Participants of a Thirdhand Smoke Cleaning Intervention”

Carmen Ma  (University of California, San Francisco)

“Invisibility as a Structural Determinant: Cause of Death Among Asians and Pacific Islanders Experiencing Homelessness”

Maya Ryan & Francis Lai (Santa Clara University)

⬩ Posters (e-poster video unless otherwise indicated)

“Healthcare Services Use and Depression Screening of LGBTQ+ South Asians in the United States and Canada” [PDF Only]

Nikhil Chopra (Albert Einstein College of Medicine & Montefiore Medical Center) 

*Honorable Mention* “Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Asian Immigrant Elderly – A Qualitative Study”

Jeanelle Dyan Daus (San Francisco State University), Emily Vu (Stanford University), Angeline Yu (Stanford University)

*Honorable Mention* “COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among Pacific Islanders”

Shane Esmundo (Cal State Northridge)

“Acculturating to Multiculturalism: A New Dimension of Dietary Acculturation Among Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Women in the San Francisco Bay Area” [PDF Only]

Alice Guan (University of California, San Francisco)

“Asian American Women’s Experiences of Discrimination and Health Behaviors Following the COVID-19 Pandemic” [PDF Only] Alice Guan (University of California, San Francisco)

⬩ Posters - Continued

“Review of Empirical Studies on Serious Mental Illness (SMI) Diagnoses Among Immigrants in the US”

Kohinoor Joshi (San Francisco State University)

“Food Access for Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Kiran Kui (NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health)

“Relational Dynamics and Multi-behavior Change in Chinese and Vietnamese American Families”

Kris Ma (University of Washington)

*Best Poster* “‘Our Story’: Culturally Defined Evidence Practices to Address Mental Health Within the Pacific Islander Community” [PDF Only]

Lueni Masina (Asian American Recovery Services)

“FYLPRO/Tayo Fellowship: Public Health Outreach and COVID-19 Education Through Social Media Engagement”

Emily Paras (University of Michigan)

“CARE Ambassador Program: Developing the Pipeline for Youth Engagement in Research in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Communities”

Nicole Phan & Myka Lay (University of California, San Francisco)

“Community-Engaged Practices to Frame COVID-19 Research Among SEAAs: Insights from the SEA US, HEAR US Study”

Melina Rodriguez (Cal State Los Angeles)

“Identifying the Impact of COVID-19 on Southeast Asian American Subgroups”

Brenda Romero (Cal State Los Angeles)

“Impact of Anti-Asian Hate and Violence on Older Asian Immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area: A Key Informant Study”

Justin Row (University of California, Los Angeles) & Jodie Meng (Stanford University)

“Pesticide Education Among Hmong Farmers in Central Valley, California”

Chia Thao (University of California, Merced)

“Community-Defined Evidence Practices and Cultural Capital: A Case Study of the Zoosiab ‘Happy’ Program and Hmong Older Adult Refugees”

Nola Vu (University of California, Berkeley)

Fill the Data Gap on Asian Americans: Pew Research Center's
Being Asian in America Project

Speaker: Neil G. Ruiz, PhD
Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity Research, Pew Research Center
September 13, 2022

Webinar Video

Slideset

Being Asian In America Slides

Educational Material

Healthy Living

Nutrition and Physical Activity

Healthy Weight Charts

Cancer

Lung Cancer

Care After Diagnosis

Colorectal Cancer Screening & Prevention

Quarterly Meeting Presentations

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

February 19, 2026
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

The Effect of Traditional Asian Postpartum Practices on Postpartum Depression and Breastfeeding Rates

June Ng, MD, MPH, FACOG
Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate
Division of Complex Family Planning, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center
Video

The Importance of Community Representation and Advocacy in the Health Professions

Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH
Professor of Public Health, Cal State University, East Bay Faculty Director for the Health Professions
Director of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Middle Leadership Academy (AMLA)
Video

ARCH Quarterly Meeting: Rising Starts Colloquium 2025 (Part 1)

November 20, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Amplifying Asian Immigrant Women’s Voices: Lessons Learned on Recruitment and Data Validation from the BRAVE Multi-Site Survey

Heeun Kim, Postdoctoral Fellow;
Kelly Song, Project Coordinator;
Krupa Maria Varghese, Graduate Student Researcher;
Xumeng Yan, Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Community Health Services, School of Public Health, UCLA
Video
PDF

Tobacco and Alcohol Content in Top Vietnamese YouTube Music Videos: Content Analysis

Thao Tran, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, VinUniversity (Vietnam) and Senior Researcher, Hanoi University of Public Health (Vietnam)
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting: Rising Starts Colloquium 2025 (Part 2)

November 20, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Explanatory beliefs of mental health and illness within Asian American communities in the United States: A scoping review

ShuXian (Jenny) Mai, PhD student, Health Communication, Rutgers University
Video
PDF

Asian American Health Data: What's Next

May 1, 2025
2:00PM - 3:30PM PT

In celebration of Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month, the UCSF Asian American Research Center on Health in collaboration with the UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach are hosting a panel discussion of national leaders, scholars, and researchers to create dialogue on the current status and future trajectories of Asian American health, data and policy on a state and national level.

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

February 20, 2025
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT

Invisibility Stigma among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders

Judy Tan, PhD
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Division of Population Sciences Assistant Director, Cancer Research on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Cancer Center Cedars-Sinai
Video
PDF

Parenting for Emotional Wellness: A Virtual Approach for Filipino American Families Across California

Joyce R. Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP
Associate Professor, Department of Health System Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
PDF

ARCH QUARTERLY MEETING

November 14, 2024
3:00PM - 4:30 PM PT

CARE: An Overview of the AANHPI Health Research Registry | Gabriel Fara-On and Daren Huang

Impact of COVID-related Social Isolation on Mental Health among South Asian Older Adults in California and New York | Shama Farhad

Intersectional Stigma and the Impacts on Policy and Health for Asian Immigrant Women | Brenda Soun and Tenzin Khando

Socioeconomic Outcomes of COVID-19 among Southeast Asian Americans: The SEA US, HEAR US Study | Melina Rodriguez

Predictors of Website Engagement of Chinese, Hmong, Vietnamese Americans with COVID-19 Health Education: The Project INFORMED Randomized Controlled Trial | Feng Ming Li

Importance of Sociocultural Factors for Asian Americans with Metastatic Cancer | Diane Brown and Jacqueline J. Chow

Comparing Access to Language-Concordant Primary and Specialty Care Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Oakland, CA | Stanley Lam

PDF

Christopher N.H. Jenkins Cancer Control Award & Fireside Chat with Ching Wong

October 30, 2024
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM PT

The 2024 Jenkins Cancer Control Award & Fireside Chat with Ching Wong. Mr. Ching Wong has been responsible for developing health promotional materials and programs for over 20 interventional studies promoting Asian American health in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, Hmong, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese over the course of 30 years. This informative talk shared lessons learned through his many years of developing effective interventions together with the community.

Video

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

August 15, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Dale Maglalang

Variance in Cardiovascular Health Indicators by Asian American Ethnicity

Dale Dagar Maglalang, PhD, MA, MSW, MPH

Assistant Professor

NYU Silver School of Social Work
Video
PDF

Building Sustainable Access to Chinese Medicine for Healthy Aging

SUNNY PAK, MD, MPH ASSOCIATE MEDICAL DIRECTOR

ON LOK PACE POWELL CENTER



EVELYN Y. HO, PHD, PROFESSOR

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO



MARIA T. CHAO, DrPH, MPA, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

May 16, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT

Ethnic Subgroup Differences in Timing of Pubertal Onset among Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Adolescents

Ai Kubo, PhD

Research Scientist/Epidemiologist

Kaiser Permanente Northern California
Video

Collective Impact for Health: The NICOS Chinese Health Coalition Model

Jessica Lwi, MSW Intern | Sianne Susbilla, MSW Intern | Michael S. Liao, MSW, Director of Program | Kent Woo, MSW, Executive Director

NICOS Chinese Health Coalition
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

February 15, 2024
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT

Turning the Health Equity Lens to Diversity in Asian American Health Profiles

Lan Doan, PhD, MPH, CPH

Assistant Professor

NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Video
PDF
Joyce Cheng

Perspectives of a Community-Based Organization Adapting Various Frameworks for Community Engagement Research

Joyce Cheng, MPH, MS

Executive Director

Chinese Community Health Resource Center
Video
PDF

2023 ARCH Symposium

November 8, 2023
2:00 PM - 5:15 PM PT

2023 ARCH Symposium

Presented By

Asian American Research Center on Health

San Francisco State University
Video
PDF

2023 Christopher N.H. Jenkins Cancer Control Award & Lecture

October 26, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Re-Envisioning Cancer Research in Asian American Populations: Data and Community

Scarlett Lin Gomez, PhD, MPH

UCSF Professor and Director

Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry

NCI Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

August 17, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

The What and How of Data Equity

Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP

Professor and Endowed Chair

UCLA Department of Health Policy and Management
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

May 18, 2023 - Second Talk
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

Amplify AAPI: Advancing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Representation In Survey Research

Angela Houghton

Manager

Audience Research

AARP
Video
PDF

Amplify AAPI: Advancing Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Representation In Survey Research

David Dutwin

SVP of Strategic Initiatives

Center for Panel Survey Sciences NORC at the University of Chicago
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

May 18, 2023 - First Talk
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

Assessing Digital Literacy at Asian Health Services

George Lee, MD

Chief Innovation Officer

Asian Health Services
Video
PDF

Assessing Digital Literacy at Asian Health Services

Thu Quach, PhD

President

Asian Health Services
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

February 16, 2023
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT

Heavy Drinking Trajectories from Adolescence to Early Midlife in a National Sample of Asian Americans

Christina Tam, PhD

Scientist

Alcohol Research Group
Video
PDF
Camillia Lui

Asian American Pacific Islander Youth Suicide—What Does Disaggregating Heterogeneous Groups Really Mean?

Camillia Lui, PhD

Scientist

Alcohol Research Group
Video
PDF

2022 Christopher N.H. Jenkins Cancer Control Award & Lecture

October 21, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM PT

Pivotal Lessons I Learned in Addressing Asian American Health from Many "Moons" of Research

Moon Chen, Jr., MPH, PhD

Professor and Associate Director in Cancer Control

University of California, Davis
Video

2022 ARCH Symposium

November 17, 2022
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM PT

2022 ARCH Symposium

Presented By

Asian American Research Center on Health

Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay
Video
PDF

Fill the Data Gap on Asian Americans:
Pew Research Center's Being Asian in American Project

September 13, 2022
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM PT

Fill the Data Gap on Asian Americans: Pew Research Center's Being Asian in American Project

Neil G. Ruiz, PhD

Associate Director of Race and Ethnicity Research

Pew Research Center
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

August 18, 2022 - Second & Third Talks
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Jiwon Choi

Facilitating COVID-19 At-Home Collection Testing among Korean American Families through Korean Schools in Northern California

JiWon Choi, RN, PhD

Associate Professor

UCSF Institute for Health & Aging
Video
PDF
Joyce Cheng

"Project INFORMED": Getting Asian Americans INFORMED to Facilitate COVID-19 Testing and Vaccination

Joyce Cheng, MS

Executive Director

Chinese Community Health Resource Center

&

Janice Tsoh, PhD

Professor

UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

August 18, 2022 - First Talk
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Patty Kwan

“SEA US, HEAR US”: COVID-19 and Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs)

Patchareeya (Patty) Kwan, PhD

Associate Professor

Department of Health Sciences

California State University, Northridge
Video
PDF
Melanie Sabado

“SEA US, HEAR US”: COVID-19 and Southeast Asian Americans (SEAAs)

Melanie D. Sabado-Liwag, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor

Department of Public Health

California State University, Los Angeles

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

May 19, 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Nilay Shah

Preventing Cardiovascular Disease in South Asian Americans: A New Focus on the 2nd Generation

Nilay S. Shah, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine and Cardiology

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Video
PDF

Visiblizing the Needs of Asian American Women’s Reproductive Health: A Case of Arizona

Aggie J. Yellow Horse, PhD

Assistant Professor of Asian Pacific American Studies

Arizona State University
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

February 17, 2022
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Oanh Meyer

Community-Engaged Research to Address Dementia in the Vietnamese American Population

Oanh Meyer, PhD, MAS
Video
PDF

Inequities in Severe Mental Illness and a Qualitative Example from South Asian Families in New York City

Supriya Misra, ScD
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

November 18, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Maria Chao

Implementing Inpatient Acupuncture for Cancer Supportive Care

Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA
Video
PDF
Anne_Saw

Tackling Anti-Blackness Amidst Increased Fear for Safety in Chicago’s Chinatown

Anne Saw, PhD
Video
PDF

ARCH Quarterly Meeting

August 19, 2021
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PT
Thu Quach

A Comprehensive Rapid Response to COVID-19 for the AAPI population in Alameda County, CA

Thu Quach, PhD
Video
PDF

Quality of Life and Health Status of Asian American Family Caregivers: Results from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Caregiver Module

Angela Sy, DrPH
PDF
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