AAPIHRG-S: Info session9/10/157:00- 8:00 PM

Icebreaker! Get a post-it from one of the officers and then stick

it on your forehead. Don’t look at what’s written on it!

Walk around the room, introduce yourself to others, and then ask “yes or no” questions about what is written on your post-it to get clues.

Leadership Team Khanh-Hoa Nguyen, 4th year MCB & Public Health, External Coordinator

Kelsey Chun, 4th year Public Health, Internal Coordinator

Kimberly Ngo, BA Public Health, Alumnae

Katie Lau, BA IB/AAADS, Alumnae

Nga Bui, B.A Southeast Asian Studies, Alumnae

Ryan Saelee, BA Public Health, current MPH student @ UCB & Alumnus

Khae Saetern, BA Public Health, Alumnae

Marilyn Wong, MD, MPH & AAPIHRG’s Founder

Researchers/FacilitatorsLeslie Tzeng

Carolyn Hsieh

Belinda Wu

Lynn Mymala

Current OfficersBianca Hsueh, Recruitment Chair

Jamie Wong, Website

Our History

Began in 2008 as a DeCal with the support of students, Professor Harvey Dong, and Dr. Marilyn Wong

Focused on providing a space to educate students on vital contemporary issues in the AAPI community health realm

Also allowed students to engage in research on a topic of their choosing and to facilitate the DeCal in the Spring

Many of our alumni have since gone onto graduate/ professional schools, in places like UC Berkeley, UCSF, UCLA or Harvard. Some are currently working in different community health organizations such as NEMS, LifeLong and Alameda Health Consortium

Our Mission The purpose is to encourage students to engage in AAPI community health in the

following five areas:

(1) Diversity of the AAPI communities

(2) Historical perspective

(3) Epidemiological perspective

(4) Medical perspective

(5) Social change

More specifically, we are open to all students interested in community health, and hope to foster a desire to serve the community through providing training for

volunteer work as well as opportunities for leadership development, and networking.

Researchers/facilitators 2008-2015

Since 2008:Almost 100 students, and over 30 different research topics from our facilitator-researchers!

Sample research topics

Sudden death syndrome among Hmongs Opium use in the Mien community Cosmetic surgeries in the AAPI community Thalassemia – a common blood disorder in the AAPI

community Mental health among Korean American women Suicides among AAPI college students

To join AAPIHRG-D (DeCal): take the class in Spring 2016, be a researcher in the Fall 2016 and a facilitator in the Spring 2017

Spring lecture series—some of our classes!

How to Get Involved with AAPIHRG-S

Bone Marrow/Blood Stem Cell Donor Reg. Project

PURPOSE: To increase the availability of potential stem cells donors for patients with life threatening diseases curable by a stem cell transplant through outreaching and conducting registration drives.

RATIONALE: Every year, more than 12,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with life-threatening diseases such as leukemia or lymphoma for which a marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant from an unrelated may be their best or only hope of a cure. About 70% of patients in need of a transplant do not have a matching donor in their family. They depend on the Be The Match Registry to find an unrelated donor or umbilical cord blood unit. Just 7.2% of adult donors are Asians/Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (67% registered donors are White). At UCB, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders account for more than 40% of undergraduates; however, many of them are uninformed about the need for bone marrow donors. The project aims to inform students on campus about the need of bone marrow and to provide education on the donation process to help the students make their best decision. Be a DONOR, Save a LIFE.

(source: Be The Match- National Marrow Donor Program. Learn more https://bethematch.org/support-the-cause/donate-bone-marrow/)

Your Role

Become a donor!

Volunteer with us! Outreach to potential donors and help them with the registration

process

Complete 1.5 hr training instructed by a representative from Asian American Donor Program. The training is scheduled on Sept22 from 7-8:30pm (location TBA)

Attend at least 3 donor drives (10+ hours per semester)

Postpartum Nutrition Folklore Project

PURPOSE: To collect and preserve information on traditional soup and dishes used by various AAPI cultures for the nourishment of women during the month immediate after the birth of a child.

RATIONALE: Women, through the ages, have to nourish themselves back to health after the birthing process as well as to ensure sufficient breast milk for the newborn. The wisdom of these women is concentrated in the traditional soup and dishes prepared for the postpartum period. However, before these soup and dishes can be analyzed for their nutritional content to benefit the mothers of today, much of the traditional knowledge is being lost as many AAPI cultures are being “Westernized” in one generation. There is a fight against time to preserve this traditional knowledge.

Your Role

Collect 1 or 2 recipes and their purported benefits from your relative or informant

As a researcher, you will be responsible for evaluating the nutritional contents of your recipes.

Attend monthly workshops

Help create the monograph

If interested, help with cooking the recipes, and/or take photos of the food to put into the monograph.

Hosts:  Asian American Pacific Islander Health Research Group(AAPIHRG), Black Students in Health Association (BSHA), the Chicanos/Latinos in Health Education (CHE), and the Pilipino Association for Health Careers (PAHC)

Goal: to educate about the health disparities that affect our communities and find ways to decrease these disparities by encouraging and inspiring both high school and undergraduate students to continue to strive toward higher education and ultimately careers in health

Minorities in Health Conference (April)

For Active Membership

Attend at least 2 events (aim for at least 2 in fall and 2 in spring)

Fill out online information form—so we can get to know you better and see what events/ activities you’d like us to hold in the future

Links: http://goo.gl/forms/W1Ji1mTsst http://goo.gl/forms/Nw8lvzETlA

Leadership opportunities

For coordinator position: Must have at least taken an approved course on AAPI Health

Committees

Social, recruitment/ publicity, Finance, website/historian, project planning

Fall Semester Events

Intro to Community Health, Health Disparities & Cultural Competency ---Dr. Marilyn Wong

Vitals Training--Alumni/Community Professionals UCSF Medical Student Panel Community Health Panel--Dr. Suzuki & Dr. Jeung APIICON, Minorities in Health End of semester Meeting/ Potluck

Closing Activity

Get into groups of threes and share what you’re excited about in the organization and what you hope to get more involved in.

Please check-in if you haven’t done so.

Thank you for coming! Make sure to sign in and see you in two weeks!

email aapihrg.info@gmail.com