Webinar date & time: May 25, 2023 | 1:30 – 4:30 PM EDT
The National Academy of Medicine collaborated with the Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association and the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians to co-host “Advancing Health and Well-Being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Communities through Leadership Development and a Shared Health Equity Research Agenda.” This free virtual event brought together leaders, researchers, and community members alongside professional organizations to discuss strategies for advancing health equity and leadership development for AANHPI communities. The event featured keynote speakers and panel discussions exploring topics such as the current state of health disparities among AANHPI communities, effective models for leadership development within AANHPI communities, and strategies for developing a shared health equity research agenda that addresses the unique needs of these communities. By bringing together diverse perspectives and expertise, this event fostered collaboration and inspired action towards achieving health equity for AANHPI communities.
Agenda
1:30-2:30 PM EDT | Championing Leadership in Academic Health Science Systems: Building Culture and Success
Speakers:
Victor J. Dzau, MD | President, National Academy of Medicine & Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Duke University
Jing Wang, PHD, MPH, RN | President, Asian American Pacific Islander Nurses Association & Dean, College of Nursing, Florida State University
Opening Remarks:
Winston Wong, MD | Chair and Acting CEO of the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
Moderator:
Marshall Chin, MD | Richard Parrillo Family Distinguished Service Professor of Healthcare Ethics in the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago
Discussant:
Ignatius Bau, JD | Policy Consultant, National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
2:30-3:30 PM EDT | Leadership Panel: AANHPI Health Leadership Development: Strategy and Success
Panelists:
Lin Zhan, PhD, RN, FAAN | Dean and Professor, University of California Los Angeles, School of Nursing
Phyllis Wise, PhD | Former CEO and President, Colorado Longitudinal Study (COLS), Former Professor and Chancellor- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Former provost & Executive Vice President- University of Washington
Huanbiao Mo, PhD | Dean , Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions at Georgia State University
Kumar Sharma, MD | Chief of the Division of Nephrology and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Sharon K. Inouye, MD, MPH | Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Milton & Shirley F. Levy Family Chair and Director of the Aging Brain Center at the Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife (Editor in Chief and Center Director)
Usha Menon, PhD, RN, FAAN | Dean and Distinguished University Health Professor at the University of South Florida
3:30-4:30 PM EDT Research Panel: Creating A Shared Health Equity Research Agenda in AANHPI Health
Panelists:
Jeffrey Caballero, MPH | Executive Director, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
J. Keawe Kaholokula, PhD | Professor and Chair of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Bei Wu, PhD | Vice Dean for Research and Dean’s Professor in Global Health, Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University
Soko Setoguchi, MD, DrPH | Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Rutgers Robert Wood Medical School and Rutgers School of Public Health
Juliet K. Choi, JD | President and CEO, Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
Gilbert C. Gee, PhD | Professor and Chair in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA
Marlon Garzo Saria, PhD, RN, FAAN | President- Elect, Philippine Nurses Association of America, Director of Advanced Nursing Practice at Providence Saint John’s Health in Santa Monica, California
