AANHPI Health Equity in a Post-Covid Era: Pathways for Advocacy, Leadership, and Research

This one-day conference focuses on Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) health equity and physician leadership post-COVID. AANHPI leaders came to the forefront during the pandemic, but what does the future hold for these providers and their availability to improve population health? With a public health equity lens, we'll address Asian Americans in medicine today, the perspectives and expertise of NHPI physicians and community leaders (and where they believe Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Asian Americans most effectively partner and collaborate on issues of health policy), and AANHPI provider pathways to change-making leadership.
Sponsored by the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians(link is external) (NCAPIP) and the Asian American Research Center (AARC)
Co-sponsored by Berkeley Public Health
Opening Session - Speakers: Michael Lu (UC Berkeley), Winston Wong (NCAPIP), Martina Kamaka (University of Hawaii JABSOM), Lok Siu (UC Berkeley)
Panel 1: AANHPI Health Equity in the COVID Pandemic Era - Panelists: Martina Kamaka [NHPI3R COVID Team], Ninez Ponce (UCLA), Joyce Cheng (Chinese Community Health Resource Center [CCHRC] & Chinese Hospital); Moderator: Ignatius Bau
- Learnings from AANHPI physicians and community health leaders during COVID
- Disproportionate mortality and morbidity issues (as patients and providers)
- Social drivers of health (employment, housing, food security)
- Rise of AAPI hate crimes as a public health issue
- Unaddressed chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer, depression
- Advocacy capacity among NH/PI communities
Panel 2: AANHPI Leadership in a Post-COVID Era - Panelists: Marcus Iwane (Ahahui ‘o nā Kauka/Association of Native Hawaiian Physicians), Nammi Kandula (Northwestern), Mychi Nguyen (Asian Health Services), Winston Tseng (UC Berkeley), Cynthia Choi (Chinese for Affirmative Action); Moderator: Ignatius Bau
- Role of AANHPI physicians and community health leaders post-COVID: labor vs. leadership
- Health workforce diversity, affirmative action, bamboo ceiling
- AANHPI health equity agenda: Chronic diseases, mental health, data disaggregation, language access
- Emerging issues: climate change (Maui wildfires), artificial intelligence
09/22/2023