Environmental Disparities faced b...

Environmental Disparities faced by Asians ft Dr MyDzung Chu, ADAPT Director & assistant prof @ Tufts

Undocumented History by Tiffany Zhang
E14
May 30, 2024
28:00

Episode notes

Thank you so much to Dr. Chu for giving me the opportunity to speak with you!

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Dr. Chu is an assistant professor at Tufts University in the Department of Medicine and is the director of ADAPT, which stands for Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational research, a community-academic partnership with Boston’s Chinatown.

Learn more about Dr. Chu: https://www.tuftsctsi.org/people/mydzung-chu/

ADAPT: https://www.tuftsctsi.org/research-services/stakeholder-community-engagement/addressing-disparities-in-asian-populations-through-translational-research-adapt/

Dr. Dolores Acevedo-Garcia’s 2012 paper “Integrating social epidemiology into immigrant health research: a cross-national framework”: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277953612004121

2006 paper from Dr. Ana F. Abraído-Lanza’s titled “Toward a Theory-Driven Model of Acculturation in Public Health Research.” https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16809597/

Dr. Stella Yi’s 2022 paper – “The Mutually Reinforcing Cycle Of Poor Data Quality And Racialized Stereotypes That Shapes Asian American Health” https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2021.01417

"These 10 Scientists are on The Cusp of Changing The World": https://www.popsci.com/science/brilliant-10-2023/#h-addressing-environmental-health-disparities-within-asian-american-communities

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