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Would you like an opportunity for community-building, networking, learning about, and addressing the impact of stress on Asian immigrant populations? Mark your calendar for the 4th Annual Asian Health Symposium, In Pursuit of Health & Wellness: Addressing the Impact of Stress in Asian Immigrant Communities.

This exciting event, free and open to all, is hosted by the Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations Through Translational Research (ADAPT) Program.

After attending this session, you should be able to:

• Describe the stressors related to daily living and social determinants facing Asian immigrants
• Identify resources and services available for mitigating the impact of stress in the community
• Recognize the value of cross-community dialogue in addressing the impact of stress on Asian immigrant communities

Details

Friday, April 6, 2018, 9:30AM-1:30PM
Pao Arts Center
99 Albany Street, Boston MA, 02111

Agenda

• 9:00AM-9:30AM: Breakfast and registration
• 9:30AM-9:50AM: Welcome and opening remarks
  • Alice Rushforth, Executive Director, Tufts CTSI
  • Megan Cheung, ADAPT Co-Chair; Associate Director/Clinical Director, Greater Boston Chinese Golden Age Center (GBCAC)
  • Carolyn Rubin, ADAPT Director, Tufts CTSI
• 9:50AM-11:00AM: Panel 1: Stressors that Impact Asian Immigrant Communities
  • Moderator: Ed K.S. Wang, Director of Policy and Planning, Chester M. Pierce MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH); Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; Member, Governor’s Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants; Board President, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
  • Panelists:
    • Mary Chin, Executive Director, Asian American Civic Association (AACA)
    • Lisette Le, Executive Director, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID)
    • Niem Nay-Kret, Community Health Worker, Lowell Community Health Center
    • Anh Vu Sawyer, Executive Director, The Southeast Asian Coalition (SEAC)
    • Mary Truong, Executive Director, Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI)
• 11:00AM-11:10AM: Break
• 11:10AM-12:10PM: Panel 2: Innovative Strategies for Addressing Stress
  • Moderator: David Takeuchi, Associate Dean for Research, Dorothy Book Scholar, Professor, School of Social Work, Boston College
    Co-Founder, Research in Social, Economic and Environmental Equity (RISE3)
  • Panelists:
    • Pata Suyemoto, Writer, Educator, & Mental Health Activist
      Co-founder, Breaking Silences Project
    • Cynthia Woo, Director
      Pao Arts Center, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
    • Albert Yeung, Co-Medical Director & Head of the Behavioral Health Department South Cove Community Health Center
      Director, Primary Care Studies of the Depression Clinical and Research Program
      Massachusetts General Hospital
    • Liao Zhang, Research Associate
      Disparities Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital
• 12:10PM-1:10PM: Lunch and table discussions: Critical Factors that Contribute to Community Mental Health and Wellness
  • Susan Koch-Weser, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
  • Jean Lim, former Asian Health Equity Fellow, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine
• 1:10PM-1:30PM: Groups report back and closing remarks
  • Carolyn Rubin, ADAPT Director, Tufts CTSI

Speakers

• Mary Chin
  Executive Director, Asian American Civic Association
• Susan Koch-Weser
  Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine
  Tufts University School of Medicine
• Jean Lim
  Former Asian Health Equity Fellow, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
  Tufts University School of Medicine
• Lisette Le
  Executive Director, Vietnamese American Initiative for Development (VietAID)
• Anh Vu Sawyer
  Southeast Asian Coalition of Massachusetts
• Pata Suyemoto
  Writer, Educator, Mental Health Activist
• David Takeuchi
  Professor and Dorothy Book Scholar
  Associate Dean for Research
  Co-Founder, Research in Social, Economic, and Environmental Equity (RISE³)
  School of Social Work, Boston College
• Mary Truong
  Executive Director, Massachusetts Office for Refugees and Immigrants (ORI)
• Ed K.S. Wang
  Director of Policy and Planning, Chester M. Pierce MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
  Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  Member, Governor’s Advisory Council on Refugees and Immigrants
  Board President, National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
• Cynthia Woo
  Director, Pao Arts Center
  Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
• Albert Yeung
  Co-Medical Director and Head of the Behavioral Health Department at South Cove Community Health Center
  Director of Primary Care Studies of the Depression Clinical Research Program at MGH
• Liao Zhang
  Research Associate, Disparities Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

Registration

Please register here to attend.

Space is limited! Please register by March 16.

Seminar Info

Need a larger sample size for your clinical trial? Interested in increasing research participation from children with diverse backgrounds? Join Tufts CTSI and Children’s National CTSA on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 8:00AM-5:00PM in Washington DC, Marriott Wardman Park, at an inaugural workshop, Challenges & Opportunities in Pediatric Clinical Trials, designed for pediatric investigators and their teams.

This free, one-day, immersive case-based workshop is the first CTSA hub-sponsored forum for all levels of investigators to reflect on the core competencies expected for today’s pediatric clinical studies. It will take place the day before the Association for Clinical and Translational Science’s Translational Science 2018.

Details

Wednesday, April 18, 8:00AM-5:00PM
Washington Marriott Wardman Park, Washington, DC, Madison Room
(*prior to ACTS Annual Meeting 4/19/18–4/21/18)

Interested in the next-generation of clinical sensors, biomarkers, and devices? Want to meet translational research collaborators and develop grant proposals?

Join Tufts CTSI for Sensors, Devices, and Biomarkers in Medicine: Symposium Plus on Tuesday, April 24 at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Room 1414 (1 Kneeland Street, Boston). This interactive event will focus on nascent research projects with the goals of assisting teams to develop research project proposals for future grant submissions and engaging all event participants in team science approaches to further catalyze research ideas.

Four projects will be presented and discussed:

• Non-invasive Detection of CSF Derived Exosomal PD Biomarkers in Olfactory Mucus, submitted by Mansoor Amiji, PhD, Northeastern University
• Clinical Testing of Glucose and Lactate Biosensors, submitted by Ahmed Busnaina, PhD, Northeastern University
• Toward Connected, Distributed, Self-Powered, and Self-Optimizing Medical Implants, submitted by Tommaso Melodia, PhD, MS Northeastern University
• Developing an Activity-Dependent Biomarker of Upper Motor Neuron Dysfunction in ALS, submitted by Oscar Soto, MD, Tufts Medical Center

By the end of this interactive symposium, you should be able to:

• Describe potential translational roadblocks in developing, testing, and using sensor-and device-based health prevention, detection, management, or intervention strategies.
• Examine potential pitfalls of intellectual property (IP) in the development of these technologies or strategies.
• Identify stage-appropriate funding mechanisms and understand the attributes that make a project attractive to funding agencies.
• Identify Tufts CTSI resources that can help me in advancing a research project and that support team-based translational science.
• Explain the value of peer and expert feedback in the process of developing a fundable proposal.

Details

Tuesday, April 24, 9:00AM-3:00PM
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Rachel’s Auditorium, Room 1414
1 Kneeland Street, Boston MA

Registration

To attend, please register here by April 20.