Overview
A month-long annual observance in May, Asian American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage Month is to recognize the history and to celebrate the achievements and contributions of AANHPIs to our nation.
NIH has established the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Health Scientific Interest Group (NIH AAPI-HSIG) in April 2021, which has now renamed as "AANHPI-HSIG" in line with recently reinstated and reinvigorated White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI). NIH AANHPI-HSIG's mission is to advance NIH's mission in improving the research and enhancing the health and well-being for AA and NHPI populations. It serves as an NIH high-quality trusted resource for advancing research and education. It also provides a scientific exchange and collaboration platform for assemblies of scientists and staff at the NIH, HHS, extramural academia, and/or other federal and non-federal entities (https://oir.nih.gov/sigs/AAPI-HSIG).
The NIH AANHPI-HSIG will host the Inaugural "Annual NIH AA and NHPI Health Research Conference" on May 4-5, 2022. It will be virtual in 2022. The main theme of the conference is "Mechanisms and Translational Research to Improve Health and Therapeutic Outcomes for AA and NHPI Population". This conference will bring together the world’s leading scientific and regulatory experts in the field of AA and NHPI research from government, academia, and the community.
Objectives:
- celebrate and provide education during the month of May on AANHPI heritage.
- highlight research achievements in the population, and
- address research needs in order to provide recommendations for developing NIH's AA and NHPI research priority plan to NIH leadership (including the areas in RFI, NOT-CA-22-047 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-22-047.html)
For further information or questions about the conference, contact:
Dan Xi, PhD, Chair, NIH AANHPI-HSIG
*The Planning Committee:
Participating National Institutes of Health Institutes and HHS Agencies:
- NCI
- NIH OD
- NEI
- NHGRI
- NHLBI
- NIA
- NIDDK
- NIGMS
- NIMHD
- NINR
- CDC/HHS
- FDA/HHS
- HRSA/HHS
- OASH/HHS
- WHIAANHPI/HHS
- Others
**Participating in Training:
- NCI Integrative Medicine Cancer Disparity Working Group
- NIH Program Officers
- NIH AANHPI-HSIG
- NIH FAN
- FAPAC NIH Chapter
- Others
Agenda
Day 1: May 4th
9:30 am-5:30 pm EST
Main Theme:
- Mechanism and Translational Research to Improve the Health and Therapeutic Outcome for AA and NHPI
Objectives:
- celebrate and provide education during the month of May on AANHPI heritage,
- highlight achievements in AA and NHPI health research, and
- address research needs in order to provide recommendations for developing NIH's AA and NHPI research priority plan to NIH leadership (including the areas in RFI, NOT-CA-22-047 https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-22-047.html)
9:00-9:30am | Check-in | ||||||||||||
9:30-9:35am | NIH AANHPI-HSIG: Welcome and Overview of Conference Recording: NIH VideoCast - Annual NIH AA and NHPI Health Research Conference |
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9:35-10:00am |
Leadership Opening Remarks
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10:00-10:20am |
Keynote: AANHPI and COVID 19 Dr. Victor Dzau, President, National Academy of Medicine |
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10:20-10:30am |
Keynote: AANHPI and Public Health Dr. Howard Koh, Professor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
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10:30–10:35am | Break (5 min) | ||||||||||||
10:35am-3:15pm | Session 1: Cancer | ||||||||||||
10:35am-12:30pm |
(1) Never Smoker Lung Cancer and Preclinical Model View Video
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12:30–1:00pm | Lunch Break (30 min) View Video | ||||||||||||
1:00-1:45pm |
(2) Liver Cancer, Lifestyle Clinical Trial and Microbiome
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1:45-3:15pm |
(3) Cancer Disparity and Precision Medicine
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3:15-3:20pm | Break (5 min) | ||||||||||||
3:20–4:50pm |
Session 2: Diabetes and Other Diseases
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4:40–4:45pm | Break (5 min) | ||||||||||||
4:45–5:30pm | Session 3: Panel Discussion and Summary (Day 1) | ||||||||||||
Dr. Nicolas Robine, Director, Computational Biology, New York Genome Center; Dr. Tamy Kim, Director for Regulatory Affairs and Policy, OCE, FDA; Dr. Winston Wong, Scholar in Residence at the UCLA; Dr. Raynald Samoa, Assistant Professor, City of Hope; Dr. Elizabeth Tung, Assistant Professor, University Chicago Medicine | |||||||||||||
5:30pm EST | Day 1 Adjourn |
Day 2: May 5th
11:00 am-5:00 pm EST
11:00-11:30am | Career Development and Leadership (for NIH and HHS staff only) *NIH FAN, *FAPAC NIH Chapter, *NIH AANHPI-HSIG, Others |
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11:30-12:00pm | NIH Research Resources and Grant Funding Opportunities *NIH program officers |
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12:00pm-12:45pm | Break | ||||||||||||||
12:45-2:15pm |
Session 4: Other Health Conditions
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2:15pm-2:20pm | Break | ||||||||||||||
2:20-4:05pm |
Session 5: Mental Health, Community Health Care, Caregiver and Indigenous Medicine
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4:05pm-4:10pm | Break | ||||||||||||||
4:10-5:00pm | Session 6: Final Panel Discussion and Summary ALL Speakers |
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Dr. Michael Chiang, Director, NEI, NIH; Dr. Shannon Zenk, Director, NINR, NIH; Dr. Alka Kanaya, Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Dr. Yuling Hong, Brach Chief, NHLBI/NIH; Dr. Latha Palaniappan, Professor, Stanford University; Dr. Judy Wang, Associate Professor, Georgetown University; Dr. Grace Ma, professor, Temple University | |||||||||||||||
5:00pm EST | Day 2 Adjourn |