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Registration will begin at 9:00 A.M. The health screenings for cholesterol, blood pressure, glaucoma, hepatitis B, and breast cancer will begin at 9:00 A.M. as well. At 12:00 P.M., our keynote speaker Dr. Michael Spencer will deliver the keynote address. Afterwards, the conference will be divided into 2 blocks, each with a variety of workshops from which to choose. The conference will conclude at 3:00 P.M.
*Click for more information on the workshops and speakers.
9:00 - 12:00 |
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Registration and health screenings
- Screenings include: diabetes, hypertension, cholesterol, breast cancer, glaucoma, and Hepatitis B
Physicians available to answer your questions: Mas Jimbo, MD, PhD; Michael Heung, MD; Michael Wang, MD; and Hari Conjeevaram, MD
- Information booths:
- Oral Health
- School of Public Health
- HAAP
- UM Health Services Libraries
- Washtenaw Literacy Program
- Hepatitis B
- South Asian Medical Students Topic
- Clinical Research
- National Marrow Donor Program
- Gift of Life
- Michigan Asian Indian Family Services
- MSU topic: Hmong--History, culture, health issues, etc. relating to this under-recognized ethnic minority.
(David Chao, Imelda de Vera, Xiaonan Guo, and Melvin Ku)
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12:00 - 1:00 |
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Keynote Address, Dr. Michael Spencer
"Discrimination and Mental Health Service Use Among Asian Americans"
Complimentary lunch |
1:10 - 2:00 |
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Workshop Block A:
- Jason Cheng: Mental Health: The Hidden Face of the Model Minority
- Nancy Lam, Kim Lin, and Amy Liao: Oral Health and You!
- Tomoyo Koehler, Sanae Iwata, Wakako Maeda, and Yuri Yamaguchi: "Cha-no-yu," A Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony
- New Visions: Theatre as a Tool for Social Change
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2:10 - 3:00 |
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Workshop Block B:
- David Lee, Anuja Jain, Wenfei Xie, and Michael Mashiba: Medical Student Question and Answer Panel
- Rieza Soelaeman and Nicole Kwon: Environmental Effects on Asian health
- Dr. Kirit Tolia: Metabolic Syndromes in the South Asian Population
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