08.27.07

UC Davis launches Asian American Center

Posted in Education at 4:02 am by admin

First center of its kind in the United States

According to this article, UC Davis has been awarded $3.9 million to launch the Asian American Center on Disparities Research (AACDR). The research center is the only on efunded in the United States to focus on mental health issues concerning Asian Amercans.

  • “I welcome the new UC Davis Center because they will contribute very substantially and substantively to the gaps in our understanding of mental health issues affecting Asian Americans,” said Moon Chen Jr., principal investigator for Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training (AANCART). “Among U.S. racial/ethnic groups, Asian Americans are the least likely to be cited in publicly assessable literature, even if they’re the nation’s fastest growing group in percentage terms.”

This is a significant step forward in addressing the adverse health effects uncovered in a recent research study published by Dr. Gilbert C. Gee

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