Date: Monday, May 19, 2008
Time: 1PM – 4PM
Place: NYU Langone Medical Center
Schwartz Auditorium F
Part of National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, please join us for a CONFERENCE ON ASIANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND HIV/AIDS
Registration & Light Refreshments: 1pm
Panel Discussion: 1:45pm
Speakers will include:
- John Chin, Associate Professor, Hunter College, Department of Urban Affairs – “Chinese Immigrant Religious Institutions and HIV: A Study of Organizational Innovativeness, Social Networks and Religious Worldviews”
- Sumon Chin, Director, HIV/AIDS Services, Chinese-American Planning Council, Inc.,CEO, US-China AIDS Alliance – “Targeting A&PI Immigrant MSM – Community Promise: Successes and Challenges”
- David Ho, MD., Director and Chief Executive Officer, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center – “Update on HIV Vaccine Development”
- Wayne Ho, Executive Director, Coalition for Asian American Children and Families – “Building a Pan Asian Coalition for Health Access”
- Sapna Pandya, South Asian Health Initiative – “Scaling the HIValayas: An Overview of HIV/AIDS in South Asia”
- Punkin Clay Stephens, Senior Associate for Prevention Sciences and Applied Epidemiology, AIDS Institute NYSDOH – “HIV/AIDS Among Asians & Pacific Islanders in New York State”
- Larry Tantay, Community Health Education and Young Men Sex with Men Coordinator, MSM Program, APICHA – “The One Stop Shop: APICHA and the Epidemic”
During the conference, APICHA will conduct confidential and free HIV testing.
Many Thanks to Our Sponsors:
- Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS
- Asia Society
- Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum
- Coalition for Asian Children and Families
- Chinese American Planning Council, Inc
- Family Health Project
- Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies, NYS DOH AI Community Development Initiative
- NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health
