Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
AAARI Comparison of U.S. bystander CPR rates for cardiac arrest found an unexpected disparity in survival for Asian adults compared to white adults, per study in Journal of the American Heart Association
Titled “Metabolomics-Assisted Epidemiology of Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases,” this Fulbright ASEAN Research Award will initiate an international collaboration that will contribute to regional work being conducted by the U.S. government and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Xi Chen, the City College of New York chemical engineer whose pioneering research includes water-responsive materials, is the winner of a coveted National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award.
U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Representative Joe Wilson (SC-02) are today introducing the bipartisan South Asian Heart Health Awareness and Research Act, landmark legislation to both raise awareness about the alarming rate of heart disease for South Asians across the United States and also put resources and strategies toward reversing this deadly trend for … Read more
The multidisciplinary research team includes CUNY Graduate School of Public Health (CUNY SPH) Professor Bruce Y. Lee and is led by University of California, Irvine (UCI) School of Medicine infectious diseases expert Dr. Susan Huang.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 46th Asian American International Film Festival deal with topics/genres including: the Filipino American diaspora in New York City, social roles of women during 1920s Japan, an interview with musician Takuya Nakamura, gambling addiction, and the fetishization of Japanese women.