70 years later, Koreans are still working to formally end the Korean War
In commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice, hundreds of advocates are mobilizing in Washington to push for an official effective end of the conflict.
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Asian adults in U.S. less likely to survive cardiac arrest despite bystander CPR equal to white adults
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
Kingsborough Chemistry Professor Homar Barcena Awarded Fulbright U.S. Scholarship to Study Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases
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).
Grove School trailblazer Xi Chen wins NSF CAREER Award
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.
Jayapal, Wilson Introduce Legislation to Combat High Rate of Heart Disease in South Asian Americans
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
$13.7 million NIAID grant will fund novel study on multidrug resistant organisms
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.