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NIMHD Seminar Hosts NYU’s Trinh-Shevrin, June 24

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Dr. Chau Trinh-Shevrin

The NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series will feature Dr. Chau Trinh-Shevrin of the New York University Grossman School of Medicine on Thursday, June 24 at 2 p.m. ET. Vice chair for research and head of the section for health equity in the NYU’s department of population health, she will present “Achieving Health Equity for Asian Americans: Research, Policy and Action.”

For more than 20 years, Trinh-Shevrin’s research has been centered on the rigorous development and evaluation of multi-level strategies to reduce health disparities and advance health equity among Asian-American populations. She is a multiple principal investigator on several NIH grants including the NYU Center for the Study of Asian-American Health and leads an NIH Community Engagement Alliance to End Covid-19 Disparities research team in New York. 

For reasonable accommodation, call (301) 402-1366 or the Federal Relay, 1-800-877-8339. The talk will be videocast at https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=42154.

Learn about the NIMHD Director’s Seminar Series at https://nimhd.nih.gov/news-events/conferences-events/directors-seminar-series/

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