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Center for the
Study of Asian
American Health
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The New York
University
School of
Medicine's
Centers for
Health
Disparities
Research
received funding
in 2003 from the
National
Institutes of
Health, National
Center on
Minority Health
and Health
Disparities to
establish the
nation's first
Center for the
Study of Asian
American Health
(CSAAH). The
Center conducts
research,
training and
outreach in
partnership with
community-based
organizations,
governmental
agencies,
healthcare
institutions and
other academic
centers.
Background
In November
2000, Congress
enacted the
Minority Health
and Health
Disparities
Research and
Education Act,
formally
establishing the
National Center
for Minority
Health and
Health
Disparities (NCMHD)
at the National
Institutes of
Health (NIH).
The development
of this new
center was
significant for
it symbolized a
significant
commitment at
the federal
level to the
understanding
and elimination
of disparities
in health status
and access to
health care
services for
both racial and
ethnic minority
and medically
underserved
populations in
the United
States (US).
Nearly
one-third, of
the NCMHD annual
budget is
dedicated to the
Project EXPORT
(Excellence in
Partnerships,
Outreach,
Research, and
Training)
program. There
are three
funding
mechanisms in
the Project
EXPORT program:
-
R24 or
Developmental
Grant Awards
are research
capacity-building
grants for
institutions
that lack a
research
infrastructure
and who are
beginning to
develop
health
disparity
programs;
-
P20 or
Exploratory
Grant Awards
are for
institutions
with a
research
infrastructure
who are
interested
in
developing
health
disparities
research;
and
-
P60
Comprehensive
Center
Awards are
the
development
of a health
disparities
research
center at
institutions
with a
demonstrated
record in
conducting
scientifically
sound
research.
Since 2003, the
New York
University (NYU)
Center for the
Study of Asian
American Health
(CSAAH) is a
designated
Project EXPORT
P60
Comprehensive
Center. Each of
the Project
EXPORT
Comprehensive
Centers is
required to have
several key
components or
Cores:
-
Administration
-
Research
-
Training
-
Outreach
CSAAH is a
partnership with
an academic
medical and
research center,
several health
care and public
hospital
organizations,
and many
community-based
organizations
and coalitions
serving the New
York City Asian
American
community.
URL:
med.nyu.edu/csaah
Contact Us
Email Address:
csaah@med.nyu.edu
Mailing Address:
Center for the
Study of Asian
American Health
NYU School of
Medicine
550 First
Avenue, MSB-153
New York, NY
10016
Physical
Address:
Bellevue
Hospital Center
462 First Avenue
(Between 27th &
28th Streets)
New York, NY
10016
Phone (212)
263-3072
Fax (212)
263-2133
Press Contact:
Henrietta Ho-Asjoe
Director of
Community
Development
henrietta.ho-asjoe@med.nyu.edu
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