South Asian Network Health Fair 2/21

APA HeathCARE has another health fair coming up! It's the South Asian Network Health Fair on Feb 21st (9:00am-2:00pm). There will be two shifts: 9-11:30am and 11:30am-2pm (we'd like 5ish people per shift). The health fair will be at:

South Bay Community Center
3850 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Lawndale, CA 90260

Cholesterol, glucose, BP screenings, and lots of client counseling. The help would be most appreciated by all!

If you can come, please contact Shalra Hameed at shalrahameed@gmail.com and let me know if you can drive or if you need a ride and what shift you're available.

South Asian-American Experience and Imperatives

South Asian-American Experience and Imperatives
A presentation by Professor Snehendu Kar, UCLA School of Public Health

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
10383 Bunche Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

The session would present key findings of three exploratory studies of South Asian-American immigrants, and discuss implications for policy, research ,and action. In addition, in response to requests from several students, Prof. Kar will briefly discuss career opportunities in Public Health both nationally and internationally.
*RSVP* at:http://www.international.ucla.edu/southasia/events/showevent.asp?eventid=7973

HBV Week Lunchtime Lectures! 2/17-19 in 63-105

UCLA APAMSA has been working along with the LA Liver Disease Task Force to create educational material and promote awareness about the devastating but preventable illness, especially in undeserved communities. With these goals in mind, we are very excited to present to you the following lunch talks:

Wed 02/17 - Free lunch with RSVP

Dr. Steven Han, Director of the Hepatology Research Center and Assistant Director of the Asian Liver Program, will discuss current progress and updates in Hepatitis B Management.

Thu 02/18 - Free lunch with RSVP

Dr. Koy Parada will discuss the current Hep B free efforts of the Los Angeles County Hepatitis B Coalition.

Fri 02/19 - Forum/Discussion- Free lunch with RSVP

Come gather in a large group setting to discuss the current direction of Hep B awareness, research, treatment, and leadership.

All events will be in 63-105 Center for the Health Sciences and everyone is invited. We look forward to having you at our lunch talks and hearing your opinions/ideas. Please RSVP to jasonlee85@gmail.com.

Quick February Announcements!

We still need a few more volunteers for the Reedemer Church health fair event this Sunday! We will be performing blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose (Accucheck) measurements. Please contact Yoon Han (yoonhan@ucla.edu) for more information if you are interested in volunteering!

Time: 11am-4+pm
Date: 2/14/2010
Redeemer Church: 1938 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90018

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MS1s, apply for the UCLA Medical Center Internal Medicine Chiefs' Fellowship (10 spots, $6k) by 2/19. Request a resident mentor now to help you find faculty. Lynne Chang and I did this last year -- let us know if you need any advice!

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The HBV week series of lunchtime research lectures will be next week, W 2/17-F 2/19, 12-1p in 63-105, there will be (good) free food, so mark it in your calendars and watch out for an email later on!

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The Webmaster and Bone Marrow Coordinator positions are still open for the 2010-2011 Exec Board, reply to apamsaucladgsom@gmail.com by W 2/17 with a short statement of interest (1/2 pg or less) if interested!

Bone Marrow Coordinator: Directs bone marrow donor registration drives addressing the need for greater Asian and Asian-American representation in the National Marrow Registry, oversees education initiatives on the importance of registration for patients with leukemias and other life-threatening disorders (one position only).

Webmaster: Maintains the UCLA APAMSA website and oversees the technological aspects of the organization (one position only).