2007 AAPI Scientific Conference/Workshop Presentations, Day 1

Star Panel
	Timothy Condon, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse “Translational Addiction Research and the AAPI Community”
	H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment “SAMHSA Programs: Asian American and Pacific Islanders" Presentation Not Available
	Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health “Mental Health Research: A Revolution in Progress” Presentation Not Available
Keynote Speech
	Ting-Kai Li, M.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism “Alcohol-Use Disorders: A Global Problem”
Plenary 1: Drug Abuse, Mental Health, and Other Co-morbid Issues among AAPIs
	Rumi Kato Price, Ph.D., M.P.E., Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis “Model Minority? No longer: Population Epidemiology of Substance Use and Abuse among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)”
	David Takeuchi, Ph.D., University of Washington “The Social Dimensions of Mental Health Problems among Asian Americans”
	Tooru Nemoto, Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco “HIV/STI Risk Behaviors among High Risk APIs: Gay Men and Female Sex Workers” Presentation Not Available
	Timothy Fong, M.D., David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles “Pathological Gambling among Asian Pacific Islanders: The Not-So Hidden Addiction”
	Gene-Jack Wang, M.D., Brookhaven National Laboratory and Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York University “Brain Imaging of Obesity”
Plenary 2: Stimulants and HIV/AIDS
	Jean Shih, Ph.D., University of Southern California “Animal Models for Addiction, Alcoholism, and Mental Disorders”
	Avindra Nath, M.D., Johns Hopkins University “The Study of Viral and Host Genetics in HIV Neuropathogenesis in Asian Populations May Be a Distinct Research Opportunity”
	Linda Chang, M.D., University of Hawai’i, John A. Burns School of Medicine “Brain Changes Associated with HIV and Stimulant Abuse” Presentation Not Available
	Walter Ling, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles “Methamphetamine Clinical Research: An International Perspective”
	William Haning, III, FASAM, FAPA, M.D., University of Hawai’i, John A. Burns School of Medicine “The Ice Sickle - Methamphetamine Dependence in Hawai’i, Phenomenological and Populational Aspects”
Plenary 3: Community Engagement, Treatment, and Prevention: Research and Practice
	Glenn Masuda, Ph.D., Asian Pacific Family Center “The Challenges of Outreach and Service Delivery with Dually Diagnosed Asian Pacific Islander Youth in a Community Mental Health Setting” Presentation not available
	Marjorie Mau, M.D., M.S., University of Hawai’i “Recruitment and Retention of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Island Peoples in Clinical Research: Lessons Learned”
	Frank Wong, Ph.D., Georgetown University “Migration Experience, Interpersonal Violence, and Health Outcomes among a Sample of Southeast Asian Women”
	Grace Macalino, Ph.D., M.P.H., Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health “Community Engagement, Treatment, and Prevention: Research Methods”
Group Discussion: Resources and Opportunities
	Lula Beatty, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
	Richard Nakamura, Ph.D., National Institute of Mental Health
	Ting-Kai Li, M.D., National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
	Betty Tai, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse, Center for the Clinical Trials Network
	Francisco Buchting, Ph.D., Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

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