The Health of South Asians in the U.S.

The Health of South Asians in the U.S.: A Model of Minority Underrepresentation

Join us for a public lecture exploring how the underrepresentation of South Asians in U.S. health research provides a model for understanding broader disparities affecting minority communities. Attendees will gain insight into culturally grounded risk factors and community-based approaches to improving health equity.

About the Speaker

Dr. Arnab Mukherjea is a Professor of Public Health at California State University (CSU), East Bay, and serves as the Faculty Director for the Health Professions in the CSU Office of the Chancellor; he is also the Inaugural Director of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Middle Leadership Academy, a joint effort of the CSU AANHPI Student Achievement Program (CSU ASAP) and the CSU Student Success Network. Dr. Mukherjea completed his undergraduate (BA in Molecular & Cell Biology with a minor in Education) and graduate (MPH in Health & Social Behavior with specialization in Multicultural Health; DrPH in Applied Health Disparities Research) degrees at UC Berkeley and postdoctoral training (Tobacco Control and Chronic Disease Prevention) at UCSF and UC Davis.

Arnab's applied research interests broadly revolve around using community-engaged methods to understand and address health disparities among understudied Asian & Pacific Islander (API) subgroups, with a particular focus on contextual and culturally-framed risk factors. His research has been funded by the National Institutes for Health, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Office of Minority Health, and the state of California's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program and has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals. He maintains membership in the Asian American Research Center for Health (ARCH) and is a Steering Committee Member of the California AANHPI Health Equity Coalition. Arnab firmly believes that community participation is essential for affected groups to understand, address, and ultimately take ownership of their own individual and collective health prospects.