News and Events

• Temple med school gets $4M NIH grant to study Asian-American discrimination in hepatitis B, liver disease care (Philadelphia Business Journal, July 15, 2022)
• New $4M NIH Grant Awarded to Researchers at Lewis Katz School of Medicine to Fund Groundbreaking Research on Disparities in Hepatitis B and Liver Disease in Asian-Americans (July 13, 2022)
• Dr. Cherie Erkmen, Patient, and Patient’s Cousin Featured in Podcast Segment about Screening for Lung Cancer (Tradeoffs Podcast, May 27, 2021) 
• Dr. Grace Ma Joins KYW Newsradio to Discuss Her Work at Temple’s Center for Asian Health as Part of the Station’s Asian Americans Making a Difference Series (KYW Newsradio, May 25, 2021) 
• Asian Americans Most Likely to Live in Multigenerational Homes. How COVID Has Taken a Toll (NBC News, September 28, 2020) 
• First SPEECH Conference Held at Temple (May 30, 2019)
• Dr. Grace Ma was designated a History Maker by the NIH's National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities (NIHMD Twitter, May 2019; also: Facebook and LinkedIn)
• Dear Dr. Jacqueline Tanaka: A student thanks a professor for guiding in through the process of finding his career path (Temple News, May 7, 2019)
• To curb spread of HIV, Episcopal Hospital starts people on PReP in emergency room (WHYY, April 24, 2019)
• Cancer Care Widens Its Reach – Reducing Cancer Health Disparities (NIH Monthly Newsletter, April 2019)
• Initiative targets health disparities by reducing salt in takeout food (Temple Now, Oct. 16, 2018)
• Cutting salt in Chinese takeout to curb heart disease (WHYY, Oct. 11, 2018)
• Less Salt, Healthier Life: Unique Partnership Strives for a Healthier Community (Food Fit Philly, Aug. 30, 2018)
• Metro Chinese Weekly – Page A8 (Aug. 18, 2018)
• Group Seeks To Cut Amount Of Salt Intake From Chinese Take-out Food (CBS, Aug. 2, 2018)
• Professor reduces health disparities with Center for Asian Health (Temple News, Feb. 21, 2017)
• Temple's Center for Asian Health Joins with Chinese Restaurants to Battle Hypertension (Temple Health Sciences News Digest, June 2016)
• The Center for Asian Health Engages Communities in Research to Reduce Asian American Health Disparities (Inside NIMHD, April-May 2016)
• Temple’s Ma Addresses Health Disparities (NIH Record, April 2016)
• What Other Cities Can Learn From Philadelphia’s Effort to Cut Salt in Chinese Take-Out (Civil Eats, Feb. 10, 2016)
• As Asian-American Hepatitis B Rates Soar, Study Seeks Answers (NBC News, Nov. 10, 2014)
• New study focuses on improving care for hepatitis-B-infected Asian Americans (Temple Now, Nov. 10, 2014)
• Researchers target diet to reduce chronic disease in Asian Americans (Temple Now, October 6, 2014)
• Chinese Restaurants Cutting Salt (The Inquirer, Aug. 9, 2013)
• Chinese Restaurants Working to Lower Sodium Levels (NBC Philadelphia, Aug. 1, 2013)
• Health: Philadelphia Chinese Restaurants Are Taking Something Out of Take-Out (CBS Philly, Aug. 1, 2013)
• America Watches as Philadelphia Battles Obesity (Governing Magazine, August 2013)
• Reducing sodium in Chinese takeout is focus of hypertension initiative (Temple Now, June 4, 2013)
• In Philly, Lo Mein Is Going Low Sodium (WHYY/NPR, June 3, 2013)
• The ABC's of preventing heart attacks and strokes (Philly.com, February 27, 2013)