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Professor Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES Alumna Tavae Samuelu Present at APAICS Health Summit

March 15, 2021

Prof. Catherine Ceniza Choy and ES alumna and Executive Director of EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) Tavae Samuelu are panelists on the data disaggregation panel at the 2021 APAICS (Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies) Health Summit on March 11, 2021. The APAICS Health Summit brings together non-profit and corporate leaders, subject matter experts, and local and federally elected officials for bipartisan policy discussions that affect the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander community and the nation at-large. Panel topics include the effects of COVID-19 on mental health, the frontline healthcare workers who are disproportionately affected, health disparities, advances in medical technology & treatments, the importance of data disaggregation in the medical field, and discussions of the future of health. For more information, see
https://apaics.org/events/march-health-summit/