Research Team

Grace X. Ma, PhD
Founding Director, Center for Asian Health
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University

The Center for Asian Health research team consists of experienced transdisciplinary and multilingual health professionals who have expertise in health disparities research.

They represent, among others:

  • Health disparities researchers
  • Population health researchers
  • Behavioral health scientists
  • Epidemiologists and biostatisticians
  • Substance abuse prevention and intervention specialists
  • Medical professionals and specialists (e.g., oncologist, hepatologist)
  • Infectious disease specialists
  • Clinical psychologists
  • Medical anthropologists
  • Multilingual community health educators/patient navigators
  • Asian Pacific American community advisors/leaders
  • African American and other minority community advisors/leaders
  • Health policy analysts
  • Tobacco control specialists
  • Digital health technologists
  • Cancer survivors