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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2018 Apr 1;124(Suppl 7):1527–1534. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31103

Table 3.

Summary of Accomplishments by AANCART Trainees

Names Role with AANCART Current roles Accomplishments
Original trainees
John Choe, M.D., M.P.H. hepatitis B among Korean Americans.
Mentor: Shin-Ping Tu, M.D., M.P.H.		 Associate Program Director, Curriculum and Evidence-based Medicine training, University of Washington Internal Medicine Residency Program

  • PI, R03 CA130726

  • CDC mentored research scientist

  • Robert Wood Johnson Faculty Scholar
Michael Ong, M.D., Ph.D. Mentor: Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

  • PI, “Variations in Care: Comparing Heart Failure Care Transition Intervention Effects,” Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01 HS019311)
Angela Jo, M.D., M.P.H. Mentor: Roshan Bastani, Ph.D., Annette Maxwell, Dr.P.H. Clinician, University of New Mexico

  • ACS Career Development Award
Angela Sun, Ph.D., M.P.H. Outreach Core Director,
Mentor: Tung Nguyen, M.D.		 Executive Director, Chinese Community Health Resource Center, San Francisco, CA
Adjunct Faculty, CSU East Bay;
Affiliated Faculty, UCSF

  • AANCART inspired her to earn Ph.D.

  • PI,” 1R21 MD006024
Angela Sy, Dr.P.H. Hawaii AANCART Research Director, Mentor: Susan Stewart Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor; Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Cancer Center, University of Hawaii

  • Visiting Scholar Fellows, University of Nevada-Las Vegas

  • President, Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus (APIC), American Public Health Association (APHA)
Elisa Tong, M.D., M.A. AANCART pilot study leader & Sacramento AANCART Research Director.
Mentor: Moon Chen Jr. Ph.D., M.P.H.		 Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, UC Davis

  • PI, ACS Research Scholar Grant

  • Best Published Paper, APIC, APHA, 2016
Prior cycle diversity trainees
Neetu Chawla, Ph.D., M.P.H. Earned Ph.D.
Mentor: Roshan Bastani Ph.D.		 Research Scientist, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, Oakland, CA

  • NCI Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program

  • PI, extramural grants
Arnab Mukherjea, Dr. P.H. M.P.H. Earned Dr.P.H.
Mentor: Elisa Tong. M.D.		 Assistant Professor, Health Sciences, CSU East Bay

  • PI, Post-doctoral Fellowship, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program, University of California

  • President, APIC, APHA

  • Best Published Paper, APIC, APHA, 2014
Current cycle diversity trainees
Jamie Felicitas, M.P.H. Earned M.P.H.
Mentors: Reginald Ho, M.D., Charlene Cuaresma, M.P.H.		 Ph.D. student, Claremont Graduate School

  • Multiple publications
Sheba George, Ph.D. Mentor: Marjorie Kagawa Singer Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science

  • Multiple publications
Self - initiated trainees
Julie Dang, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. AANCART Administrative Core Director; NCI-funded National Outreach Network Community Health Educator.
Mentor: Moon S. Chen, Jr., Ph.D., M.P.H.		 Director of Community Engagement and Outreach, University of California, Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA

  • UC Berkeley Health Policy Program Ph.D.(c)

  • Recipient, University of California Dissertation Fellowship
Dao Fang, D.H.A, M.S.W. Research Director, Hmong Women’s Heritage Association, Sacramento, CA Cultural and Linguistic Consultant, Health Net Inc., Sacramento, CA

  • Earned M.S.W.

  • Earned Doctor of Health Care Administration, University of Phoenix
May Ying Ly, M.S.W Executive Director, Hmong Women’s Heritage Association, Sacramento, CA Ph.D.(c), Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA

  • Earned M.S.W.
Anne Saw, Ph.D. Mentor: Elisa Tong, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago, IL

  • Her doctoral student won APIC Best Student Abstract Award