Thứ Tư, 12 tháng 10, 2011

NGƯỜI VIỆT NĂM CHÂU

Một bác sĩ gốc Việt đượcTổng thống Obama chọn làm cố vấn

    Dr Tung

Bác sĩ NGUYỄN THANH TÙNG đã được Tổng Thống Hoa Kỳ chọn vào Ủy ban Cố vấn về Người Mỹ gốc châu Á - Thái Bình Dương. Bác sĩ Tùng là giáo sư y khoa tại trường đại học University of California - San Francisco (UCSF).


Ông phụ trách giảng dạy và chăm sóc y tế cho một cộng đồng đa sắc tộc. Ông cũng là giám đốc một dự án giúp thăng tiến sức khỏe trong cộng đồng Việt Nam, đồng thời là nhà nghiên cứu đứng đầu chương trình huấn luyện, nghiên cứu, tạo ý thức về bệnh ung thư cho cộng đồng Á châu ở UCSF.
Bác sỉ Tùng đang nghiên cứu về chứng bệnh ung thư tử cung đối với đàn bà Mỹ gốc Á tại Hoaky.
Bác sĩ Tùng tham gia tích cực vào các chương trình phòng ngừa, giáo dục về bệnh ung thư, và cũng nhận được những giải thưởng liên quan. Ông tốt nghiệp cử nhân ngành Triết học tại đại học Harvard và văn bằng y khoa từ đại học Stanford School of Medicine.

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
October 07, 2011
President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:
May Y. Chen, Appointee for Member, President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders May Y. Chen is an adjunct professor at the City University of New York, where she has taught labor studies courses and coordinated labor exchanges with Asia for the Joseph S. Murphy Insti tut e for Worker Education and Labor Studies since 2009.  Previously, Ms. Chen was the International Union Vice President for Workers United, Service Employees International Union in 2009.  She served as the International Union Vice President of UNITE HERE from 1999 to 2009, and Local 23-25 Manager and New York Metropolitan Area Joint Board Secretary-Treasurer from 2004 to 2009.  In her time at UNITE HERE, Ms. Chen held a number of positions, including Assistant/Associate Manager from 1997 to 2004 and Assistant Director and Director of the Education Department from 1989 to 1997.  From 1970 to 1979, she was an adjunct professor and teacher at several schools and universities in California , including the University of California at Los Angeles and California State University at Long Beach .  Ms. Chen is a Founding Member of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and continues to serve on its New York Chapter Board.  She also serves as Board President of the New York State Immigrant Action Fund.  She holds an A.B. in East Asian Studies from Harvard/Radcliffe College and an M.A. in Education from the University of California , Los Angeles . 
Dr. Tung Thanh Nguyen, Appointee for Member, President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Dr. Tung Thanh Nguyen is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California , San Francisco (UCSF), where he provides medical care to a diverse patient population and teaches clinicians.  He also serves as Director of the Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project and Principal Investigator of the Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness, Research and Training at UCSF, and in this role conducts research in health care prevention for Asian Americans.  He has worked on studies to increase breast, cervical cancer, and colorectal cancer screening among Asian Americans as well as on tobacco use among Asian Americans.  Dr. Nguyen was the volunteer Chair of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Team of the American Cancer Society in California .  In 2002, he was awarded the American Cancer Society Control Career Development Award for his outstanding work in primary care and research.  Dr. Nguyen holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Harvard University and an M.D. from the Stanford School of Medicine.