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Section for Health Equity Publications

Stay up to date on the work of faculty leaders and community health and research staff in NYU Langone’s Section for Health Equity by reading our latest newsletters and scientific publications.

NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health Newsletters

We publish semiquarterly newsletters to share new research findings; pilot projects; staff and faculty achievements, accolades, and awards within the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH); upcoming events; and community health education and workshops. Explore our Fall 2025 newsletter to learn more.

Feel free to browse our past newsletters from Summer 2024, Spring 2024, Winter 2024, Fall 2023, and Summer 2023.

To sign up to receive our newsletter, please email Jennifer Wong, MPH, program manager, at Jennifer.Wong@NYULangone.org.

Books and Book Chapters

Within the Section for Health Equity, CSAAH faculty, staff, and partners have made valuable contributions to books and book chapters in the field of health disparities and health equity research focused on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. A sample of such recent work includes the following titles:

  • Lim S … Tepporn E. Asian American health equity. In: Smalley KB, ed. Health Equity: A Solutions-Focused Approach. New York: Springer Publishing Company, LLC; 2020: 115–132.
  • Trinh-Shevrin, C, Taher MD, and Islam N. Community health workers as accelerators of community engagement and structural competency in health. In: Hansen H, ed. Structural Competency in Mental Health and Medicine. New York: Springer Publishing Company; 2019: 167–177.
  • Jung M … Yi SS. Oral health care receipt and self-rated oral health for diverse Asian American subgroups in New York City. In: Treadwell HM, ed. Oral Health in America: Removing the Stain of Disparity. Washington D.C.: American Public Health Association; 2019: Chapter 15.
  • Islam N … Trinh-Shevrin C. CBPR in Asian American communities. In: Wallerstein N, ed. Community-Based Participatory Research for Health: Advancing Social and Health Equity, 3rd Ed. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017: 175–188.

Academic Journal Publications

Our faculty frequently publish the results of their research in leading peer-reviewed journals. Read their latest papers to learn more about our work.

Featured Publications

Health equity and medical mistrust: a mixed-methods analysis of medical and social determinants among transgender women of colour in the TURNNT cohort study

Furuya, Alexander; Merriman, Jenesis; Houghton, Lauren; Benoit, Ellen; Whalen, Adam; Radix, Asa; Contreras, Jessica; Herrera, Cristina; Lim, Sahnah; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Duncan, Dustin T

Culture, health & sexuality. 2026 Jan 05; 1-13

The association of medical mistrust, clinical trial knowledge, and perceived clinical trial risk with willingness to participate in health research among historically marginalized individuals living in New York City

Curro, Isabel Inez; Wyatt, Laura; Foster, Victoria; Yusuf, Yousra; Sifuentes, Sonia; Chebli, Perla; Kranick, Julie A; Kwon, Simona C; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; LeCroy, Madison N

Discover health systems. 2026 Dec ; 5:1

Chinese American Pain Experience Project (CAPE): Perceptions, Expectations, and Attitudes on Pain Management among Chinese American Postoperative Patients

Pan, Janet; Wong, Jazmine; Liang, Alice; Chong, Stella K; Chen, Xiaoshan; Aye, Myint; Rosenberg, Andrew; Cuff, Germaine; Kwon, Simona C

Journal of racial & ethnic health disparities. 2025 Dec ; 12:3925-3937

Co-Designing a Culturally Tailored Early Childhood Mental Health Digital Solution for Chinese American Families

Song, Yaena; Tan, Yi-Ling; Mui, Angel; Verduin, Timothy; Kerker, Bonnie; Zhao, Chenyue; Zhao, Qiuqu; Gore, Radhika; Kwon, Simona C

Health promotion practice. 2025 Nov 24; 15248399251388077

Perceived access to gender-affirming care, completion of gender-affirming medical interventions, and psychological distress among transgender women of color: the TURNNT cohort study

Merriman, Jenesis; Dharma, Christoffer; Park, Su Hyun; Joiner, Andrea; Scheinmann, Roberta; Watson, Kim; Herrera, Cristina; Schneider, John A; Lim, Sahnah; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Radix, Asa; Duncan, Dustin T

American journal of epidemiology. 2025 Nov 04; 194:3306-3315

Using longitudinal, multi-partner qualitative data to evaluate the implementation of a diabetes prevention and management intervention among South Asians Americans

Ali, Shahmir H; Onakomaiya, Deborah; Saif, Nabeel I; Rahman, Fardin; Mohsin, Farhan M; Mohaimin, Sadia; Rakhra, Ashlin; Mammen, Shinu; Hussain, Sarah; Zanowiak, Jennifer; Lim, Sahnah; Shelley, Donna; Islam, Nadia S

Implementation science communications. 2025 Oct 30; 6:112

Intimate Partner Violence and Hate-Motivated Violence Against Asian American Women

Cao, Jiepin; Wong, Jennifer A; Song, Yaena; Choi, Sugy; Lim, Sahnah

Journal of racial & ethnic health disparities. 2025 Oct 30;

A Culturally and Linguistically Tailored Intervention to Improve Diabetes-Related Outcomes in Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Liu, Jing; Cao, Jiepin; Shi, Yun; Sevick, Mary Ann; Islam, Nadia; Feldman, Naumi; Li, Huilin; Wang, Chan; Zhao, Yanan; Tamura, Kosuke; Levy, Natalie; Jiang, Nan; Zhu, Ziqiang; Wang, Yulin; Hong, Jia; Hu, Lu

JMIR mHealth & uHealth. 2025 Oct 27; 13:e78036