Center for Asian Health

Associate Dean for Health Disparities Grace Ma
NIH awards Center for Asian Health $13.5M grant to study cancer disparities
Type: News Story
The five-year grant will support exploration of approaches to reducing cancer disparities among under-represented groups.
October 30, 2018
Steven Zhu and two restaurant owners
Initiative targets health disparities by reducing salt in takeout food
Type: News Story
The Healthy Chinese Takeout Initiative works to reduce salt consumption and hypertension among Philadelphians.
October 16, 2018
Researchers target diet to reduce chronic disease in Asian Americans
Type: News Story
Researchers from Temple University’s Center for Asian Health will use a $1.4 million grant to create awareness, provide education, and increase access to healthy food and beverage options in Philadelphia’s low-income Asian-American community.
October 6, 2014
Reducing sodium in Chinese takeout is focus of hypertension initiative
Type: News Story
Temple University’s Center for Asian Health, in partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Asian Community Health Coalition and the Greater Philadelphia Chinese Restaurant Association, is spearheading an initiative aimed at reducing salt consumption as a means of preventing hypertension.
June 4, 2013