Since its inception in 2019, TEA distributed over $800,000 in mini-grant funding to 35 community health organizations. TEA’s Mini-Grant Program funds community-centered projects serving Asian, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino, and African American communities that are disproportionately impacted by TB.

The 2023 TEA Summit focused on the theme “Building Healthy Communities Free of TB”, showcasing TEA’s Mini-Grant Program and the remarkable innovations from diverse communities and their collaborative efforts towards achieving health equity over the past five years.

Over the span of two days at the virtual summit, participants tuned into discussions on lessons learned and promising practices from our communities on the impact of TEA’s mini-grants.

See below to access resources from the 2023 TEA Summit. If you would like to view presentation slides from one or more speakers, please email tea@aapcho.org.

Full Agenda with Session Descriptions and Speaker Bios
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Voices of Impact: Shaping TB Elimination and Community Equity
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Session Speakers Moderator Resources
Welcome & Opening Remarks
  • Philip LoBue, MD, Director, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC
  • Jeffrey Caballero, MPH, Executive Director, Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
  • Juliet K. Choi, JD, President and CEO, Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
  • Chari Cohen, DrPH, MPH, President, Hepatitis B Foundation
  • Frank Hood, Director, Hep B United, Associate Director of Policy & Internships, Hepatitis B Foundation
  • Cynthia Tschampl, PhD, Chair, Stop TB USA
 Chibo Shinagawa, MS, PMP, Senior Program Manager, Infectious Diseases, AAPCHO CDC Think. Test. Treat TB Campaign

Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Hepatitis B Foundation

Hep B United

Stop TB USA
Session I: Diverse Voices and Collective Solutions: Community-Led TB Initiatives
  • Elizabeth Harding, MD, Family Physician, Jericho Road Community Health Centers (Buffalo, NY)
  • Alok Sarwal, PhD, MBA, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Colorado Alliance for Health Equity & Practice (Denver, CO)
  • Mai Xiong Vang, RN, MSN, PHN, TB Program Manager, St Paul Ramsey County Public Health (St. Paul, MN)
  • Tenzin Kunor, Multi-Drug Resistant TB Survivor & Advocate, We Are TB (National)
 Nashia Choudhury, MPH, Director of Programs, Health Care Transformation, AAPCHO Jericho Road Community Health Center

Colorado Alliance for Health Equity and Practice

St. Paul Ramsey County Public Health

We Are TB
Session II: Elevating Pasifika Voices: Shaping TB Elimination with Community Wisdom
  • Kapiolani Micky, Community Outreach Worker, Micronesian Islander Community (Salem, OR)
  • Kekoa Lopez-Paguyo, MPH, Project Manager,  Regional Pacific Islander Task Force (San Francisco Bay Area, CA)
  • Ashley Calvo-Rodriguez,  Clinic Administrator and Lead Trainer, Todu Guam Foundation (Tamuning, Guam)
  • Lucy Hansen, Executive Director and Founder, Polynesian Association of Alaska (Anchorage, AK)
  John Nguyen-Yap, Director of Programs, Community Initiatives, AAPCHO Micronesian Islander Community 

Regional Pacific Islander Task Force

Todu Guam Foundation

Polynesian Association of Alaska
Closing Remarks & Overview of Day 2
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Together Towards a TB-Free Tomorrow
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Session Speakers Moderator Resources
Welcome & Opening Remarks Mukta Deia, Program Coordinator, Infectious Diseases, AAPCHO

Reported Tuberculosis in the United States, 2022 (CDC)
Session III: California’s Model Efforts in TB Prevention and Elimination: A National Template for Success
  • Alan Doan, Program Manager, Asian Pacific Health Foundation (San Diego, CA)
  • Adama Dyoniziak, MPH, CPH, Executive Director, Champions for Health (San Diego, CA)
  • Meagan Lee, MPH, Research Coordinator, North East Medical Services (San Francisco, CA)
  • Tricia Nguyen, MPH, Chief Executive Officer, Southland Integrated Services (Garden Grove, CA)
 Fayette Nguyen-Truax, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, Associate Professor, Loma Linda University Asian Pacific Health Foundation

Champions for Health

North East Medical Services

Southland Integrated Services

Latent Tuberculosis Educational Video For Vietnamese-Speaking Population
Session IV: Innovating for a TB-Free Future: Current Projects and Their Prospective Hopes
  • Duncan Reid, MD, MS, Medical Director, EthnoMed (Seattle, WA)
  • Mei Kan, MPH, Project Coordinator, Midwest Asian Health Association (Chicago, IL)
  • Robin Lewy, Co-Founder and Director of Programing, Rural Women’s Health Project (Gainesville, FL)
  • Jacqueline Cuen, TB Survivor & Peer Support Navigator, We Are TB (National), Somos TB & Karen Reynas, TB Survivor, We Are TB (National), Somos TB
 Pervaiz Tufail, TB Survivor, Director, TBPeople Pakistan EthnoMed

Midwest Asian Health Association

Rural Women’s Health Project

Somos TB
Session V: Closing Session: Honoring Visionaries and Building Healthy TB-Free Communities
  • Jeffrey Caballero, MPH, Executive Director, AAPCHO
  • Cynthia Tschampl, PhD, Chair, Stop TB USA
  • Nickolas DeLuca, PhD, Chief of Communications, Education, and Behavioral Studies Branch, Division of Tuberculosis Elimination, CDC 
  • Amee Patrawalla, MD, PhD, Secretary, Stop TB USA
  • Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director, Migrant Clinicians Network
 Chibo Shinagawa, MS, PMP, Senior Program Manager, Infectious Diseases, AAPCHO