The Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education
Stanford CARE
Who We Are
Our Mission
The Center for Asian Health Research and Education was founded in October 2018 to provide a common place for research, education and clinical care support allowing disparate faculty, staff, community members and trainees to share ideas and common resources. Currently, there is a lack of resources and community. In particular, given the nature of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI) Health research, multi-disciplinary groups are needed.
At Stanford, no other centers are significantly investigating and developing educational/clinical care for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AsA-NHPI). Stanford has advantages over other Universities in this area of health research, education and care due to unique patient, faculty/staff and student Demographics, Disease, Epidemiologic/Health economics and humanities expertise.
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Stand with Us against AAPI Hate
Dear Stanford CARE Colleagues and Friends,
We write to ask you to stand with us against the senseless violence that has been inflicted upon our Asian communities.
Over the last year, anti-Asian hate crimes have risen by nearly 150 percent. Most recently, a violent attack in Atlanta stole the lives of eight innocent people, six of whom were Asian women. We share your grief, anger, fear, and frustration over this despicable brutality. As the children of immigrants or immigrants ourselves, we are heartbroken by the attacks on people who look like us. Many of us came to this country seeking a better life for ourselves and our families, but are instead met with daily acts of microaggressions that suppress our communities and our everyday lives.
Unfortunately, anti-Asian discrimination is nothing new. It is woven into the very fabric of our history, from the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882 to Japanese American internment in World War II, from hate crimes against Sikhs after 9/11 to violence against Asian Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian American community has been silently suffering for too long – out of fear, respect, and humility. We need to acknowledge and confront this violence and discrimination, and demand immediate change. Only then can we move forward, as a country where opportunity is truly equal and where diversity serves as a source of strength.
So, what can we do? Here is a list of resources (compiled by our Stanford faculty, staff, and students) to help us take action. We ask that you do what you can to support our communities and share these resources with your networks.
At Stanford CARE, our mission is to improve the health of Asians everywhere. Our history has proven time and again that racism is a crisis of public health, and only direct action by a group of dedicated individuals can help us heal.
Our American community is strong, and we will overcome.