Count down for the National Chinese American Mental Health Summit!

Please join our large and vibrant network of community organizations, advocates, mental health professionals, policymakers, researchers, parents, and youth to connect, learn, and get inspired! We will discuss important issues and trends impacting our community, learn about innovations and best practices in the field, and work together for better mental health support for our AANHPI families and youth. 

在这本峰会手册里，您可以看到峰会所有的项目，时间表，各个分会场的概要，以及全部演讲人的个人简介。

In this Summit program book, you can find all the summit programs, schedules, all the breakout sessions flyers, and bios of all the speakers.

Eric Murphy, Ph.D., is a Program Officer in the Developmental Mechanisms and Trajectories of Psychopathology Branch, Division of Translational Research, National Institute of Mental Health. Eric received his Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Georgetown University and completed his postdoc at Washington University in St. Louis. His current portfolio covers child and adolescent depression and suicide related behaviors, including neurodevelopmental trajectories and mechanisms of risk.

Eric Murphy博士是美国国立心理健康研究所(NIMH)转化研究部发育机制与精神病理学轨迹分支的项目官员。他在乔治城大学获得认知神经科学博士学位,并在圣路易斯的华盛顿大学完成了博士后研究。Murphy博士目前负责管理一系列联邦资助的研究项目, 重点关注儿童和青少年的抑郁症和自杀相关行为,包括神经发育轨迹和风险机制。

Monica Taylor-Desir, MD, MPH, has served as the American Psychiatric Association Foundation board secretary since April 2023. The American Psychiatric Association Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the American Psychiatric Association which promotes a mentally health nation where we live, learn, work, worship and play. Dr. Taylor-Desir is a community psychiatrist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where she primarily works with the Olmsted County Assertive Community Treatment Team. Prior to joining Mayo Clinic Dr. Taylor-Desir provided mental health care in American Indian communities for 16 years in Arizona and North Dakota.

Lily is the founding Executive Director of UCA WAVES and founding board member and former Executive Director of UCA. Lily has led national community grassroots efforts for mental health education in AANHPI communities since 2016. Lily directs three research projects funded by SAMHSA, Blue Cross NC foundation, and National Council for Mental Wellbeing. Lily serves on multiple committees and boards including SAMHSA, TAAF, NC Wake County and the town of Cary. Lily is a lecturer at NC Central University, a Ph.D. candidate at UNC Chapel Hill, and RWJF Clinical Scholar alum. Lily is an immigrant mother of five wonderful grown children.

陈健是美国华裔联合会（United Chinese Americans）UCA青少年心理健康合作计划WAVES创建执行主任，UCA 创会董事会员和前任执行主任。自2016年以来，陈健一直领导全国社区努力，推动亚太裔社区的心理健康教育。莉莉作为主要调查员，指导由SAMHSA, 蓝十字会北卡罗来纳基金会, 和全美精神健康委员会资助的三个研究课题项目。陈健还在多个全囯及地区委员会和董事会任职，包括SAMHSA、亚裔美国基金会（The Asian American Foundation，TAAF），北卡韦克县健康与人类服务，和凯瑞市。目前在是北卡中央大学护理系讲师，北卡大学北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校攻读博士学位。陈健也是五个可爱成年子女的移民母亲。

Kyle Galimba (he/him) is a Filipino-American marketing specialist, content creator, and mental health advocate based in San Jose, CA. Kyle is the manager of Asian American Native Hawai’ian Pacific Islander outreach at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and heavily supports the Cross-Cultural Innovation and Engagement (CCIE) team with the launching of several NAMI initiatives including Sharing Hope, Compartiendo Esperanza, FaithNet, and the first ever Pathways to Hope Conference. Kyle sees this role as an opportunity to heal our communities by helping others find the best-fitting, quality care that they need.



Kyle Galimba (他/他)是一位菲律宾裔美国人,是营销专家、内容创作者和心理健康倡导者,现居住在加利福尼亚州圣何塞。他是全国精神疾病联盟(NAMI)亚裔美国人、夏威夷土著和太平洋岛民外展活动的经理,并大力支持跨文化创新与参与团队推出多项NAMI倡议,包括"分享希望"、"分享希望(西班牙语版)"、"信仰网络"以及首届"通往希望大会"。Kyle 视这一角色为一个机会,通过帮助他人寻找最合适的优质护理,来促进我们社区的康复。

CHARISSA S. L. CHEAH, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and Asian Studies Faculty Affiliate at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. As a cultural developmental scientist, Dr. Cheah utilizes mixed-method approaches to explore how individual characteristics, relationships, socialization agents, and contexts interact to influence the social-emotional, mental, and physical health of AANHPI and Muslim American families, considering their minoritized, immigrant, and marginalized intersecting statuses. Dr. Cheah is the President of the Society for Research on Adolescence. She is also a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. Dr. Cheah received a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Italy.

Sanjana Quasem is lead Program Manager at the Asian American Health Initiative, a part of the Montgomery County, Maryland Department of Health and Human Services, where she oversees programs that respond to the health and wellness needs of the diverse Asian American communities in the county. AAHI’s portfolio of work includes grassroots community outreach, community empowerment of local leaders, capacity building to build the sustainability of AAPI-serving organizations, and over $1.6M in community grant administration.



Sanjana Quasem 是马里兰州蒙哥马利县卫生与公共服务部亚裔美国人健康倡议项目的项目经理。Sanjana Quasem是马里兰州蒙哥马利县卫生与人类服务部门亚裔美国人健康倡议（Asian American Health Initiative，AAHI）的首席项目经理，负责监督针对该县多样化亚裔美国社区健康与福祉需求的项目。AAHI的工作包括基层社区外展、地方领导者的社区赋权、增强服务亚太裔组织的可持续能力，以及管理超过160万美元的社区拨款。

Changfu Chang, a U.S.-based award-winning filmmaker, has directed a dozen acclaimed documentaries including Love Without Boundaries, The Invisible Red Thread, Ricki’s Promise, and Meet Me on the Bridge. His decade-long film series on international adoption that explores a wide range of issues surrounding Chinese culture, politics, and international transracial adoption, has been screened extensively throughout Asia, North America, Europe, and Australia. Changfu’s films have been shown on PBS, National Geographic Television, and BBC. Leading media outlets including the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, and NPR have covered his work.

Justin A. Chen, MD, MPH, is Vice Chair of Ambulatory Services, Vice Chair of Health Justice, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine. As Executive Director of the nonprofit volunteer-operated Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Cross-Cultural Student Emotional Wellness, he delivers talks and trainings throughout the U.S. on promoting the mental health of diverse students. He is a 2020-23 fellow of the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program for a project entitled, “Breaking Silences in the Model Minority: A National Intervention to Increase Mental Health Awareness and Decrease Stigma in Asian Immigrant Families.”



陈志佳医学博士，公共卫生硕士，是纽约长老会医院/康奈尔医学院精神病学系的门诊服务副主席、健康公正副主席和副教授。作为马萨诸塞州总医院跨文化学生情感健康中心的执行主任，他在全美范围内进行讲座和培训，促进不同学生群体的心理健康。他是罗伯特·伍德·约翰逊临床学者项目的2020-23年度研究员，项目名为“打破模范少数族裔的沉默：增强亚裔移民家庭心理健康意识，减少社会污名”。

Maria Cervania

NC State Representative D41

（Bio see above）

北卡罗来纳州众议院第41选区代表

（个人介绍见上面）

Tenly Pau Biggs, MSW, LMSW, is the Deputy Director at the Office of

Behavioral Health Equity (OBHE) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). She is coordinating SAMHSA’s efforts to reduce disparities in mental and substance use disorders across racial, ethnic, LGBTQ+ and underserved populations. She is a member of a workgroup dedicated to implementing the HHS response to the Memorandum on Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) in the United States. Prior to joining OBHE, she was the Grants Coordinator for the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) and the lead for the disparity impact statement and strategy (DIS) work pertaining to the access, service use, and behavioral health outcomes of discretionary grants at SAMHSA.

Mr. Norman Chen is the Chief Executive Officer at The Asian American Foundation (TAAF). TAAF was founded in 2021 to serve the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity that is free from discrimination, slander, and violence. At the mental health summit, Mr. Chen will share TAAF's vision for centering the needs of AANHPI youth - specifically the pioneering youth mental health study that promises to be the first nationally representative, community-engaged study of the status of youth mental health in the country. He will share the unique study design, the role of various expert stakeholders, as well as the implications for study findings for TAAF's work.

Lily Chen, RN

UCA WAVES Executive Director

Bio see above 

陈健 (注册护士)

UCA WAVES执行董事,会议主持人

个人简介见上面

Elaine is a dedicated mental health advocate and educator. She is a leader and developer of multiple programs for the Chinese community. As a consumer and family member, she helps promote mental health services and provides peer support within the underserved Chinese community. She won the 2016 NAMI National and 2017 NAMI California Multicultural Outreach Awards. Her impactful work has earned accolades from the community and the California State Senate, reflecting her diverse education, administration, and mental health advocacy background. Under her leadership, MHACC was honored as the 2019 California Nonprofit of the Year.

Dr. Cindy H. Liu is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Director of the Developmental Risk and Cultural Resilience Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. A licensed clinical psychologist, she is the principal investigator of the BOBA Project (www.thebobaproject.com), a study funded by three NIH grants that examines how Chinese American teens learn about Asian identity within their family, their peers, and social media. Her work has been featured in various outlets including the New York Times, USA Today, and NPR. She is on the TAAF Academic Advisory Committee for AANHPI Youth Mental Health Study.

Why Must We Keep Our Heritage & Identity

A Multiethnic Perspective

为什么我们必须保持我们的传统和身份认同

 一个多民族的视角

Emerging Young Chinese American Leaders

美华年轻领袖的新生代

Al and the Future of Our Youth

人工智能与我们年轻人的未来

Youth in Advocacy

年轻人在发声