Andrea Barthwell

Dr. Andrea Barthwell, Deputy Director of Demand Reduction for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Executive Office of the President, delivers a speech at the NAPAFASA 2004 National Conference. Dr. Barthwell came to the NAPAFASA Conference to share ONDCP’s future direction and to hear how ONDCP can make their work more salient to the AAPI community.

“Establishing Research Networks”

From left to right, Frank Wong from Georgetown University, Julian Chow from the University of California, Berkeley, and Velma Kameoka from the University of Honolulu, HI, speak on the panel titled, “Establishing Research Networks.”

Westley Clark

Dr. Westley Clark, Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, speaks about the necessity to provide services to AAPI’s in the language that they speak. He also spoke about the misconception that API’s are a model community. Finally, Dr. Clark addressed the lack of research devoted to AAPI’s and substance issues.

Setting Up Community Research Projects

From left to right, Frank Wong from Georgetown University, Richard Lee from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, William Yang from Hmong American Partnership in Minneapolis, Emilie Dearing the NAPAFASA Chair and also from Georgetown University, and Judy Wang from Georgetown University, speak on “Setting Up Community Research Projects.”

Research Projects Panel

From left to right, Dr. Jean Lau Chin of Alliant International University, Alameda, CA, Dr. Dominicus So from Howard University, Washington, D.C., and Dr. Martha Lee from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA speak on their research projects involving multicultural or AAPI populations.