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Disrupting the "Asian" Monolith: Why data disaggregation matters

Topic: How the perpetuation of the “Asian” monolith, and the corresponding aggregation of AAPI data, lead to disparities in health outcomes and medical school admissions… and what we can do about it!

Teaser: Disrupting the "Asian" Monolith: Why data disaggregation matters
Approximately 60% of the world's population of 8 billion people lives in the continent of Asia yet in the United States, the term "Asian" has been routinely used by the medical field to categorize this highly diverse group of many different cultures into a single monolith. What are the consequences of such a generalization, and who does it affect? How do such categorizations and aggregations of data create disparities in health outcomes and medical school admissions within the AAPI community?

May 16, 2023 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)