Sitting here at the first Team HBV Collegiate conference listening to Dr. Dale Hu of the CDC speak. I'm really enjoying how he's telling us about his background and his perspectives on being an Asian in the States. I always wonder about a speaker's background, so its really cool that he is opening up to us. i love that he was part of Math Club and Chess Club! His comments on the myth of the model minority were really intriguing, especially when he talked about the 30% of tech workers in Silicon Valley are Asian vs. 12% of the senior staff. He also talked about how Asians need to "toot their own horn" professionally. I really want to read some of the books he recommended - Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling, and the Art of War and the books by Peter Drucker.
 

Last night was wonderful - it was the welcome dinner and all the Team reps came, met each other, ate, and banged on tables really really loudly!

Dr. So, Director of the Asian Liver Center,  missed last night because of a delayed flight, but his talk this morning was fantastic. He talked about what pulled him into chronic HBV and liver cancer. I liked how he pointed out that we need to take advantage of what comes our way and not make them missed opportunities. His emphasis about encouraging primary care providers to make screening their API patients standard of care and routine really struck a chord. He talked about the sucesses of the SF Hep B Free campaign and the internaional efforts that the ALC engages in.