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Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model
Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu is a Principal Investigator of the “Adaptable Community-Engaged Intervention for Violence Prevention: Michigan Model” project at Eastern Michigan University. She is a member of the 1. Steering Committee, 2. Community Engagement, 3. Data & Methods, 4. Policy, Implementation and Evaluation, and the 5. Communication and Dissemination workgroups.
Dr. Tsu-Yin Wu is the Director of the Center for Health Disparities Innovation and Studies (CHDIS) and Professor at School of Nursing, Eastern Michigan University. As a nurse-researcher-advocate, Dr. Wu has more than two decades of experience studying health disparities, applying qualitative and quantitative research methods, studying health service utilization, and using the evidence to advocate policy-changes for Asian Americans and Asians. Her work has provided much-needed evidence to demonstrate how health disparities are pervasive in Asian Americans and Asians.
As PI or Co-Investigator on federally, state, and privately funded grants, Dr. Wu developed and validated culturally appropriate instruments for behavior-specific beliefs for Asian Americans, established strong ties with community stakeholders, and improved health outcomes in breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer, and chronic disease as well as the mental health of Asian Americans and Asians. She is a MPI on a 2022 NIH-funded study using mixed-methods to examine structural racism, protective and environmental/neighborhood factors and their influences with firearm-related violence.
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