​We're excited to kickoff our 5th Walking Club! Join us for five Saturday mornings in Boston Common at the Parkman Bandstand. This event will be a great way to enjoy the short summer season here in the New England. 

For registration and questions, feel free to contact AADI at 617-309-3444 or email us at aadi@joslin.harvrd.edu

​Dr. Hsu was invited as the keynote speaker for the annual Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Diabetes Summit. His talk was titled "Emphasizing Equity in Diabetes Care and Prevention"

We are excited to be back with the Head Start Program in Quincy for the Parent Cafe! This year our workshop focused on cognitive health, Karen Lau RD/CDE reviewed factors that can affect cognitive health along with lifestyle aspects to help improve cognitive health.

It was great to see so many familiar faces at the Parent Cafe, and the participants all asked great questions! 

Check out the photos from the session below!

​On March 25, 2019 we will be hosting the Annual Lawrence and Evelyn Wing Family Lectureship on Diabetes. This year we are honored to have Dr. Frank Hu join us for our 3rd lectureship titled "Precision Nutrition for Curbing Global Diabetes Epidemic: Hype or Hope?"

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(The announcement of the joint resolution at the State House)

​Providers and clinicians from the Dorchester area have gathered for a night to discuss the latest clinical research and advocacy efforts around diabetes prevention in the Vietnamese American community.

To continue our efforts of Screen at 23, we will be working with the South Shore YMCA to continue our efforts to spread awareness about the higher risk of Asian Americans developing diabetes at a lower BMI (Body Mass Index).

If you're interested to learn more about diabetes prevention, management and healthy ways to live healthier, join us at the South Shore YMCA this Friday from 9am-12pm!

To continue our efforts of Screen at 23, we will be collaborating with the Wang YMCA in Chinatown to continue our efforts to spread awareness about the higher risk of Asian Americans developing diabetes at a lower BMI (Body Mass Index).

If you're interested to learn more about diabetes prevention, management and healthy ways to live healthier, join us at the Y Wang this Saturday from 9am-12pm! 

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Dr. George King was invited by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health as a speaker for the "Diabetes Town Hall" in honor of National Diabetes Awareness month in November. 

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We are excited to host anotther training session for students in the medical field who will be taking part in our community outreach programs. Students will learn diabetes management basics and how to use on site A1C screen kits. This a great learning opportunity for future health professionals to meet and learn the needs and concerns of Asian communities. 

AADI is passionate about providing these opportunities to students.

If you are interested in becoming an AADI Volunteer, please email aadi@joslin.harvard.edu to find out more info!

We were invited to do another workshop at the Quincy Head Start, Parent Cafe! 

For this workshop, we focused on topics such as 'Know Your BMI', 'Weight-related health issues in Asian Americans' and '8 steps in preventing weight gain and diabetes'. This event was led by Karen Lau, Joslin's RD/CDE. Many of the parents asked many questions about how to prepare food that is healthy, but also with ingredients their children will eat as well. 

Check out the photos from our workshop!

Screen at 23 for Healthcare & Community Leaders in Quincy

On April 3, 2018 we held the Screen at 23 in Quincy. This event is aimed to let the community and healthcare providers in the Quincy area to be aware of this national campaign. The joint resolution was passed by Mass. House and Senate, which encourages Asian Americans to be screened for diabetes at a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 23 or higher. 

Check out photos below from the night's networking event!

Paul Gorman, President & CEO of South Shore YMCA kicked off the event with a welcome message 

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Dear Friends,

The Asian American Diabetes Initiative (AADI) and I are thrilled to host the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Diabetes Coalition's national conference at Joslin Diabetes Center on August 11, 2018.

It is titled "The Future of Population Diabetes Research and Advocacy: Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders".

This will be the 5th conference hosted by AANHPI Diabetes Coalition and is one of the many arms of AADI. The previous meetings have been held in Hawaii, the West Coast and Washington DC. There will be many leaders in Asian American health, pharmaceutical companies, our local communities and care providers.

As a Co-Chair, I am especially excited to host this year's conference here in Boston and welcome distinguished researchers such as Drs. Howard Koh and Frank Hu from the area.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. I hope that you will be able to join this meeting.

Best,

George L. King, MD

Check out photos from the conference!

For more information and presentation slides, please click here to view all of the speaker's slide sets. 

 Walking Club 2018

We are kicking off our weekend mornings in a healthy way. Join us for five Saturday mornings and let's walk together at the Boston Common! 

Since 2011 this will be our 4th Walking Club that we've held. Stay tuned for pictures from the future walks!

July 7, 2018
Beautiful blue skies, and sunny weather to kick off our first walk!

July 21, 2018 
Starting the day off with Tai Chi, thank you to Qian for coming out and teaching us!

August 18, 2018
We want to thank Dr. Medha Munshi for joining us on today's walk! And thank you to Jialin as well for teaching us the 8 step exercise!
 

Septemer 8, 2018
Last walk of the summer! We wrapped up our last session by handing out gifts to those participants who walked the most number of steps, and for attending every walk. 

That's a wrap on the Walking Club 2018! 

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Sumiao Hunan Kitchen will be hosting a one time, pop up brunch event dubbed "A Pinch of Ginger". 

There will be ginger themed cocktails and many delicious dishes to enjoy! Proceeds from this event will benefit Joslin's Asian American Diabets Initiatives (AADI) and continue our efforts.

Thank you to those that attended the brunch!