Stanford Medcast Episode 60: Hot Topics Mini-Series - Chronic Heart Health in Minority Populations

In today’s episode, we speak with Latha Palaniappan MD who is an internist, and clinical and population researcher at Stanford University. Her research has focused on the study of diverse populations, chronic disease and prevention. Dr. Palaniappan specifically seeks to address the gap in knowledge of health in Asian subgroups and other understudied racial/ethnic minorities). We will discuss Dr. Palaniappan's work in treating chronic heart health seen in this diverse population of patients.

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1. Evaluate the role of cultural norms on heart health in minority populations.

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References/Bibliography
1.Vo, J., & Shing, J. (2022, May 9). Importance of Disaggregated Asian American Data. NIH: National Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. https://dceg.cancer.gov/about/diversity-inclusion/inclusivity-minute/2022/disaggregated-asian-american-data
2.Srinivasan, S., & Guillermo, T. (2000). Toward improved health: disaggregating Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander data. American journal of public health, 90(11), 1731–1734. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.90.11.1731
3.Precision health: Improving health for each of us and all of us. (2022, May 17). Center for Disease Control and Prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/genomics/about/precision_med.htm

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Ruth Adewuya, MD
Managing Director
Stanford University

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Latha Palaniappan, MD
Professor, Stanford Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health, Director, Precision Genomics and Pharmacogenomics, Primary Care Medical Director Clinical Research, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Co-Director Stanford Biobank, Associate Director for Education, Population Health Sciences, Stanford University
Stanford University School of Medicine

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Ishita Verma
Student
Stanford University

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