AAFA in 2025! It was good to catch up at our favorite local eatery, Hawkers! We feasted on Baos, haw fun, pad thai, soup dumplings. Emily let us know that she was interviewed on the People’s Pharmacy (see separate posting). Lee-Ching qualified at the Chapel Hill and North Carolina level...

AAFA members in the news! Emily Chang was interviewed on Terry and Joe Graedon’s the People’s Pharmacy podcast. She gave an update on Kidney Health. Watch the podcast and see the website article here. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-peoples-pharmacy/id268003768?i=1000680294991 Also the article on their website is here: https://www.peoplespharmacy.com/articles/show-1411-could-your-kidneys-be-failing-you-the-hidden-epidemic-affecting-millions

On Saturday November 27, 2024 Linda Van Le and Emily Chang attended “Conversations with UNC School of Medicine Faculty & Students” at the UNC Asian American Center. Director Heidi Kim led the discussion. Dr. Peter Hwang from Family Medicine also attended. We met with UNC students and discussed careers in medicine. ...

AAFA goes to Asian Kitchen! Alex, Zev, Lee, Karina, Emily, and I (Linda) had dinner at Asian Kitchen. The restaurant has changed ownership and now features hand pulled noodles ( see man in window!). The foodies Alex and Emily had been there before and knew what to order. We had...

AAFA members met for our Second annual Meet and Greet to eat and chat. Good food was provided by Hawkers (duck bao, roti, spring rolls, coconut shrimp, and more!). Charlie, Jen Tang’s 3-year old was able to come and added to the fun. We only wish Emily had brought Kim...

On Sept 9, one week after the fatal campus shooting of Dr. Zijie Yan by UNC graduate student Tailei Qi, AAFA convened a panel of UNC faculty to discuss concerns and present coping opportunities. Drs. Nadia Charguia, Michelle Floris-Moore, Jimmy Chen, and Nate Thomas presented options for coping and answered...

What does NoDa Brewing Company and Dr. Emily Chang have in common? They both love Kimchi, the dog. Dr. Chang adopted Kimchi from a rescue organization, saving her before she was placed in a high kill shelter. She is Dr. Chang’s first pup and the two were a bonded pair...

Dr. Joan Taylor, Director of Faculty Advancement for School of Medicine, was invited to discuss the process for promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor and Associate to Full Professor with AAFA members. This is a recording of a virtual discussion from Wednesday 4/12/23 at 5 pm.

AAFA celebrated Chinese New Year at Alice Chuang’s house. Alice made and brought food for 100 people! We made dumplings, had Chinese food from Jade Palace (Mapo Tofu, walnut shrimp, chow fun, eggplant/broccoli, sesame chicken, tons of sushi). Alice never wants you to feel hungry so she also ordered eclairs,...

Dr. Esther Choo, Professor of Emergency Medicine at Oregon Health Sciences and co-founder and board member of Time's Up spoke for AAFA on Tuesday 12/6/2022.