AHCD 10TH ANNUAL DINNER
Dr. David Suzuki KEY NOTE SPEAKER
David Suzuki, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the IU School of Medicine and Director of the Equity Institute on Race, Culture & Transformative Action at IUPUI. In parallel to a career as an NIH funded Neuroscientist, Suzuki has been a board member of the Immigrant Welcome Center, Asian American Alliance, and Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana. He currently service on the board of the Indiana Historical Society. Suzuki established the first Asian American Studies course at IUPUI and co-founded the IU Asian Pacific American Faculty & Staff Council. For many years, he delivered monthly cultural competency webinars sponsored by the Indiana State Division of Mental Health & Addiction. His B.A. is from the University of California, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from UCLA in biochemistry and neuroscience, respectively. Suzuki continues to facilitate discussions and workshops on implicit biases, structural racism, cultural competency, and Asian American identity and history.
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