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National Advisory Council
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Send to friendA volunteer National Advisory Council provides guidance to assist APINCSN in pursuing its mission, vision, and goals. Membership in the National Advisory Council consists of individuals from the United States and Pacific Island Jurisdictions who provide APIAHF staff with recommendations on planning, implementing, and evaluating community-driven strategies to address cancer in our communities.
Dr. Giang T. Nguyen
Chair
Giang T. Nguyen, MD, MPH, MSCE is a primary care physician, board-certified in Family Medicine, with a scientific background in clinical epidemiology and public health. He received his education at the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, and the University of Pennsylvania, completing his clinical training at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Zul Surani
Chair Elect
Zul Surani has served as a public health administrator, consultant and ardent advocate in disease prevention and access to care for over a decade. For almost ten years, he was the partnership program coordinator in the Southern California Office of The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service of California.
Susan Matsuko Shinagawa
Immediate Past Chair
Susan Matsuko Shinagawa is a survivor of three breast cancer diagnoses [1991 primary, 1997 recurrent (spine), 2001 primary].
Dr. Lee Buenconsejo-Lum
Lee Buenconsejo-Lum, MD, was born and raised in Hawai`i, attended public schools until attending Stanford University for her Bachelors of Science in Biology, then completed her medical school and family medicine residency training at the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in 1997.
Marianne Chung
Marianne Chung, MPH, is the associate director of a multi-service community center providing comprehensive social and health services for Georgia's Asian American and Pacific Islander community. She also serves on several boards promoting Asian Pacific Islander communities and the prevention of breast cancer and domestic violence.
Dr. Furjen Deng
Furjen Deng received her Ph.D. in sociology from Purdue University- West Lafayette, Indiana. She is presently a professor and associate chair of the Department of Sociology at Sam Houston State University.
Dorothy Etimani-Vaivao
Dorothy Etimani-Vaivao is the Executive Director of the Samoan National Nurses Association (SNNA), the only community-based health organization of professional Samoan nurses in the United States and established in Carson, CA in 1996.
Chien-Chi Huang
Chien-Chi Huang is a breast cancer survivor and currently spearheading the Asian Breast Cancer Project in Massachusetts.
Lucianne Latu
Lucianne Latu was eight years old in 1987 when she was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma (bone cancer) in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite losing her right leg to cancer in 1987, Luci refuses to let that minor "physical limitation" slow her down.
Dr. Mai-Nhung Le
Mai-Nhung Le, DrPH, MPH, is currently an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University in the Asian American Studies department. She teaches courses in Asian American history, Asian American culture, Vietnamese American experience and identity, and Asian American community and health issues.
Dr. Mieko Smith
Mieko Smith has been a Professor of Social Work at the University of Akron since 2009. Prior to that, Mieko was Professor of Social Work at Cleveland State University (CSU) and directed the Biomedical and Health Institute for two years.
Karen Teshima
Karen Teshima was born and raised on the Big Island of Hawai`i and married with 3 children. She was employed as a case manager coordinator for 15 years at a non-profit community health center, Bay Clinic, Inc.
