Chau Trinh

Associate Professor; Director Large Research initiatives
Departments of Population Health (Health & Beh), Medicine (Medicine) and Asian American Health (Adm)

Contact Info

Address
550 First Avenue, MSB-153
New York, NY 10016-6481

Email: Chau.Trinh@nyumc.org

Web:	Institute of Community Health and Research Center for the Study of Asian America Health

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Education

2003 — Columbia University, Graduate Education

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Research Summary

Chau Trinh-Shevrin, DrPH is Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Medicine at New York University (NYU). For nearly a decade, Dr. Trinh-Shevrin has dedicated her research and career to focusing on understanding, addressing, and reducing health disparities in Asian American populations. Dr. Trinh-Shevrin is currently the Director and one of the original founders of the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health (CSAAH). Dr. Trinh-Shevrin is the Research PI of the NIH National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities P60 Project EXPORT (Excellence in Partnerships, Outreach, Research, and Training) and the P60 Research Center of Excellence grants ? two awards that support CSAAH?s infrastructure for research and community engagement. In her role as Director of CSAAH, Dr. Trinh-Shevrin oversees all research and grant development activities and serves on several national advisory boards that focuses on the health of Asian Americans. She currently is the co-PI on the NIH Project AsPIRE (Asian American Partnerships in Research and Empowerment), a community health worker intervention aimed to reduce hypertension and cardiovascular disease in Filipino Americans. Dr. Trinh-Shevrin is also a co-investigator and Acting Director of the Asian American Hepatitis B Project, a collaborative partnership of NYU, community-based organizations, health care providers, and city government that provides direct health education, outreach, screening, vaccination, and treatment services for individuals at risk for hepatitis B in New York City. She is a co-investigator of the Centers for Disease Control sponsored Center of Excellence to Eliminate Disparities in Hepatitis B at NYU. Dr. Trinh-Shevrin was the PI of two NCI-funded pilot projects that focused on breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancer prevention in New York City Chinese, Haitian, and Mexican-American communities. Before assuming the role and responsibility of CSAAH, Dr. Trinh-Shevrin was the Lead Epidemiologist for the NYU Institute for Urban and Global Health. Prior to her work at NYU, Dr. Trinh-Shevrin worked on health interventions aimed at other minority and underserved populations. At Columbia, she was involved in needs assessment activities and HIV research that focused on the health of African Americans living in Harlem and Washington Heights. She was also a research associate for a program at Beth Israel Medical Center that focused on the health needs of injecting drug users and a gender-sensitive drug treatment program at Lincoln Hospital that focused on crack-addicted women living in the Bronx. She is a co-editor on the book Empowerment and Recovery: Confronting Addiction during Pregnancy with Peer Counseling. Dr. Trinh-Shevrin received her Bachelors of Arts and her Masters of Science in Health Policy and Health Behaviors at the State University of New York at Albany. She received her doctorate from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and a dissertation fellowship from the Commonwealth Foundation.

Research Keywords

community health, social epidemiology, public health, community-based participatory research, Asian health, minority health, immigrant health, behavioral research, research training, health disparities research, community engagement

Grant Keywords

Hepatitis

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Diabetes and associated risk factors among asian american subgroups in new york city
Islam, Nadia S; Wyatt, Laura C; Kapadia, Smiti B; Rey, Mariano J; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Kwon, Simona C
2013 Jan;36(1):e5-e5 e5, Diabetes care
— id: 214302, year: 2013, vol: 36, page: e5, stat: Journal Article,

A public-private partnership: the new york university-health and hospitals corporation clinical and translational science institute
Capponi, Louis; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Cronstein, Bruce N; Hochman, Judith S
2012 Jun;5(3):223-225, Clinical & Translational Science
— id: 169518, year: 2012, vol: 5, page: 223, stat: Journal Article,

Understanding Barriers to and Facilitators of Diabetes Control and Prevention in the New York City Bangladeshi Community: A Mixed-Methods Approach
Islam, NS; Tandon, D; Mukherji, R; Tanner, M; Ghosh, K; Alam, G; Haq, M; Rey, MJ; Trinh-Shevrin, C
2012 Mar;102(3):486-490, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 159272, year: 2012, vol: 102, page: 486, stat: Journal Article,

Developing the community empowered research training program: building research capacity for community-initiated and community-driven research
Kwon, Simona; Rideout, Catlin; Tseng, Winston; Islam, Nadia; Cook, Won Kim; Ro, Marguerite; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
2012 Spring;6(1):43-52, Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, & action
— id: 169481, year: 2012, vol: 6, page: 43, stat: Journal Article,

Lessons Learned From a Community-Academic Initiative: The Development of a Core Competency-Based Training for Community-Academic Initiative Community Health Workers
Ruiz, Yumary; Matos, Sergio; Kapadia, Smiti; Islam, Nadia; Cusack, Arthur; Kwong, Sylvia; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
2012 Dec;102(12):2372-2379, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 203362, year: 2012, vol: 102, page: 2372, stat: Journal Article,

Evaluation of community-academic partnership functioning: center for the elimination of hepatitis B health disparities
Vandevanter, Nancy; Kwon, Simona; Sim, Shao-Chee; Chun, Kay; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
2011 Fall;5(3):223-233, Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, & action
— id: 155624, year: 2011, vol: 5, page: 223, stat: Journal Article,

Methodological issues in the collection, analysis, and reporting of granular data in Asian American populations: historical challenges and potential solutions
Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Khan, Suhaila; Kwon, Simona; Jang, Deeana; Ro, Marguerite; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
2010 Nov;21(4):1354-1381, Journal of health care for the poor & underserved
— id: 135075, year: 2010, vol: 21, page: 1354, stat: Journal Article,

Cancer screening practices among physicians serving Chinese immigrants
Aragones, Abraham; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Gany, Francesca
2009 Feb;20(1):64-73, Journal of health care for the poor & underserved
— id: 95044, year: 2009, vol: 20, page: 64, stat: Journal Article,

Mexican immigrant male knowledge and support toward breast and cervical cancer screening
de Bocanegra, Heike Thiel; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Herrera, Angelica P; Gany, Francesca
2009 ;11(4):326- 333, Journal of Immigrant Health
— id: 106904, year: 2009, vol: 11, page: 326, stat: Journal Article,

Mexican Immigrant Male Knowledge and Support Toward Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening
Thiel de Bocanegra, Heike; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Herrera, Angelica P; Gany, Francesca
2009 Aug;11(4):326-333, Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
— id: 90137, year: 2009, vol: 11, page: 326, stat: Journal Article,

Asian American communities and health : context, research, policy and action
Trihn-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Rey, Mariano Jose
San Francisco CA : Jossey-Bass, 2009,
— id: 1794, year: 2009, vol: , page: , stat: ,

Promoting community-based participatory research at the institutional level
Trihn-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Rey, Mariano Jose
Asian American communities and health : context, research, policy and action San Francisco CA : Jossey-Bass, 2009,
— id: 4972, year: 2009, vol: , page: ?, stat: Chapter,

Toward a contextual understanding of Asian American health
Trihn-Shevrin, Chau; Islam, Nadia Shilpi; Rey, Mariano Jose
Asian American communities and health : context, research, policy and action San Francisco CA : Jossey-Bass, 2009,
— id: 4971, year: 2009, vol: , page: ?, stat: Chapter,

Cancer screening and Haitian immigrants: the primary care provider factor
Gany, Francesca; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Aragones, Abraham
2008 Jun;10(3):255-261, Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health
— id: 78684, year: 2008, vol: 10, page: 255, stat: Journal Article,

Lack of oral health care for adults in harlem: a hidden crisis
Zabos, Georgina P; Northridge, Mary E; Ro, Marguerite J; Trinh, Chau; Vaughan, Roger; Howard, Joyce Moon; Lamster, Ira; Bassett, Mary T; Cohall, Alwyn T
2008 Sep;98(9 Suppl):S102-S105, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 90131, year: 2008, vol: 98, page: S102, stat: Journal Article,

Drive-by readings: a creative strategy for tuberculosis control among immigrants
Gany, Francesca M; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Changrani, Jyotsna
2005 Jan;95(1):117-119, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 48113, year: 2005, vol: 95, page: 117, stat: Journal Article,

Response to Lamivudine Treatment in Children with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
Hagmann, Stefan; Chung, May; Rochford, Gemma; Jani, Mudra; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Sitnitskaya, Yekaterina; Neumann, Avidan U; Pollack, Henry
2003 Dec 1;37(11):1434-1440, Clinical infectious diseases
— id: 38996, year: 2003, vol: 37, page: 1434, stat: Journal Article,

The impact of detention on the health of asylum seekers
Keller, Allen S; Ford, Douglas; Sachs, Emily; Rosenfeld, Barry; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Meserve, Chris; Leviss, Jonathan A; Singer, Elizabeth; Smith, Hawthorne; Wilkinson, John; Kim, Glen; Allden, Kathleen; Rockline, Paul
2003 Oct-Dec;26(4):383-385, Journal of ambulatory care management
— id: 46071, year: 2003, vol: 26, page: 383, stat: Journal Article,

Mental health of detained asylum seekers
Keller, Allen S; Rosenfeld, Barry; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau; Meserve, Chris; Sachs, Emily; Leviss, Jonathan A; Singer, Elizabeth; Smith, Hawthorne; Wilkinson, John; Kim, Glen; Allden, Kathleen; Ford, Douglas
2003 Dec 22;362(9397):1721-1723, Lancet
— id: 46289, year: 2003, vol: 362, page: 1721, stat: Journal Article,

Dental caries experience in northern Manhattan adolescents
Mitchell, Dennis A; Ahluwalia, Kavita P; Albert, David A; Zabos, Georgina P; Findley, Sally E; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau B; Marshall, Stephen E; Lamster, Ira B; Formicola, Allan J
2003 Summer;63(3):189-194, Journal of public health dentistry
— id: 90138, year: 2003, vol: 63, page: 189, stat: Journal Article,

Psychological morbidity and perceived access to health care among detained asylum seekers
Keller, A; Meserve, C; Trinh, C; Ford, D; Leviss, J; Kim, G; Rosenfeld, B
2002 Apr;17(5):162-162, Journal of general internal medicine
— id: 27450, year: 2002, vol: 17, page: 162, stat: Journal Article,

Pre-treatment and early treatment predictors of eAg clearance in HBV-infected children treated with lamivudine
Pollack, H; Hagmann, S; Neumann, AU; Chung, M; Rochford, G; Lau, C; Trinh-Sherin, C
2002 DEC ;7(4):L95-L96, Antiviral therapy
— id: 37140, year: 2002, vol: 7, page: L95, stat: Journal Article,

Lack of oral health care for adults in Harlem: a hidden crisis
Zabos, Georgina P; Northridge, Mary E; Ro, Marguerite J; Trinh, Chau; Vaughan, Roger; Moon Howard, Joyce; Lamster, Ira; Bassett, Mary T; Cohall, Alwyn T
2002 Jan;92(1):49-52, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 90132, year: 2002, vol: 92, page: 49, stat: Journal Article,

Cost-effectiveness of tuberculosis screening and observed preventive therapy for active drug injectors at a syringe-exchange program
Perlman DC; Gourevitch MN; Trinh C; Salomon N; Horn L; Des Jarlais DC
2001 Sep;78(3):550-567, Journal of urban health
— id: 43560, year: 2001, vol: 78, page: 550, stat: Journal Article,

Bringing the mountain to Mohammed: a mobile dental team serves a community-based program for people with HIV/AIDS
Zabos, G P; Trinh, C
2001 Aug;91(8):1187-1189, American journal of public health. AJPH
— id: 90134, year: 2001, vol: 91, page: 1187, stat: Journal Article,

Protecting the uninsured human research subject
Vasgird, D R; Hensleigh, M; Berkman, A; Schachne, E; Trinh, C
2000 Nov;6(6):37-47, Journal of public health management & practice
— id: 90133, year: 2000, vol: 6, page: 37, stat: Journal Article,