Eunice Yuen, MD, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry and in the Child Study Center, is the principal investigator on a $24,922 grant awarded to Yale University for a new online intervention program titled, “Acting Together: Culturally-informed clinical education for Asian American Pacific Islander professional trainees.”
The program will support Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) students, learners, and faculty experiencing implicit racial attacks in the clinical environment. Acting Together will connect AAPI trainees in multi-site webinars which will provide experiences in improvisation training, participation in cultural dilemma scenarios in interactive theater, and development of skills in responding to prejudice, bias, and stereotypes in clinical training environments. This program is in partnership with Drs. Jessica Quyang, Steve Sust, and Neha Sharma from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine, and Tufts Medical Center, respectively.
The grant was awarded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, the only national foundation dedicated solely to improving the education of health professionals, according to its website. The grant is for one year, effective May 1, 2023.
Yuen is the director and founder of Yale Compassionate Home, Action Together (CHATogether). CHATogether’s mission is to break the silence against racism and the growing mental health crisis affecting adolescents, young adults, and families in the AAPI community. Three years since its inception, CHATogether includes members of the AAPI diaspora across cities, countries, and continents.