Mission Statement 

• Increase public awareness of the Commissioned Corps.
• Provide opportunities for engagement in Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities.
• Facilitate the development of consistent, high-quality, evidence-based presentations for effective community outreach and collaboration.

  Goals for 2023 

• Launch Healthy Mind Initiative presentation to the AAPI communities
• Strengthen APAOC CEWG regional leads' organization structure and provide support to regional leads across the nation to conduct community engagement events with a focus on the AAPI community.  
• Engage with other PHS organizations such as Commissioned Officers Association (COA) and its local chapters, Charter Minority Advisory Groups (CMAGs) to discuss and explore opportunities for collaboration with APAOC.
• Provide mentorship and create leadership opportunities for Voting Member Alternates and CEWG members.
• Keep SOP up to date

 Contacts:

If you are interested in community engagement activities in AAPI communities in the following regions/states, please contact the regional leads:

If you are interested in community engagement activities in other regions/states, please contact the workgroup chair and co-chair or their alternates:

•  Chair - CDR Quynh-Van Tran, Quynh-Van.Tran@fda.hhs.gov; Alternate - LT Jin Qin, jqin@cdc.gov
•  Co-Chair - LCDR Miaka Huynh, miaka.huynh@hhs.gov; Alternate - CDR Jessica Steinert, jessica.steinert@ihs.gov