FAPAC NIH is an NIH Employee Resource Group (ERG) for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islanders (AA&NHPI) NIH employees and previous employees on issues affecting career opportunities and training development. It is also a community resource addressing public health issues. Based in Bethesda, Maryland, the FAPAC NIH was established in 2016. 

NIH Chapter Constitutions and Bylaws

10 Reasons to join FAPAC

PAST and UPCOMING EVENTS

2024

• FAPAC 2024 Awards Ceremony and Resilience Seminar
• VM lecture: Fostering social connection to enhance health and wellbeing
• Bridging Multigenerational Communication Styles at the Workplace  Passcode: 5a^*Kpe1 

2023

• VM lecture: Strengthening public health through people, trust, and connection
• FAPAC 2023 Awards Ceremony
• FAPAC 2023 Traditional Foods Webinar

2022

• VM lecture: Addressing systemic racism, mental health stigma, and community resilience to achieve health equity
• Interview with Dr. Michael Chiang, NEI Director
• Mental Health Webinar (NIH Only)
  
• FAPAC 2022 Awards Ceremony and Misinformation Webinar 

2021

• Vivek Murthy Distinguished Lecture: Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities, Root Causes, Mental Health Impacts, Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities

PRESIDENT: Rina Das
VICE PRESIDENT: Christina Liu
VICE PRESIDENT FOR OPERATIONS: Ye Yan
VICE PRESIDENT FOR TECHNOLOGY AND MEDIA COMMUNICATION: Vivian Xu
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY: Joy Zhao
TREASURER: Chuan-Ming Li
PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Phuong-Tu Le
PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Tanya Chakraborty; Gabriel Lai
NOMINATION AND ELECTION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Edgar Esmabe; Rashmi Gopal-Srivastava
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Partha Bhattacharyya
AWARD COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Anil Wali; Quli Yu
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND NETWORKING COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Mellissa Park; Mary Zhang

CONSTITUTION and BYLAWS COMMITTEE: Jatin Raj Matta 
FAPAC NIH ADVISORY COUNCIL: Caroline Goon; Jian Yang; Josef Rivero; Soju Chang; Xinzhi Zhang