Hmong Association for Scientific Research

Please mark your calendars for our next HASR meeting, featuring Dr. Pangkong Fox. Join us to learn about Dr. Fox's career journey from scientific research to her current role at the CACNA1A Foundation. Friday, Feb 27th at 2 - 3pm PT Registration required: bit.ly/HASR2026FEB

Please join us next Friday (3/27) at 2-3pm PT to hear from PhD candidate Kao Lee Yang about her community engaged research on Alzheimer's disease with the Hmong community. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Register here: bit.ly/HASR2026MAR

Please mark your calendars for our January HASR meeting. Date: Friday, January 23rd, 2026 Time: 4 - 5pm CST Register here: tinyurl.com/4ybtcv5u

It's still not too late to register for our STEM academic career panel discussion tomorrow (Friday, 12/12) at 10am PT! Register: bit.ly/HASRpanel **Note our new panelist: Dr. Kieng Vang-Dings!

Reminder to register for our academic career panel taking place this Friday at 10am PT! bit.ly/HASRpanel

Please join us on Friday, Dec 12th at 10am PT for a lively panel discussion with four Hmong faculty members in STEM! Prospective & current STEM PhD trainees interested in a career in academia are highly encouraged to attend. Register: bit.ly/HASRpanel Meet our panelists!👇

Dr. May Xiong is an Associate Professor at @universityofga, where her research focuses on improving treatments for iron chelation therapy, biological metal sensors for chelation and imaging applications, and strategies addressing antimicrobial drug resistance in bacteria.

Dr. Moua Yang is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at @BloodworksNW and @UWMedicine. His research focuses on understanding the redox mechanisms of blood clotting & bleeding using chemical biology, protein biochemistry & intravital imaging.

Gaokhia Yang — a BSGP Doctoral Candidate @ the University of New Mexico — will give a talk titled "Neuronal competition in the hippocampus organizes memory" on Friday, Feb 21st from 2-3PM (PST). Please, join us if you can! Zoom link: uwmadison.zoom.us/j/93351167812?… Passcode: 774011

Join us on Friday, January 31st, 2025 at 5 PM EST to hear Dr. My Lo Thao talk about her scientific journey. Please, see flyer for registration info!

We also extend our congratulations to Dr. Tou Yia Vue on his recent promotion to Associate Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Well done, Dr. Vue and team! 👏 (3/3)

ASCL1 and OLIG2, drive glioblastoma formation and regulate tumor cell types and migration within the brain. (2/3)

Exciting news! Congratulations to @VueLabUNM and team on their recent publication in Nature Communications. This innovative study, led by Bianca L. Myers, reveals that the dynamic levels and functional interactions of two key neurodevelopmental transcription factors... (1/3)

Join our HASR Sept. event -- a panel of experienced STEM graduate admissions committee members will share strategies to help you craft a competitive graduate school application that stands out. Register here: bit.ly/3Z7Bdzo #hmong #HASR #hmonginstem #graduateschool

Join us at our next monthly event to learn how to craft a competitive STEM application! Friday, Sept. 27 @ 4-5 pm CST. bit.ly/3Z7Bdzo

Happening now!

Join us for Alex Khang's Research Talk on Aug. 23, 2024, 5PM EST! Register in advance for this meeting: hsc-unm.zoom.us/meeting/regist…