Backstage @ Upstage

Backstage @ Upstage


Asian- Americans face disparities in lung cancer healthcare

April 13, 2023

HOST: HILDY GROSSMAN CO-HOST: JORDAN RICH

GUEST: GLORIA ZHANG, Executive Director of Strategic Alliances at New Tang Dynasty


The Asian and Pacific Islander population represents over 30 countries and

contains ethnic groups that speak more than 100 different languages! Chinese-

Americans represent over 24% of the Asian-American population and are the

focus audience for our guest, Gloria Zhang. She is the executive director of

strategic alliances at New Tang Dynasty, an independent, nonprofit television

network that provides a wide range of programs for the Chinese-American

community and around the world. The network aims to educate its audience

about the higher incidence of lung cancer among Southeast Asian Americans

compared to White Americans. In fact, the group with the greatest increase in

lung cancer is with non-smoking women. Be sure to listen to this important

discussion. podcast.