[bioundgrd] FW: Team HBV Conference Registration

[Joshua Stone]

From: Stephanie X Zhang <stephz at mit.edu>
Subject: Fwd: Team HBV Conference Registration

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From: Sandra Kong and Joanna Song <chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org<mailto:chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org>>
Date: August 26, 2019 at 20:08:30 EDT
To: stephz at mit.edu<mailto:stephz at mit.edu>
Subject: Team HBV Conference Registration

You are cordially invited to the

11th Annual Team HBV Collegiate Conference

October 11-13 | Harvard University

Facebook Event<https://www.facebook.com/events/396702881197255/> | Website<http://teamhbv.org/collegiate-chapters-2/> | Registration Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit> | EventBrite<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit>


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During the conference, you will have the opportunity to:

- hear from distinguished speakers and professors about current updates in hepatitis B research and policy

- learn how to take part in the movement to eradicate hepatitis B at a collegiate level

- compete in an outreach hackathon and present your creations with your fellow conference attendees

- explore the city of Boston and more!


Register by September 8th at both of the following links:

Registration Form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fbLx9pVKXGVXFEzZimTMAO2DnnGPOAxs9Gs8Ea1czuU/edit>

Eventbrite<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-international-team-hbv-collegiate-chapters-conference-tickets-62594104652> (password on Registration Form)


BOTH forms must be filled out for attendance. The general registration fee of $50 (Team HBV members)/$70 (non Team HBV members) includes 5 meals, local transportation during the conference, Team HBV swag, and access to all 3 days of conference programming! It does not include flights (or other means of transportation) or housing. Financial aid is available for travel reimbursements.


Even if you cannot make it to the conference, please continue reading to learn more about Team HBV and why you should form a chapter at your school!


TL;DR: If you are interested in working on national and international public health issues, promoting liver health, shadowing physicians, gaining volunteering experience, or fostering a sense of community with people on campus, think about creating a Team HBV chapter at your school!


For more information, please contact chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org<mailto:chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org>!



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What is Team HBV?

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Team HBV started as an outreach branch of the Asian Liver Center, which is based in Stanford University and another branch in Peking University. It consists of high school and collegiate chapters across the United States with active efforts to expand worldwide, such as Hong Kong. Team HBV’s goal is to create a strong, unified communities in high school and college campuses as well as their surrounding locations that will promote, support, and further efforts to eradicate hepatitis B. We hope to raise awareness of the disproportionately high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer among Asian and Pacific Islanders (APIs) worldwide and provide educational and fun programming in order to encourage healthy liver living and involvement disparity. Please visit http://teamhbv.org/ for more information!


Why create a chapter?


By creating a chapter, you will have the chance to:

·         Educate communities and help solve this public health issue

·         Correct misconceptions about hepatitis B and end discrimination against infected individuals

o    Hepatitis B carries a social stigma in many communities that know about the disease

o    There is institutional discrimination against those with hepatitis B in the United States (and in other countries as well), such as not being able to serve in the armed forces (by law) or attend certain medical schools, that is largely unknown to the public

·         Be directly involved in international efforts to eradicate this disease

o    Team HBV is starting a fundraising campaign to raise funds for the Myanmar Liver Foundation in Myanmar to help the Southeast Asia nation’s vaccination efforts which is backed by their national government

o    At the end of the campaign in the summer of 2020, a group of chosen undergraduates from chapters will fly to Myanmar in an ALL-EXPENSE PAID trip to observe the Myanmar Liver Foundation at work and help the non-profit

·         Meet, network, and potentially work with people from political officials, non-profit organizations, medical school students and physicians, and other undergraduates across the country and worldwide

o    Examples of our partner organizations include:

§  Myanmar Liver Foundation

§  HepB United (US national non-profit)

§  Hepatitis B Foundation (US national non-profits that have efforts worldwide)

§  The National Task Force on Hepatitis B (US national organization)

§  HepB Free (including branches in California and Hawaii)

§  Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA)

§  Gilead Sciences

·         Get information about national and international internship opportunities involving addressing hepatitis B, leading to opportunities to:

o    Do hepatitis B and liver related research

o    Work on policy related efforts with legislators

o    Work abroad on public health related efforts with organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) or the Hepatitis B Foundation

o    Work with the Asian Liver Center at Stanford or with their teams in China or Hong Kong

·         Connect with local clinical resources that can lead to physician shadowing experiences

o    Our national advisory board has and will continue to compile clinical resources (e.g. list of clinics or hospitals) near our chapters and help facilitate a chapter’s interactions with these clinical facilities

o    Many of our current chapters offer shadowing and volunteering opportunities for members and our advisory board can help your newly created chapter start these programs!



What is Hepatitis B?


·         Hepatitis B is a viral infection that infects the liver with acute and chronic effects, including cirrhosis and liver cancer

o    The survival rate of the main primary liver cancer caused by hepatitis B, called hepatocellular carcinoma, 5 years after diagnosis is only 10%

·         It is the leading cause of liver cancer (estimated 60-80% of liver cancers) worldwide

·         The main transmission methods are blood, birth, and sex

·         Birth (transmitted from mother to child) is the most common route of transmission, leading to people being born with the disease

·         Hepatitis B is known as the “silent killer” because most chronically infected individuals do not show symptoms until it is too late

·         Although vaccines and treatments exist for hepatitis B, there is no cure for the disease


Epidemiology

·         According to the WHO, in 2015:

o    About 257 Million people are living with hepatitis B

o    Only 27 Million (~10%) of the people with hepatitis B are aware that they have the infection while only 4.5 Million (~17%) of those diagnosed are on treatment

o    Around 900,000 people died that year due to liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma caused by hepatitis B

§  This is around 20-30% of chronically affected individuals

·         Other research shows that the number of infected individuals and deaths have increased in current years

·         Hepatitis B disproportionately affects people of Asian and African descent, and many countries in these areas do not enforce mandatory vaccinations due to lack of resources

o    In fact, 1 in 10 Asians and Pacific Islanders (API) are infected with hepatitis B

o    Without proper treatment, a quarter of these infected people will die from cirrhosis or liver cancer

o    This adds up to about 500,000 deaths in API communities each year due to hepatitis B


Fallacies

·         People infected with hepatitis B are contagious and should be avoided

·         Hepatitis B CANNOT be transmitted through:

o    Saliva (e.g. kissing or sharing food or water)

o    Air (e.g. sneezing or coughing)

o    Causal contact (e.g. hugging)

o    Breastfeeding

·         I am not showing symptoms for hepatitis, so I definitely do not have the disease

o    Unless vaccinated immediately at birth or tested, one cannot be 100% sure they do not have the disease since it is often asymptomatic


Please contact chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org<mailto:chair.collegiate at teamhbv.org> for more information if you are interested in creating a new Team HBV chapter at your school!

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Sandra Kong and Joanna Song
Co-Chairs | Team HBV Collegiate National Advisory Board
Asian Liver Center, Stanford University
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