To unite the Asian-American and dental communities in order to educate and provide oral care to underserved and/or
immigrant populations.
27/10/2019
PASDA members attended Chinatown Community Health Fair along with UIC med & pharm schools, Northwestern and UIC assistants/translators, and Illinois College of Optometry. We provided oral hygiene instructions and free dental supplies, and this year, Dr. Judy Yuan and Dr. Bin Yang helped us with educating health fair participants with dentures and implant overdentures. Thank you for all the volunteers who came today to set up and actively engage with participants!
14/10/2019
PASDA board members attended HANA Health Fair last weekend. It was our first time joining Korean community health fair and we had a great time by providing dental supplies and oral hygiene instructions. Can't wait to participate again next year!
07/05/2019
PASDA kicks off the new semester with Korean BBQ!!! Thank you to all who came out today! :)
05/05/2019
PASDA members joined UIC medical, nursing, University of Chicago medical, and Northwestern students at Argyle Health Fair on Sunday, May 5th. We provided dental supplies and oral hygiene instructions to the community of Argyle. Thanks to all the volunteers who came out today and special thanks to interpreters who helped with Mandarin, Cantonese, and Vietnamese speaking patients!
13/04/2019
PASDA recently participated in the third annual health fair hosted by the 2nd District State Representative Theresa Mah. We provided oral hygiene education and dental supplies to the health fair. Dr. Gerald Ciebien, Vice Chair of Government Affairs and Access Advocacy of Chicago Dental Society, volunteered for dental screenings, and some of our members had opportunity s to assist the screening and provide translation services of Cantonese and Mandarin to patients. It was an awesome experience to be able to educate the community and provide product to those in need :)
08/11/2018
PASDA recently participated in the annual Chinatown health fair collaborating with UIC College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy. We had an awesome experience providing oral health education to those in need in the community.
PC: Linda Ruan
17/05/2018
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We provided free dental screenings and oral health education to over 30 patients. Thank you again to 2nd District State Rep. Theresa Mah for this opportunity!
17/05/2018
PASDA teamed up with UIC medical and nursing schools to provide free medical screenings and oral health education to over 20 patients. This was the first time that dentistry was incorporated into the annual Argyle health fair!
Special events at UIC for Asian American Awareness Month!
19/03/2018
This Saturday, March 24th, PASDA will be collaborating with State Representative Theresa Mah on their 2nd annual community health fair.
We will be providing dental screenings and OHI at the fair. Please sign-up below to volunteer. The sign-up will be first come first serve due to limited space at the fair.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DRjyv1gGdQCl2_NldaziX-YvRazvz3yHQHj3tWNe7rI/edit?usp=sharing
Details of the event:
Address: Arturo Velasquez Institute 2800 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60608. (Please use the south parking lot)
Sat. March 24th
Set-up: 9:30am-9:45am
Health Fair: 10:00am - 2:00pm
16/02/2018
Happy Year of the Dog! 🐶 PASDA will be selling asian snacks and tea this Friday, Feb 16th on the 4th floor commons from 12:30 - 1:30 pm in celebration of the Lunar New Year. Every purchase comes with a free fortune cookie! Come and grab your fortune of the year!! 😉😉😉