Join us for our annual Hepatitis B Awareness Week, which will begin on Monday, 4/30. Filled with fun prizes, expert speakers and delicious treats, please support our fight against Hep B by coming out to the exciting events we have planned!

Here is the schedule for the upcoming week:

Monday, 4/30: HBAW Kick-off

Wake up to a jade surprise across campus! Schedule your FREE appointment for the “Hepatitis B High risk screening on the web” today by visiting https://vadenpatient.stanford.edu.

Tuesday, 5/1: The Jade Perspective on Health Advocacy, 6:00pm in A3C Ballroom (Dinner will be provided)

This event features Arcadi Kolchak, Policy Aide for Santa Clara County, and Thomas Quigg, Lecturer of Biological Sciences at San Jose State University. Gain a new perspective on a disease that affects 350 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of liver cancer. All future leaders in medicine, public health and policy are encouraged to come!

Wednesday, 5/2: Visibility Day, 11:30am-2pm in White Plaza

Drop by our table in White Plaza and get free Team HBV swag!

Thursday, 5/3: Jade Dining Day, Dinner Hours at all Stanford Dining Halls

Enjoy a Jade cookie as a fitting dessert to your meal, while learning more about Hep B and how you can get involved!

Please also consider supporting Team HBV’s Change.org petition:

https://www.change.org/petitions/campaign-hep-b

Your support will go a long way in having the Obama administration sustain CDC funding for viral hepatitis, as well as include viral hepatitis in his Global Health Initiative!

If you have any questions, please contact stanford@teamhbv.org!

Dear all,

Thank you for participating in Team HBV’s Screening Initiative Program and making it a huge success! We had over 125 people screened and even more educated about hepatitis B as a result.

Curious about the answers to the quiz you took today? Here they are:
Question 1: About 1 in ___ Asians has chronic hepatitis B. 10
Question 2: Can hepatitis B be spread from mother to child during birth? Yes
Question 3: Can hepatitis B be spread through unprotected sex? Yes
Question 4: Can hepatitis B be spread by sharing needles and razors? Yes
Question 5: Can hepatitis B be spread by sharing food and eating utensils? No
Question 6: Can hepatitis B be spread by eating food prepared by an infected person? No
Question 7: Can hepatitis B be spread by someone who is infected but looks and feels healthy? Yes
Question 8: How often do people infected with hepatitis B feel symptoms like nausea, vomiting, and yellowing skin and eyes? Rarely
Question 9: Can chronic hepatitis B cause liver cancer? Yes
Question 10: Can chronic hepatitis B be cured? No
Question 11: How many shots of the hepatitis B vaccine are required for lifelong protection? 3

And the winner of the $25 Amazon gift card is…Alexander Huang! Congratulations! We will be contacting you shortly through a separate email.

Get excited for Hepatitis B Awareness Week (HBAW) 2012! April 30 – May 4 (See what we did for HBAW last year here: http://tinyurl.com/hbaw2011)

Contact us at stanford@teamhbv.org for any questions or comments.

Liver love<3 (and happy studying!),
Team HBV

To those of you who participated in SIP, come get your boba and enter in the Amazon gift card raffle this Friday from 12PM-4:30PM. Due to high chance of rain, we will be next to Jamba Juice under an overhang.

For those who didn’t have the chance to get screened, it’s not too late! Vaden offers free hepatits B screenings year-round. Sign-up at vadenpatient.stanford.edu.

Thank you for your support! We have had ~100 people screened through SIP!

Contact us stanford@teamhbv.org for any questions or comments.

Listen to the Silence, sponsored by the Asian American Students’ Association, is an annual Asian American issues conference held at Stanford and brings in student attendees from throughout the West coast. This year, Team HBV held a workshop entitled “Catching the ‘Silent Killer’ in the API Community” featuring Arcadi Kolchak and Professor Thomas Quigg.

Mr. Kolchak is a District Office Representative/Manager for California State Senator Elaine Alquist, as well as a Program Coordinator for the Santa Clara County Hep B Free campaign. Professor Quigg, who holds an MA in Biology, is a lecturer of Biological Sciences at San Jose State University and lab instructor at Evergreen Valley College. These two individuals led an engaging workshop on HBV prevalence in APIs, while presenting information on recent political action by US Representative Mike Honda. Stanford Team HBV members explained the role of the Asian Liver Center and Team HBV in the campaign for Hep B eradication.

Here are a few photos from the workshop:

After the workshop, Team HBV members participated in the Action Opportunities Fair. We passed out cute buttons, health educated and promoted our Screening Initiative Program (SIP), which you can find out more below!

Stanford Team HBV extends its appreciation to the LTS planning committee and AASA for putting on this great event.

Overview

Team HBV is proud to partner with Vaden for the second annual Screening Initiative Program, which will last until Friday, March 16. Our goal is to inform the Stanford community of Vaden’s free hepatitis B screenings for those at-risk for chronic hepatitis B. According to the World Health Organization, approximately 600,000 people die each year from chronic hepatitis B, a vaccine-preventable disease. This is a very unique and generous program that Vaden offers, so be sure to take advantage of it today!

Directions (3 easy steps)

Anyone at Stanford can receive boba, an “Eradicate Me!” Virus button, a LiveRight bracelet, and a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card.

1. Go to vadenpatient.stanford.edu and schedule an appointment (“Hepatitis B High risk screening on the web”).
2. Answer the screening questions. If you are at risk, make an appointment for a hepatitis B blood test and go to your appointment. At the end, you will receive a LiveRight bracelet. If you are not at risk, print out a screenshot of the screen that says you are not.
3. Bring your LiveRight bracelet or screenshot to the Team HBV table in White Plaza on Friday, March 16 from 12pm-4:30pm to redeem your prizes (boba and an “Eradicate Me!” Virus button). You will also have a chance to win a $25 Amazon gift card and get a LiveRight bracelet if you did not already get one.

Visit the SIP facebook event page here!

Contact us at stanford@teamhbv.org if you have any questions or comments.

Want to learn more about hepatitis B? Visit liver.stanford.edu/Education/faq.html.

During the weekend of November 12th, core members Chris Paiji and Catherine Lu attended the annual Team HBV Collegiate Chapters Conference held at Harvard University! Representatives from over 12 collegiate chapters were given the opportunity to meet and collaborate to promote Hep. B outreach and future eradication.

Some highlights:

• Eric Lu, one of the creators of the Jubilee Project, spoke on how social media can be used advance any cause, as noted by the works of Jubilee Project over the years. Check out their YouTube channel yourself for more info and inspiration.
• Alicia Arnold, who has experience with promoting big-name organizations such as Dunkin’ Donuts and Major League Baseball, gave a presentation entitled “Capturing Seed Ideas.” It was a very helpful way to organize ideas and brainstorm how to get a message in the view of many people. Check out her new book: “Creatively Ever After: A Path to Innovation.”
• Representatives from Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, Fudan University (located in Shanghai), UCLA and Stanford gave great powerpoint presentations on successful programming in the past year, ranging from educational programs to large-scale talent shows.
  
• Advisor board members Francis Deng, Amanda Wong and Phillip So hosted workshops that will be of much use for all chapters moving forward.
• Each collaborating team gave its Intercollegiate Outreach Program presentations on the final day of the conference. A roundtable discussion was held subsequently to organize Team HBV’s plans to affect public policy through social media.
• The conference ended with Stanford Team HBV winning the “Project of the Year” award for the second year in a row! Congrats to the 2010-11 frosh interns who developed the idea of the Screening Initiative Program, an incentive-based program to promote the free screening at Vaden Health Center.

Stanford Team HBV thanks both the Advisory Board and Harvard Team HBV for putting together such an awesome and educational weekend!

Stanford Team HBV is excited to have the following 11 new members for the 2011-12 academic year!

Core

Arie Kim

Connie New

Maya Yamane

Audrey Chang

Frosh Interns

Brian Nguyen

Jaena Han

Andrew Liao

Christina Wang

Bryant Irawan

Alex Lindqwister

Josephine Chen

Interested in health disparities, health education and advocacy, or cancer prevention?

Want to make a difference not only in your community, but also on a global scale?

Join the Team HBV family today!  As a member, you will lead in community outreach through event programming, screening initiative projects, speaker events, and more!

Please follow the links below to apply:

Frosh Intern Application - http://tinyurl.com/3u7elee

Core Member Application (For Non-Freshmen only) - http://tinyurl.com/3asrnzq

Applications are due by 5:00pm on Monday, October 10.  Interviews will be held the following week, October 12-16, and selected applicants will be notified by Tuesday, October 18. Please direct all questions to Chris Paiji at cpaiji@stanford.edu.  We look forward to meeting you soon!

Stanford Team HBV is proud to report another successful Hepatitis B Awareness Week!

Monday - Visibility Day: HBAW kicked off with students stopping by the Team HBV table in White Plaza to get their free HepB Hero sunglasses.

Tuesday - Wellness Fair: Students played games and won prizes as they learned more about HBAW at Stanford's Wellness Fair.

Tuesday - Health Advocacy Beyond the Clinic: Dr. Samuel So gives a talk about how to become involved in health policy and advocacy in the community and at a global scale. Dr. So directs the Jade Ribbon Campaign, which aims to spread awareness and educate the general public about Hepatitis B and preventative measures against the disease.

Wednesday - Jade Dining Day: Students enjoyed jade frosted sugar cookies in their dining halls while learning about hepatitis B.

Thursday - Jade Day: Students across campus woke up to a special jade surprise! Nearly 1000 balloons were tied to bikes across campus with information about hepatitis B and invitations to participate in a raffle.

Stanford Team HBV would like to congratulate our SIP (Screening Initiative Program) 2011 winners:

Richard Lee

Michael Liu

Grace Kim

Adelaide O’Neal

Soravis Srinawakoon

Over the course of the February initiative, we had 51 participants overall, and at least 17 screening appointments at Vaden were scheduled! Thank you so much to our frosh interns and all members of Stanford Team HBV for making this a success

If you participated in SIP, we would appreciate it if you could fill out our evaluation survey! Thanks!