Keith Chan, PhD, LMSW

Co-Chair of the Aging Curriculum, Interim Chair of the Policy Curriculum, and Interim Chair of the Curriculum Committee; and

Associate Professor, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)

2020 Fellow

Keith Chan, PhD, LMSW, is Co-Chair of the Aging Curriculum, Interim Chair of the Policy Curriculum, Interim Chair of the Curriculum Committee, and an Associate Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College, City University of New York. As a social worker, scholar and educator, his research focuses on the social determinants of physical and mental health for vulnerable populations, in particular for Asian Americans, immigrants and older adults, as well as the impact of the opioid epidemic across the lifespan. His research has been funded by the on an innovative, community-based project to support older adults through integrative service learningco-Investigator of the NIMHD-funded Rutgers-NYU Center for Asian Health Promotion and Equity (CAHPE), Community Engagement Core.

Dr. Chan’s social work practice experience is primarily with persons diagnosed with serious mental illness within minority and immigrant populations. Since 2018, he was appointed by the Office of the Governor of New York to serve as a Council Member of the New York State Interagency Geriatric Mental Health and Chemical Dependence Planning Council. He currently also serves as Chair of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) track at the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) and Vice President of the Asian and Pacific Islander Social Work Educators Association (APISWEA).

Areas of Interest

Program Info

Program Track
Non-Residential

Placement
House Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives