Researching Expressive Helping for Chinese American Cancer Survivors
Meet William Tsai, Ph.D. 
, principal investigator in minority health and health disparities research.
Dr. William Tsai is an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Psychology and on the Counseling Psychology doctoral program faculty at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. His scholarship focuses on improving the well-being of racial and ethnic minority communities, with a particular focus on the health and well-being of Asian and Asian American people.
Dr. Tsai serves as principal investigator for the NIMHD-funded project, “Helping Oneself by Helping Others: A Writing Intervention for Chinese American Cancer Survivors” (5K01MD014750-04). The aims of this project are to:
- Conduct a qualitative study to culturally adapt for Chinese American cancer survivors the intervention known as Expressive Helping, which asks participants to write about their experiences, disclosing their emotions and providing encouragement and guidance, with the knowledge that their narratives will be shared with and used as a resource for others facing similar challenges.
- Conduct a mixed methods randomized controlled trial of the Expressive Helping intervention to test its feasibility and preliminary efficacy on the psychological well-being of Chinese American cancer survivors.
Dr. Tsai earned a bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, and a master’s and doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California-Los Angeles.
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