TED Community » Reichael Ch

Sign in to send Reichael an email »

About Me

My parents and I came to Canada as refugees when I was a child. I was taught to be grateful for the life that I have. Since I was young I’ve always been interested in the health field. After high school I worked in a pharmacy as an assistant and enrolled into all the courses required for entry into Medical school. After many of my family members became diagnosed with chronic illnesses, I started to think about the importance of Health prevention and promotion. I became interested in the upstream side of medicine and decided to achieve a BSc. Health Sciences (Population and Quantitative Sciences).

I love researching on factors that affect health, especially social factors. Although I get nervous, I really enjoy presenting and facilitating my findings to large groups. I am very passionate about promoting healthy lifestyles and believe preventing a disease is just as, or even more rewarding than curing a disease. Being involved and connecting with people are somethings that make me happy. I have over ten years of experience working with a diverse range of people. I've helped toddlers to seniors, some with physical disabilities and some without. A few of the environments I’ve been very blessed to work in include child immunization clinics, clinics that educate young parents, and even closely with a survivor of stroke. Knowing that I am giving back to a community that gave my family and I another chance at life, motivates me .

Location:
Canada, Vancouver B.c
Gender:
Female
Areas of expertise:
quantitative analysis, Research
Associations:
Phi Delta Epsilon , Canadian Blood Services, BC Cancer Agency, Journal of Health Communication
Languages:
Chinese, English, Khmer
My website links:
Blog
Universities:
Simon Fraser University

More About Me

I'm passionate about

health promotion, disease prevention, education, health system access for mental health patients.. etc..

An idea worth spreading

-methods for sharing cultures without damages caused by certain aspects of globalization

-I'd like to think we can do to HIV what the generation before us did to small pox virus:

***what if all mothers with HIV were given anti-retrovirals prior delivery, proper education, proper supplement for breast milk and were able to sustain themselves?

then I could coin the phrase: small poxed

Small poxed - to prevent, control and obliterate what use to be a potential deadly disease
e.g. Future generation talking about HIV? "Oh that was small poxed by 2015.."

sadly there are now cases of small pox.. I hope to see infection rates for both pathogens come to zero in my life.

Talk to me about

Diabetes, Cancer, HIV, social media, tech., philosophy, spirituality, physical education and nutrition among children, mental health, food and nutrition, pharmacology

People don't know that I'm good at

In the work setting people are generally quick to notice that I have great inter/intrapersonal skills, problem solving skills etc., but I am also good at most sports.

I am a fast learner.

My TED Story

I was introduced to TED by the then co-president of Engineers Without Borders, Simon Fraser University Chapter.

One night, I had just finished making dinner for us when she brought out her giant, bulky laptop that had died and come back to life over a dozen times.

She streamed the TED video: The 3 A's of awesome and we enjoyed our dinner to Neil Pasricha's talk over the whir of her laptop, combating heat exhaustion.

Dinner was awesome. My roomate is awesome. TED is Awesome.

Comments

  • TEDCred score: +2.20 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

  • +2

    A comment on Talk: Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks

    Feb 14 2012: Wow there really is a divide on opinions about this speech. I think Nancy Duarte presented her concept, great ideas can only be supported by an audience if the speech is communicated in an affective way, in a clear manner. Where support means your idea is accepted and change can happen.

    I do not know if there is a specific standard set for presentations by TED speakers. What I do know though is, Duarte had my attention at the beginning of her presentation all the way through to the end.

    She presented facts in an attention grabbing way using examples that did not deter from her message.

    I read a comment saying she did not follow her own advice on the pattern of a great speech. However, to me it appeared she did. She expressed what a speech would be like if you were to act like Skywalker, and then showed what a speech should be like, by placing us in a specific narrative position, "We are Yoda."

    She stresses the importance of structures of speech by contrasting reactions of people listening to a presentation with the reactions to those listening to stories.Then, she brings in the talks by Jobs and Luther King which supports her point.

    Finally, she closes with a personal story. To some this may seem unrelated, however it supports her point that anyone can make a great speech.

    This personal story also allows the audience to relate with her. Just as someone had stated that the audience of both Luther King and Jobs were sympathetic, this indeed could be a tactic for a successful speech.

    TED is a place for a variety of people with different education backgrounds to share, learn and grow.

    Did this video help anyone learn and grow?

    *Raises my hand*

    Will I use this structure?

    Yes I will, and I believe I won't be the only one, therefore, doesn't that mean her speech was successful?

  • A reply on Talk: Phil Plait: How to defend Earth from asteroids

    Dec 2 2011: Agreed with Armageddon plot as well. I literally Laughed out loud.

    Not sure about the slug, but I also agree nukes = bad..

    Even if the risk is very small.. the risk of millions of asteroids coming towards earth? Bad.. The risk of millions of radio active covered asteroids? Bad + radio active covered bad.

  • A reply on Talk: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

    Dec 2 2011: Thank you for taking the time to give me this feedback. I appreciate your comment. TED is a wonderful place to share and gain knowledge.
  • +8

    A reply on Talk: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

    Nov 30 2011: This makes me think about how the most popular ted talks are always the ones that use maximum time possible (ranging between 18-21 minutes). Maybe it's because everyone loves stories, that being said, we want the whole story. Here, Horowitz's talk is basically the prologue chapter of a story.

    I agree that 3 minutes was a short time, however, i think Horowitz used his time wisely. He was able to point out the basic idea of philosophy, to think about thinking. He referenced great minds that are studied in Philosophy. Horowitz also expressed how philosophy can impact anyone, in this case, a person with the social status of a convict and himself who holds a doctrine in Philosophy.

    Although there were times where he spoke quickly, they were during statements that he wanted to show did not involve a thinking process (the voices of "16 year old Tony" clearly speaking and not "thinking").
    However in Horowitz words, he takes time to emphasize his case. When present time Tony, the prisoner, begins to question why he is wrong and begins to think about what makes him wrong, "I want to know what I know." (This sentence is philosophy.. and if you want a visual type of reference: "the gates opening to Tony's freedom for his mind".) I noticed after Horowitz speeds up his voice to match Tony and not have Tony's voice slow down.

    In the quick voice manner he states that at that moment they are no longer convict student and philosopher professor, but two minds discussing philosophy.

    (The use of the word "minds" is very important as it refers to Descarte and his meditation on how can we know anything if we don't even know we exist? So who can say what is right and what is wrong.)

    Since they both are "thinking" about Tony's questions at that moment, everything else (status - labels given to Tony and Morowitz) does not matter.

    Finally, I think its short because we can never "get the full story" in philosophy. " Since thinking is always dynamic.
  • +3

    A reply on Talk: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

    Nov 29 2011: @ Chia-huang Kuo

    If you read Manmin Jang's comment: " Awesome rhetoric about starting point which makes you 'think' the wall.
    the wall that locks up yourself into 'situation.'
    situation makes everything natural.
    but you know that it is not."

    This is also how I felt about this talk.

    How we "think" should always be dynamic (like a circle) no starting point no ending point. What is wrong today might be right tomorrow and what is right today may be wrong tomorrow.

    Who can say THIS is wrong or right who can say THAT is wrong or right?

    If you notice many people quoted that he may be a prisoner but his mind is free.

    He trapped himself as someone who has done wrong because that is "what everyone told him."

    Now he is free because he is beginning to understand that he needs to "think"about this situation, about how what makes him called wrong might not be certain

    Once he begins to think, his mind leaves its prison it is free.

    Hope this helps :)

    Also if anyone else has a different interpretation, or more to add I am very interested in hearing.
  • +3

    A reply on Talk: Damon Horowitz: Philosophy in prison

    Nov 29 2011: My philosophy profs style was totally different but she was amazing as well. I can't say one teacher is better than the other. I think its just about the connection between student and teacher. Some comments stated that there were people who didn't appreciate his style while some had immense appreciation for Horowitz style.

  • A comment on Talk: Gabe Zichermann: How games make kids smarter

    Nov 20 2011: I've been reading the comments and it seems that some believe it is either books (the so called traditional method of learning) vs. games (a new method to incorporate education). I don't think it has to be only one or the other. As Jun Wang mentioned, they are an active video game player but enjoys a cup of tea and book on Sunday afternoons. I remember playing games such as Oregon Trail and Math Blasters while younger as well as Final Fantasy role playing games. I believe games do help children to analyze situations faster due to the dopamine effects.

    However just as there are many different types of learning styles, children will have different preferences for media to use while learning.

    My question is how do you control children from becoming addicted to video games as this is becoming a huge concern.
  • +3

    A comment on Talk: James Kunstler: How bad architecture wrecked cities

    Aug 7 2011: Although I appreciated the speakers humour on failed architecture, I really only enjoyed the last 5 minutes of his talk. However I agree with James H Kunstler as the issues with the movement for a more civic model living environment from the suburban promotes a healthier lifestyle.

    For example most families that live in the sub-urbs that I know will travel by car to the closest walmart super centre to do their shopping because there are no safe side walks. This also deters children from playing outside or even walking to school (which probably is not closely located to many homes anyways). However from my own experience living in a civic style neighbourhood, there are wide side walks and narrower roads which promote people to walk and cars to slow down. You can walk to the market nearby, there many small shops and cafes and local business located all within 20 minutes walking distance. Finally there are always children outside and people walking.

    The rate of obesity in children in N.America is alarming and using the built environment to alter the way we live and move about may help to decrease the prevalence of this disease and maybe even others that are highly correlated with it.

Favorite talksSee all »