biostudies-literatureKim JHJNIMH NIH HHSNCI NIH HHS611-626https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8384115biostudies-literatureUnknown76(4)Asian Americans are the fastest growing U.S. immigrant group, projected to become the largest immigrant group by 2065, but the quantity of research on Asian Americans' health has not mirrored changing demographics. Asian Americans have been understudied for more than 25 years, with only 0.17% of National Institutes of Health (NIH) expenditures allocated to projects including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations (Ðoàn et al., 2019). This disproportionality may result in part from the model minority stereotype (MMS) being extended to health, perpetuating the ideas that Asian Americans are well-positioned with regard to health status and that associated research is not essential. Accordingly, the aims for this article are threefold: (a) bring attention to the inadThe American psychologistOvercoming constraints of the model minority stereotype to advance Asian American health.PMC8384115K99 CA246058T32 MH015750Kim JHJStanton ALLu QfalseOvercoming constraints of the model minority stereotype to advance Asian American health.Asian Americans are the fastest growing U.S. immigrant group, projected to become the largest immigrant group by 2065, but the quantity of research on Asian Americans' health has not mirrored changing demographics. Asian Americans have been understudied for more than 25 years, with only 0.17% of National Institutes of Health (NIH) expenditures allocated to projects including Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations (Ðoàn et al., 2019). This disproportionality may result in part from the model minority stereotype (MMS) being extended to health, perpetuating the ideas that Asian Americans are well-positioned with regard to health status and that associated research is not essential. Accordingly, the aims for this article are threefold: (a) bring attention to the inad2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 May-Jun2025-04-05T10:03:44.172Z2025-04-05T10:03:44.172ZS-EPMC83841153441073810.1037/amp0000799