2025 Conference

SAR International Research Conference: April 3-6, 2025 Newport Beach, CA USA

Cultivating Interconnections of Acupuncture and Traditional East Asian Medicine Research


CONFERENCE PROGRAM

This Conference Program is subject to change.

              THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2025 
8am - 10am

Workshop 1:

Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint research (TARA)

10am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 12pm Special Interest Group Meetings
12pm - 1:15pm Lunch on Your Own
1:15pm - 1:45pm Break / Network with Exhibitors  
1:45pm - 2pm Welcome
2pm - 3pm

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Luis Ulloa, Duke University

3pm - 3:30pm

Junior Researcher Data Blitz

3:30pm - 4:30pm

Junior Researcher Panel: Emerging Pathways in Science: Why Do This Research?

4:30pm - 5pm

Break / Network with Exhibitors 

5pm - 6:30pm

Main Symposium 1:

Implementation of Complementary Health Approaches into Health Care

6:30pm - 8pm

Poster Reception A  / Network with Exhibitors

                   FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2025 
7am - 8am

Mentoring Sessions and Roundtable Discussions (w/ Breakfast)

8am - 9am

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Shaista Malik, University of California at Irvine

9am - 10:30am

Main Symposium 2:

Improving Health Equity in Chronic Diseases Through TEAM Research and Clinical Care
10:30am - 11am Break / Network with Exhibitors  
11am - 12:30pm

Member Symposium 1: Building Capacity for Rigorous, Relevant, and Up To Date Systematic Reviews of Acupuncture Interventions

Member Symposium 2:  Tai Chi, Qigong, and Related Mind-Body Meditative Modalities

Member Symposium 3:  Various Facets of the Meridian and Acupoint Identification and Application

 

12:30pm - 2pm Lunch on your own  
2pm - 3:00pm

Oral Presentations:

Clinical Research

Oral Presentations:

Basic Science

 
3pm - 3:15pm

Break

3:15pm - 4pm

Oral Presentations:

Clinical Research

Oral Presentations:

Basic Science

 
4pm - 5pm Global Ambassadors Symposium
5pm - 6:30pm

Poster Reception B / Network with Exhibitors

6:30pm - 7:30pm

Break

7:30pm - 9pm

Gala Dinner and Dancing

(Advance ticket purchase required)

               SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2025 
7am - 8am Mentoring Sessions and Roundtable Discussions (w/ Breakfast)
7am - 8am The State of 21st Century Acupuncture in the United States (w/ Breakfast)
 8am - 9am Keynote Presentation: Dr. Xiu-Men Li, New York Medical College
 9am - 9:15am Break
 9:15am - 10:45am

Member Symposium 4: Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain: Research, Advocacy and Policy Questions

 

Member Symposium 5: Central and Peripheral Mechanisms of Transcutaneous Electrical Acustimulation

 

Member Symposium 6: Scientific Evidence-Based Acupuncture Practice: What’s new?

10:45am - 11am
Break
 11am - 12:30pm

Member Symposium 7: Real-World Evidence: Analyzing Pragmatic Data from Case Reports and Clinical Registries

 

 

Member Symposium 8: Self-administered Acupressure: A Novel Promising mHealth Approach for Pain Management

 

Member Symposium 9: Data Informed Access and Equity Trends for Acupuncture at the Veteran’s Health Administration

 

12:30pm - 2pm

Lunch on your own

2pm - 3pm

Main Symposium 3:

Multi-Methods Research to Increase Evidence-base for Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine in Oncology

 

 3pm - 3:30pm Break / Network with Exhibitors   
3:30pm - 5pm

Main Symposium 4:

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: From Lab to Clinic and Society
 
5pm - 6pm

Panel Discussion:

Role of TEAM Research in the 21st Century

 6pm - 6:30pm Awards Ceremony / Closing Remarks   
                SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2025 
 8am - 10am

Workshop 2: From Curiosity to Clarity: Enhancing Practitioner Engagement with Research

 

 

 Workshop 3: Infusing research Qi into your career: Navigating the spectrum of resources for enhancing research skills and promoting diverse perspectives

 

 

 

 

 10am - 10:15am Break   
 10:15am - 12:15pm

Workshop 4: How to Bridge Auricular Acupuncture into Public Funded Care - Evidence, Visions, and Education

 

Workshop 5: Measuring Patient-Centered Care: Common Data Sets for Acupuncture Trials in Women’s Health, A Consensus Method