2025 Conference

Workshop 1:

Topological Atlas and Repository for Acupoint research (TARA)

Keynote Presentation: Dr. Luis Ulloa, Duke University

Junior Researcher Data Blitz

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

Moderator: Claudia Citkovitz, PhD, MS, LAc; Presenters: Eana Meng, MD-PhD student; Jane Abanes, PhD, DNP, PMHNP-BC; Yiwei Gong, BS, PhD student; Emily Baum, PhD

Break / Network with Exhibitors 

Main Symposium 1:

Implementation of Complementary Health Approaches into Health Care

Presenters: Crystal Patil, PhD; Judith Schlaeger, PhD, CNM, LAc, FAAN; Hongjin Li, PhD; Jeffery Dusek, PhD

Poster Reception A  / Network with Exhibitors

Mentoring Sessions and Roundtable Discussions (w/ Breakfast)

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

Main Symposium 2:

Improving Chronic Diseases for All Through TEAM Research and Clinical Care

Presenters: Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA; Evelyn Ho, PhD; Afua Bromley, DACM, Lac, Dipl.Ac NCCAOM; Lisa J. Taylor-Swanson, PhD, MacOM, Lac, Dipl. OM

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

Member Symposium 2:  Chinese Herbal Medicine In: Cancer and Stroke Settings

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

Oral Presentations:

Clinical Research

Oral Presentations:

Basic Science

Break

Oral Presentations:

Clinical Research

Oral Presentations:

Basic Science

Global Ambassadors Symposium

Presenters: Ari Ojeda Ocampo More, MD, MSc, PhD (Brazil); Sandro Graca, MSc, Lic.TCM, FABORM (Ireland); Olivier Cuignet, MD (Belgium); Johanna Biemans, MSc (Netherlands); Kate Levett, PhD (Australia); Terje Alraek, PhD, BAc (Norway); Henri Yves Truong Tan Trung, MD (France)

Poster Reception B / Network with Exhibitors

Break

Gala Dinner and Dancing

(Advance ticket purchase required)

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?

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: Serving Those Who Served: Access Trends in Acupuncture Services at the Veterans Health Administration

Lunch on your own

Main Symposium 3:

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

Presenters: Man-sau Wong, PhD; Hung-Rong Yen, MD; Yun Xu, MD; Jun Mao, MD, MSCE
 

Main Symposium 4:

Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: From Lab to Clinic and Society

Presenters: Ari Ojeda Ocampo More, MD, MSc, PhD; Jun Mao, MD, MSCE; Molly Candon, PhD; Scott Phelps, DAOM, LAc

Panel Discussion:

Role of TEAM Research in the 21st Century

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

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