Date: Friday, February 27, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Location: USC Andrus Gerontology Center, 3715 McClintock Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90089
Organizing Committee: Yang Chai, Hassy Cohen, Susan Gurley, David Peng
Preliminary Program – Subject to Change
| TIME | SESSION | SPEAKERS |
| 9:00 – 9:15 AM | Introduction & Opening Remarks | Pinchas “Hassy” Cohen, MD, Dean Beong-Soo Kim, USC President Steven D. Shapiro, MD, SVP for Health Affairs |
| 9:15 – 9:40 AM | Keynote: Using Large Population Cohorts to understand Asian Health and Longevity | Eileen Crimmins, PhD, University Professor and AARP Chair in Gerontology, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology |
| 9:40 – 10:50 AM | Alzheimer’s & Stroke among Asians | Moderator: Julie Zisimopolis, PhD Art Toga, PhD Helena Chui, MD May Kim-Tenser, MD Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA |
| 10:50 – 11:00 AM | Break | Break |
| 11:00 – 12:15 PM | Advancing oral and systemic health through a precision medicine approach | Moderator: Yang Chai, DDS, PhD Parish Sedghizadeh, DDSKian Kar, DDS Kian Kar, DDS Dechen Lin, PhD Uttam Sinha, MD |
| 12:15 – 1:35 PM | Lunch and Poster Session | Courtyard |
| 1:35 – 3:00 | Cancer among Asians | Moderator: Lihua Liu, PhD Kim Miller, PhD, MPH Jennifer Tsui, PhD Gino In, MD, MPH Wendy Setiawan, PhD |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Opportunities for Traditional Chinese Medicine in LA | Moderator: Sean Curran, PhD Dr. Hua-Bing Wen, L.Ac. B. Med., MS |
| 3:30 – 3:40 PM | Break | Break |
| 3:40 – 4:35 AM | Diabetes & Obesity in Asians | Moderator: Anne Peters, MD Kurt Hong, MD, PhD Pinchas “Hassy” Cohen, MD Hiroshi Kumagai, PhD |
| 4:35 – 4:45 PM | TBA | TBA |
| 4:45 – 4:55 PM | TBA | TBA |
| 4:55 – 5:50 PM | Reception and music | Courtyard |
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