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SUMMARY:USC Asian Health and Longevity Symposium
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The event will take place on Friday\, February 27\, 2026 from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM at the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1772653435401{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}” text_direction=”default”]Date: Friday\, February 27\, 2026\nTime: 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM\nLocation: USC Andrus Gerontology Center\, 3715 McClintock Avenue\, Los Angeles\, California 90089\nOrganizing Committee: Yang Chai\, Hassy Cohen\, Susan Gurley\, David Peng \nProgram\n\n\n\n\nTime\n\n\nSession\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\n\n9:00 AM – 9:15 AM\nIntroduction and Opening Remarks\nBeong-Soo Kim\nPinchas Cohen\, MD\nSteven D. Shapiro\, MD\n\n\n9:15 AM – 9:35 AM\nKeynote: Using Large Population Cohorts to Understand Asian Health and Longevity\nEileen Crimmins\, PhD\n\n\n9:35 AM – 10:40 AM\nAlzheimer’s and Stroke Among Asians\nModerator: Julie Zissimopoulos\, PhD\nArthur W. Toga\, PhD\, Imaging and Informatics for Different Populations\nHelena C. Chui\, MD\, A Personalized Approach to Healthier Memory and Aging\nMay Kim-Tenser\, MD Beyond FAST: Stroke Risks and Prevention in the Asian Community\nSook-Lei Liew\, PhD\, OTR/L\, FAOTA\, International Collaborations to Understand Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation\n\n\n10:40 AM – 10:50 AM\nBreak\n\n\n\n10:50 AM – 11:55 PM\nAdvancing Oral and Systemic Health Through a Precision Medicine Approach\nModerator: Yang Chai\, DDS\, PhD\nParish P. Sedghizadeh\, DDS\, MS\, The Connection Between Osteoporosis and Oral Health in Asian Populations: The Need for Precision Medicine and Lessons Learned from Osteonecrosis of the Jaw\nKian Kar\, DDS\, MS\, Precision Periodontology: Targeted Management of Drug-Induced Gingival Overgrowth\nDechen Lin\, PhD. Oral Cancer Evolution and Precision Medicine: Insights from Advanced Human Organoid Models\nUttam Sinha\, MD\, Advancing Oral and Systemic Health Through a Precision Medicine Approach\n\n\n11:55 PM- 1:15 PM\nLunch in Courtyard\n\n\n\n1:15 PM -2:20 PM\nDiabetes and Obesity in Asians\nModerator: Anne L. Peters\, MD\nKurt Hong\, MD\, PhD\, Beyond BMI: Ethnicity\, Body Composition\, and Diabetes Risk — Asian vss Non-Asian Perspectives\nPinchas Cohen\, MD\, Leveraging Mitochondrial Genetics in Large Cohorts to Discover Asian-Specific Diabetes Syndromes\nHiroshi Kumagai\, PhD\, Asian Multi-Omics Unravel Novel Factors Involved in the Regulation of Muscle Biology\nParveen K. Garg\, MD\, Metabolic Dysfunction in Asians: Unique Cardiovascular Risk Profiles and Implications for Personalized Care\n\n\n2:20 PM- 2:45 PM\nFireside Chat\nDominic Ng\, USC Trustee\nBeong-Soo Kim\, President\nVivian Y. Mo\, MD\, USC’s Role in Advancing Asian Health and Longevity in our Communities\n\n\n2:45 PM – 2:55 PM\nBreak\n\n\n\n2:55 PM – 3:20 PM\nOpportunities for Traditional Chinese Medicine in Los Angeles\nModerator: Sean P. Curran\, PhD\nHua-Bing Wen\, L.Ac. B. Med.\, MS\n\n\n3:20 PM – 4:25 PM\nCancer Among Asians\nModerator: Lihua Liu\, PhD\nGino In\, MD\, MPH\, Why Cancer is Different in Asian Populations — and Why Precision Medicine Matters\nVeronica Setiawan\, PhD\, Cancers Among Asians in Los Angeles County: What the Surveillance Data Tell Us\nKimberly Miller\, PhD\, MPH\, Mapping Survivorship Journeys: Investigating Care Engagement Among Asian American Childhood Cancer Survivors\nJennifer Tsui\, PhD\, Building Effective Community-Academic Partnerships to Address Cancer Prevention and Control in Asian American Communities\n\n\n4:25 PM – 4:45 PM\nClosing Remarks\nPinchas Cohen\, MD\n\n\n4:45 PM – 6:00 PM\nReception in Courtyard\n\n\n\n\nSorry\, the registration is closed. Please email ldsgero@usc.edu for questions.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://gero.usc.edu/event/ahlsymposium-2026/
LOCATION:USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology\, 3715 McClintock Avenue\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90089\, United States
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