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TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN ACUPUNCTURE: BRIDGING SCIENCE, PRACTICE AND COMMUNITY

SAR 2023: FROM MECHANISM TO PATIENT-CENTERED CARE: RESEARCH IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE - PROJECT SUMMARY: THE 2023 SOCIETY FOR ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH (SAR) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, “FROM MECHANISM TO PATIENT- CENTERED CARE: RESEARCH IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE,” IS AN EXCEPTIONAL PLATFORM TO PRESENT THE STATE OF THE SCIENCE OF BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE (TEAM). OVER 100 MILLION INDIVIDUALS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE AFFLICTED WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS SUCH AS OPIOID MEDICATIONS HAVE FAILED MANY PATIENTS. ACUPUNCTURE IS AN INTEGRATIVE HEALTH INTERVENTION THAT HAS AN EMERGING BIOLOGICAL BASIS AND GROWING CLINICAL EVIDENCE FOR MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC PAIN. AS WE MAKE PROGRESS IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM SCIENCE, THIS CONFERENCE WILL FACILITATE DISCUSSION OF NEW RESEARCH METHODS AND FINDINGS AND INFORM FUTURE DIRECTIONS OF TEAM RESEARCH. ADDITIONALLY, IT WILL PROMOTE THE TIMELY AND EQUITABLE DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EMERGING EVIDENCE IN DIVERSE CLINICAL SETTINGS. THE CONFERENCE WILL OCCUR MAY 18-21, 2023, IN NEW YORK CITY. THE EVENT WILL BE CO- SPONSORED BY THE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE SERVICE AT MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER (MSK) AND THE HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL OSHER CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, TWO ACADEMIC LEADERS IN INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND CLINICAL PRACTICE. IN PLANNING THIS CONFERENCE, WE WILL HARNESS THE MOMENTUM GENERATED BY OUR MANY HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PAST SAR CONFERENCES AND SYMPOSIA AND LEVERAGE OUR EXPERIENCE FROM NEARLY THREE DECADES OF ORGANIZING MAJOR ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH CONFERENCES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. THE SAR 2023 CONFERENCE WILL HIGHLIGHT FOUR SYMPOSIA: 1) ANATOMICAL BASIS OF ACUPUNCTURE: UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF NEEDLING; 2) TRANSLATIONAL ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH: BRIDGING BASIC MECHANISMS WITH CLINICAL PRACTICE; 3) CYCLE OF CLINICAL ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH IN ONCOLOGY: FROM EFFICACY TRIALS TO IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE; AND 4) ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES: ACUPUNCTURE FOR SICKLE CELL DISEASE PAIN. AS IN PAST SAR CONFERENCES, WE WILL ALSO SOLICIT HIGH-QUALITY PRESENTATIONS OF ORIGINAL RESEARCH (E.G. BASIC, TRANSLATIONAL, CLINICAL TRIALS, DISSEMINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE) IN TEAM (E.G. ACUPUNCTURE, HERBS, TAI CHI, TUI NA MASSAGE) AS WELL AS MEMBER INITIATED SYMPOSIA AND WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODS, RESEARCH TRAINING, AND DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH FINDINGS. OUR SPECIFIC AIMS ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR RESEARCHERS TO PRESENT NOVEL FINDINGS AND METHODS IN THE FIELD OF ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM; 2) TO FACILITATE THE TIMELY DISSEMINATION OF EMERGING CLINICAL EVIDENCE OF ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM TO DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS OF RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS, EDUCATORS, AND PATIENT ADVOCATES; AND 3) TO FOSTER INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM RESEARCH, SHAPING FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS. THE SAR 2023 CONFERENCE WILL BRIDGE BASIC SCIENCE, TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH, AND CLINICAL RESEARCH TO ENHANCE THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE MECHANISMS OF ACUPUNCTURE AND TRANSLATE SUCH UNDERSTANDING INTO PATIENT-CENTERED CARE.

2021 SOCIETY FOR ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH (SAR) CONFERENCE TITLED, "PANDEMICS, PAIN & PUBLIC HEALTH: ROLES AND RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE" - ABSTRACT THE UPCOMING SOCIETY FOR ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH (SAR) CONFERENCE TITLED "PANDEMICS, PAIN & PUBLIC HEALTH: ROLES AND RELEVANCE OF TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE,” WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 16-20, 2021 WITH POTENTIAL IN- PERSON ATTENDANCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. A KEY GOAL OF THIS CONFERENCE IS TO ACTIVELY DISSEMINATE IMPORTANT RESEARCH FINDINGS TO THE ACUPUNCTURE AND TRADITIONAL EAST ASIAN MEDICINE (TEAM) RESEARCH COMMUNITY AND MULTIPLE RELATED FIELDS OF BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH. THE PRIMARY CO-SPONSORS OF THIS CONFERENCE WILL BE THE DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AND THE OSHER CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. OUR PROGRAM WILL FOCUS CONTENT ON THREE MAJOR ISSUES: 1) THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, 2) THE CHRONIC PAIN/OPIOID AND MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS IN THE U.S., AND 3) THE ROLE OF DISPARITIES IN INTEGRATIVE HEALTH CARE, INCLUDING THEIR UNDERLYING IMPACT ON PUBLIC POLICY. PANEL DISCUSSIONS WITH KEY INTERNATIONAL FIGURES WILL EXPLORE THESE TOPICS WITH EMPHASIS ON STRENGTHENING THE RESEARCH BASE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. SAR MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT PROPOSALS FOR PLENARY SYMPOSIA ON RELEVANT TOPICS OF THEIR CHOICE. OUR MEETING WILL ALSO INCLUDE LECTURES FROM THOUGHT LEADERS SPANNING DIFFERENT AREAS OF BASIC AND CLINICAL TEAM RESEARCH, AS WELL AS A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION BY THE DIRECTOR OF NCCIH. THIS CONFERENCE STRUCTURE WILL BE UNLIKE ANY PAST SAR GATHERING. DUE TO THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OUR 2021 EVENT WILL EITHER BE A HYBRID MEETING, WITH BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL CONTENT, OR IT WILL BE AN ENTIRELY VIRTUAL MEETING. THIS IS NECESSARY AS SOME ATTENDEES MAY NOT BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AND ATTEND OUR EVENT SAFELY. A COLLATERAL BENEFIT OF HAVING SOME CONTENT BE VIRTUAL IS THAT ATTENDEES UNABLE TO TRAVEL WILL STILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY. TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, THE CONFERENCE PLAN WAS SET AFTER AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF HYBRID AND VIRTUAL OPTIONS. BY THE DATE OF OUR 2021 CONFERENCE, SAR WILL ALSO HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH VIRTUAL CONFERENCE FORMATS FROM TWO INTERNATIONAL ONLINE MEETINGS CURRENTLY PLANNED. WE WILL LEVERAGE THE EXPERIENCE FROM THESE VIRTUAL GATHERINGS TO PLAN FOR THIS 2021 CONFERENCE. OUR AIMS ARE: 1) TO PROVIDE AN INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR RESEARCHERS TO DISSEMINATE AND ASSESS ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM FINDINGS IN ORDER TO CLARIFY AND STRENGTHEN THE EVIDENCE BASE, AND 2) TO FOSTER INTERDISCIPLINARY DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ACUPUNCTURE AND TEAM RESEARCH, SHAPING THE FUTURE RESEARCH AGENDA. THE SAR 2021 CONFERENCE WILL PRESENT A PLATFORM WHEREIN RESEARCHERS FROM VARIOUS BACKGROUNDS CAN SHARE, EXPLORE, AND DEVELOP NOVEL RESEARCH STRATEGIES. SAR CONFERENCES CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A CROSSROADS FOR DIVERSE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES. INDEED THE CONTENT OF OUR EVENT (E.G. PANDEMICS, PAIN, AND DISPARITIES/POLICY) IS RELEVANT FOR THE CURRENT GLOBAL HEALTH CARE CLIMATE, AND CUTS ACROSS MULTIPLE SCIENTIFIC LEVELS FROM PATIENTS, TO RESEARCHERS, EDUCATORS, AND CLINICIANS, TO THOSE DRIVING POLICY.

SAR 2019: ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH, HEALTH CARE POLICY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH - CLOSING THE LOOP

SAR 2017: ADVANCING THE PRECISION MEDICINE INITIATIVE THROUGH ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH

SAR 2015: REACHING ACROSS DISCIPLINES TO BROADEN THE ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH NETWORK

SAR 2013: IMPACT OF ACUPUNCTURE RESEARCH ON 21ST CENTURY HEALTH CARE