2025
SYMPOSIUM

SDSU HealthLINK Center

Date & Location

April 9th, 2025

8:00am – 1:00pm
Tula Community Center

5110 East Campus Drive
San Diego, CA 92115

Preliminary Agenda

Agenda

Time

Description

Location

Registration

8:00am – 8:30am

Lobby/Courtyard

Welcome and Symposium Opening

8:30am – 8:45am

Center Directors
Dr. Kristen Wells and Dr. Guadalupe X. Suchi Ayala.

College of Sciences Dean
Jeffery Roberts

College of Health and Human Services Dean
Amy Bonomi

Room 1

Opening Research Talk

8:45am – 9:30am

Dr. Katrina Monroe and Dr. Sara Gombatto, Professors of Physical Therapy will share their latest findings on a research collaboration with Family Health Centers of San Diego to address chronic spine pain.

Room 1

Networking Activity

9:30am – 9:45am

Learn more about each other during this interactive session.

Lobby/Courtyard

Break

9:45am – 10:00am

Lobby/Courtyard

Poster Session

10:00am – 10:30am

Make time to learn more about the latest science from SDSU HealthLINK Center investigators and affiliated trainees.
Learn more about the research and community engagement
services offered by the Center.

Lobby

Research Talks

Select which of the three sessions you would like to attend

Session 1 

10:30am – 11:30am

Dr. Carrie House and team on the biology of cancer.

Room 1

Session 2

10:30am – 11:30am

Dr. Benjamin Aceves, Dr. Sam Lin, and Dr. Shiloh Williams of the Imperial County Clinical Research Network on clinical research infrastructure in Imperial County.

Room 2

Session 3

10:30am – 11:30am

Other SDSU HealthLINK Center Project Leaders sharing the latest science to address minority health.

Room 3

Networking Lunch

11:30am – 1:00pm

Join us for a hosted lunch and get to know like-minded individuals from SDSU, SDSU IV and SDSU Research Foundation, and the Center’s community partners.

Courtyard

SDSU HealthLINK Center
Community Partner Organizations

Photo gallery from previous edition

About SDSU HealthLINK Center

SDSU HealthLINK Center for Transdisciplinary Health Disparities Research (SDSU HealthLINK Center) is a research center that promotes a transdisciplinary approach to minority health and health disparities research.