Charles W. Hostler Institute on World Affairs
The Charles W. Hostler Institute on World Affairs plays a critical role in the educational mission of SDSU
Founded in 1942, as the Institute on World Affairs, to inform students, faculty, and the wider public on global affairs, the Institute has provided the SDSU and greater San Diego community with high level and spirited intellectual engagement on international issues.
Institute speakers are drawn from all areas of global affairs, including international diplomacy, academia, national security, and protest politics. The Institute prides itself on encouraging robust critical debate, including the airing of controversial themes. Its operating motto is AUDIATUR ET ALTERA PARS (Let the Other Side be Heard). Recent topics have included drone warfare and targeted killings, international war crime courts, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, U.S. foreign policy, and issues related to Brexit.
Dr. Eric Topol's A.I.’s Transformation of Life Science, Medicine, and Our Healthspan Talk
Open to All | Free Admission
Date: Monday, November 3, 2025
Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Stephen L. Weber Boardroom
inside the Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center
5250 55th St, San Diego, CA 92182
Parking: SDSU Parking Structure 7
located next to Parma Payne Goodall Alumni Center
(follow event signs)
In association with:
San Diego World Affairs Council
San Diego Diplomacy Council
Worldview Project
Eric Topol is the Executive Vice-President of Scripps Research, the largest non-profit biomedical
research in the United States, where he was the founder and directs the Scripps Research Translational Institute as Chairman and Professor of Translational Medicine. He has published over 1,300 peer-reviewed articles, with more than 370,000 citations, elected to the National Academy of Medicine, and is one of the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine.
He authored three bestseller books on the future of medicine: The Creative Destruction of Medicine, The Patient Will See You Now and Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again. His new book, just published is Super Agers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity. Topol is the principal investigator of two large NIH grants, the All of Us Research Program that supports precision medicine and a Clinical and Translational Science (CTSA) Award that promotes innovation in medicine. He was the founder of a new medical school at Cleveland
Clinic (Lerner College of Medicine), was commissioned by the UK to lead a review of their National Health Service, and is active clinically as a cardiologist. At Substack, he publishes Ground Truths, a weekly newsletter and podcast on cutting edge biomedical advances.
