LIU BAOYAN
CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICERPresident of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies, Academician of International Eurasian Academy of Sciences. Academic Committee member of the China Academy of Chinese Medical Science (CACMS), Director of TCM Data Center of CACMS, Traditional Medicine Consultant of World Health Organization (WHO).
Prof. Liu Baoyan has been committed to research on clinical evaluation methods and techniques of TCM for many years. Prof. Liu won 3 second prizes of National Scientific and Technological Progress and 9 first/second prizes of Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress. In addition, he has published more than 300 academic papers and 10 books.
Topic:
Challenges and Strategies for Standardizing Acupuncture & Moxibustion
THOMAS LUNDEBERG
Thomas defended his thesis on the effect of "Vibratory stimulation in chronic pain" in 1983 at the Karolinska Institute (KI) in Stockholm. He did his post-doc in Italy with Nobel laureate Professor Rita Levi Montalcini and has since then conducted research on aspects of sensory stimulation related to what is now referred to as integrative medicine. He had his acupuncture training in Nanjing, China. For the past 10 years or more he has focused his research on the effects of acupuncture on fatigue and the patients' subjective experiences of acupuncture. He is a former professor of physiology at KI, and now works as Medical Director of Insurance Medicine at the Rehabilitation Medicine University Clinic, Danderyds Hospital, Stockholm. He has over 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals and over 80 on acupuncture.
Topic:
Principles for point selection and stimulation based on pathophysiology – a Western medical acupuncture approach
Jacqueline Filshie
Jacqueline Filshie is an Honorary Consultant at the Royal Marsden Cancer Hospital in London. And Pain Management at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London. She has a special interest in acupuncture for pain and symptom control in cancer patients and acupuncture for survivorship symptoms in cancer pain. She has pioneered the use of medical acupuncture for symptom control, and has published studies and lectured nationally and internationally on the subject.
Topic:
Acupuncture in cancer care, survivorship & palliative care
FU ZHONGHUA
The inventor of Fu's Subcutaneous Needling (FSN) Founder of the New Theory of Qi and Blood Pioneer of Myology Ph.D. from Nanjing University Postdoctoral researcher at The Nanjing General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Director of the Institute of FSN Medicine at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Doctoral supervisor at Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Chairman of the FSN Professional Committee of the China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, and President of the FSN Professional Committee of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies.
Topic:
The invention and Application of the FSN to the Theory of Qi and Blood
LI YONGMING
MD, PHD, LAC AMERICAN TCM SOCIETYDr Yong Ming Li, MD, PhD, LAc American TCM Society , is an American board-certified pathologist, dermatopathologist, and also licensed physician and acupuncturist in New Jersey. He had a BM from Liaoning College of TCM in China and PhD in immunology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the USA. After several years medical research at the Picower Institute for Medical Research, he completed his residency at North Shore University Hospital and his fellowship at Ackerman Academy, Columbia University. Dr. Li was the past President of ATCMS and the Chair of AAPAS. Dr. Li has published extensively in journals like Nature Medicine, PNAS, NEJM, JAMA, Cancer Res, J. Anatomy, and also has several books published, including Acupuncture Journey to America.For over ten years, he served as Study Section Member to review grants at NIH. Dr. Li has received four issued US patents and proposed a number of new concepts in acupuncture, including soft vs hard acupuncture, pan-acupoints, balloon theory, and the correlation of mast cells with acuponts and micro-acupuncture systems. Dr. Li is the recipient of NIH Merit Award in 2011, the First Tiansheng Bronze Statute Award in acupuncture search from WFAS in 2017, and the Second International and Achievement Award in Chinese Medicine from WFCMS in 2019.
Topic:
Evidence based Acupuncture: From RCT Trials to Individual Cells
David Coggin-Carr
David Coggin-Carr, MD PhD MSc, is a UK+US dual-trained obstetrician, Maternal-Fetal Medicine subspecialist and early career physician-scientist at the University of Vermont. Additionally, he is fellowship-trained in Integrative Medicine and a US board-certified physician-acupuncturist. Since 2015, he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the journal Acupuncture in Medicine (owned by the British Medical Acupuncture Society and published by SAGE), which is currently the highest impact acupuncture-only journal in the world. He is a strong supporter of acupuncture research and is interested in the evidence-based integration of acupuncture and related techniques into the care of conditions for which they have found to be effective, as well as the exploration of novel applications in animal models of high-risk pregnancy. His lab is currently examining the efficacy, safety and mechanisms of action of electroacupuncture in a high-fat diet-induced rat model of obesity characterized by maternal insulin resistance and fetal growth restriction.
Topic:
Fostering excellence in acupuncture research: Insights from a decade as Editor-in-Chief of Acupuncture in Medicine
Dr. Linda Hao
PhD
Vice President, Scalp Acupuncture Specialty; World Federation of TCM Societies; Neuro-Acupuncture Institute -Co-Founder
Founder of the Academy of Scalp Acupuncture
Co-founder and professor of the Neuro-Acupuncture Institute.
Vice President to the Specialty Committee of Head Acupuncture of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies.
Pioneer in developing the neuro-acupuncture treatment of children with Autism, ADHD, and CP neurological disorders worldwide.
Specialised in the treatment of cerebral palsy, stroke, traumatic brain injury, MS, and paralysis, etc.
An accomplished acupuncturist in the US and worldwide in Treating Children’s neurological conditions by scalp acupuncture.
Co-author of Chinese Scalp Acupuncture, and published academic articles in medical journals.
One of 2016 Top Ten Honorees in the Hundred Professionals Hundred Schools Award, by the World TCM Forum. She won the “TCM International Academic Exchange Award.”
The mayor of Santa Fe, USA, designates February 16, 2018, as “Drs. Jason & Linda Hao’s Day”; in 2020, she won the “TCM International Academic Exchange Award.”
Topic:
Significant Results of Neuro-Acupuncture: Bright Prospects in the Future
Zhixiu Lin
Professor Zhi-xiu Lin Director, School of Chinese Medicine, and Director, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner (HK)
Professor Zhi-xiu Lin graduated from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in 1987 with a BSc in Chinese Medicine. After graduation, he worked as a Chinese medicine doctor at the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Research Institute of Chinese Medicine. He obtained his PhD degree in Pharmacognosy in 1999 at King’s College, London. From 1998 to 2002, he was employed by Middlesex University in London where he was involved with basic and clinical teachings of Chinese medicine. Professor Lin joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2003, and is now Professor and Director of the School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, CUHK. His main research interests include: (1). Pharmacological studies on Chinese medicines for psoriasis, eczema, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and neuroprotection; and (2). Clinical trials on effectiveness and safety of Chinese medicines and acupuncture for some common diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, macular edema, dry eye disease, allergic rhinitis, overactive bladder and long-COVID. Over the years, he has published more than 260 research articles on Chinese medicine, among which about 240 articles are in the SCI journals, with a H-index of 50 (Google scholar).
Topic:
Experimental Studies on Acupuncture for Hypertension: Implications for Managing Diverse Vascular Disorders
Mike Cummings
Mike has been Medical Director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) since 2001. This role involves running the BMAS London Teaching Clinic (LTC), developing and running BMAS courses in Western medical acupuncture, acting as an associate editor for the Medline-listed journal Acupuncture in Medicine, and representing the BMAS at academic and political meetings. He is an Honorary Clinical Specialist at the Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine, which is part of the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he supports acupuncture services. His principal academic and clinical interests are musculoskeletal pain, and in particular, needling therapies in the treatment of myofascial pain syndromes. He has published several papers in this area as well as in the broader field of Western medical acupuncture. He is a reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine and many other journals and has acted as a specialist adviser to NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) in the UK. After completing his medical degree at Leeds University (UK), and several hospital jobs in the north of England, Mike joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) for a six-and-a-half-year short service commission. A substantial portion of the workload for a general duties medical officer (GDMO) in the RAF is musculoskeletal medicine. Mike came across acupuncture by accident whilst working as a GDMO. He followed his interest in musculoskeletal medicine and acupuncture on retiring from military service, and finally found himself occupied full time in the field of acupuncture
Topic:
The future of acupuncture in modern healthcare – a global perspective
PROFESSOR WU BINJIANG (BENJAMIN)
“INTERNATIONAL FAMOUS TEACHER”Professor Wu Binjiang (Benjamin), doctoral supervisor, and registered Chinese medicine practitioner in Canada, was awarded the title of "International Famous Teacher" by the WFCMS. He serves as the President of the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Canada, Vice Chairman of the World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Societies (WFAS), Vice Chairman of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), and Chairman of the Board of TCM Acupuncture Inheritance Committees of WFAS. Additionally, he is the Vice President of the Educational Instruction Committee of WFCMS. He studied under Prof. Wang Xuetai and Prof. Jiao Guorui.As a direct descendant of Prof. Zhang Jin. Prof. Wu authored the monograph "Dr. Wu's Head Massage,"He is the editor-in-chief of "Science and Art on the Tip of the Needle - Academic Thoughts and School Inheritance of Zhang Jin's Acupuncture Techniques" .He serves as the deputy editor of "Acupuncture Dacheng Explanation" (2nd edition)《针灸大成校释》. Prof. Wu has published more than 480 papers and reports in various countries. He created the original "Dr. Wu Head Massage" therapy.”
Lecture title: Research on the Academic Thoughts and Achievements of Zhang Jin, Master of Acupuncture Techniques
Topic:
Skilful Use of Acupuncture Manipulation Techniques as an Important Means to Improve Clinical Efficacy
Dongyun Liang
Dongyun, Liang, a licensed Acupuncture physician in Miami Florida US. She is a Chief Physician，lecturer and professor. She graduated from Shandong University of TCM in 1982. She worked in Gynecological Hospital and the Cancer Hospital in Shandong province for several years. She won the International Outstanding Achievement Award of TCM in1996.
She was an academic dean and taught at Miami college of TCM for many years. She developed TCM theory through the changes of BBT in each stage of the menstrual cycle, find out the imbalance of the yin-yang, excess and deficiency, providing a scientific basis for the treatment of infertility. She has published more than 30 papers in academic journals in China and abroad.
Topic:
Discussion on Clinical Experience in Acupuncture Treatment of Infertility
Guojian Huang
Dr. Huang Guojian, entered the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine at Nanjing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine , now Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NUTCM) in 1983; worked at Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of TCM in 1988, pursued a master's degree in integrated Chinese and Western medicine at NUTCM in 1991, and entered Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences-Peking Union Medical College (CAMS-PUMC) in 1994 as a doctoral student in integrated Chinese and Western medicine. In 1998, he was appointed as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Medicine in Canada. Since 2005, he has established the Ankang Acupuncture Healing Center in Winnipeg, Canada. He has edited and published several books including "Practical Monotherapy Treatment Guide", "Comprehensive Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Monotherapy", and "Comprehensive Application of Acupuncture Single Point" and has published dozens of academic papers both domestically and internationally. He specializes in the application of Mini Ren Acupuncture Therapy (MRA), embedding thread therapy, and traditional Chinese medicine treatment for various common and difficult diseases. He is currently the President of the Alliance of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine of Canada (AACMC), Director of the Ankang Acupuncture Healing Centre of Canda, President of the Canadian Mini Ren Acupuncture Therapy Research Association, Dean and Professor of the Canadian Continuing Education College of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (CCECATCM), and Lifetime Co-Chairman of the World Integrative Medicine Federation!
Under the guidance of Dr Zhu Hanzhang in acupotomy medicine, Dr Hu Chaowei in ultra-micro acupotomy, and Dr Janet Travell's myofascial trigger point theory, Dr. Huang Guojian has devoted himself to the research of Mini Ren Acupuncture Therapy (MRAT) for soft tissue injury pain diseases, which has been applied clinically with excellent results. Dr. Huang Guojian proposed the concepts of "tangible theory of pain," "nodular pain syndrome," and "Ashi point is not the source of pain," to guide the MRA application. With MRA on the superficial fascia causing functional impairment in patients, the treatment targets focus on the origin and insertion points of muscles, myofascial trigger points, and areas of soft tissue scar adhesion and compression. This method helps to release abnormal tension inside pain nodules, eliminate abnormal tension, alleviate inflammatory reactions, and improve blood circulation, while simultaneously directly interrupting the transmission of pain signals from nerve fibers inside and outside the nodules by cutting off the nerve fibers. This achieves a safe, efficient, and immediate analgesic effect. MRA embodies the unparalleled characteristics and advantages of objective diagnosis, precise treatment, and miraculous efficacy, opening a new realm of integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment for soft tissue injury pain with the principle of simplicity and effectiveness!
Topic:
Mini Ren Acupuncture Therapy for Treating “Painful Nodule Syndrome”
Hua Wang
Wang Hua, M.D., Level-2 Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Qihuang scholar, president of the Education Working Committee of WFAS，Guiding expert of National Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Inheritance Studio, chairman of the Academic Committee of Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, director of the Acupuncture-Moxibustion Research Institute, director of the Acupuncture-Moxibustion Preventive Care Collaborative Innovation Center, chairman of the Acupuncture-Moxibustion Preventive treatment Committee of Chinese Association of Acupuncture-Moxibust
Topic:
Construction and Prospect of International acupuncture and moxibustion Education Textbooks
Yemeng Chen
Chen Yemeng, Ph.D., L.Ac., President of New York College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.，He also serves as President of National Federation of Chinese TCM Organizations (NFCTCMO), Honorary President of Young Acupuncturists Association of America, Vice-Chair of World Traditional Medicine Forum,president of the Education Working Committee of WFAS. He is appointed as a Visiting Professor in Beijing, Shanghai and Jianxi Universities of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as Academy of Integrative Medicine, Fudan University.He was a Chair of Accreditation Commission
Topic:
Competency cultivation of acupuncture and moxibustion Education in the United States in the Era of Integrative Medicine
Hui Ouyang
Hui Ouyang, M.D (China), L.Ac., D.C.
• received his medical degree in 1993 in China, his Texas Acupuncturist license in 2004 and his Doctor of Chiropractic in 2008 from Texas Chiropractic College.
• conducted extensive acupuncture as a postdoctoral research fellow at UTMB.
• teaches the doctoral degree programs at schools of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, including ACAOM, AAAOM and ACTCM.
• the patient with PTSD treated by Dr. Ouyang were reported on 《New York Times》 as an example for acupuncture pain management more effectively than drugs.
• the current secretary of American TCM Association and has established the National Academic Forum for Acupuncture and TCM Orthopedics.
Topic:
AcuChiro Therapy for Thoraco-Lumbar Disorders
Tianjun Wang
Dr. Tianjun Wang graduated from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NUCM) in 1989. He completed his PhD of Acupuncture at NUCM. Tianjun moved to the UK and joined the University of East London UK as a Senior Lecturer and the Director of Acupuncture Clinic 2007- 2014. He was the Acupuncture Course Director of the College of Naturopathic Medicine from 2015 to 2017. Current Prof. Wang is the Principal of the London Academy of Chinese Acupuncture (LACA). He is a Guest Professor of NUCM. He is also the Vice President of the Scalp Acupuncture Committee of World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS) and the president of the Academy of Scalp Acupuncture UK (ASA). Honorary President of Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alliance UK (CAHMA). Dr Wang owns TJ Acupuncture Clinic and Brain Care Centre in London UK. Prof. Wang has authored and co-authored more than 60 academic papers mostly in English, as well as peer reviewers to many international journals. His authored book with pear reviewed “Acupuncture for Brain: Treatment for Neurological and Psychologic Disorders” published by Springer 2021. Another book” Acupuncture Techniques” will be published by Springer in 2024.
Topic:
Understanding the Mechanism of Scalp Acupuncture from the Perspective of Brain-Computer Interface
Ian Appleyard
Ian Appleyard is the Research and Policy Manager and the British Acupuncture Council. His PhD, ‘Acupuncture and moxibustion for osteoarthritis of the knee: a component analysis approach’, investigated the additional benefits of warm-needle acupuncture compared to acupuncture alone. It also examined placebo acupuncture and proposed a component analysis to develop a better understanding of the existent clinical research. He was course director for Acupuncture at London South Bank University Confucius Institute of TCM from 2008-2018. His acupuncture training includes a BSc in Acupuncture Westminster University (1998); studying with a private practitioner in Japan; clinical training in Shanghai and a year at the Jiangsu Provincial Hospital of TCM, Nanjing. He has worked as a private practitioner in Hove and Kendal, in the UK.
Topic:
Placebo: a concept that must go
FuLin Wang
Dr. Fu-Lin WANG is an expert in Chinese medicine and preventive medicine. He is the president of the Canadian Institute of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research and co-chair of the International Conference of Traditional Medicines on Health and Wellness, director of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies' (WFCMS) International Cooperation Center for Chinese Medicine Clinical Research-Canada, vice president and executive president of the Acupotomy Medical Association of Canada, council member of the WFCMS, president of Bethune Oriental Medical Center, senior data analysis researcher at the Alberta Ministry of Health, Canada, and visiting and honorary professor at Ningxia Medical University.
Dr. WANG received MD from Ningxia Medical College in 1982 and served as a teacher there, Master in Public Health from Harbin Medical University in 1987, and PhD in Epidemiology from University of Calgary in 1994. He worked as an epidemiologist for the Ministry of Health of Alberta in 1994 and has been working there ever since. For more than 40 years, he has been engaged in clinical, teaching, and scientific research in China and Canada. Also in 1994, he became a registered acupuncturist in Alberta, Canada, then he co-founded Bethune Oriental Medicine Center in 2002. As of 2023, the Center has cumulatively served about 400,000 patient visits, 5 practitioners of the Center, in turns, has been teaching at the Acupuncture Program of MacEwan University since 1998, with about 500 graduates from the university. In 2021, the Bethune Center was nominated and become a finalist of Award of Distinction by the Alberta Chamber of Commerce.
Training in both Chinese and Western medicine, Dr. Wang has organized and participated in more than 40 TCM workshops and training courses to improve his diagnosis and treatment skills of TCM. Using Acupuncture, Tuina massage and herbal therapy, Dr. Wang has helped patients with complex and severe conditions which are difficult to treat in modern medicine, such as ulcer infection of diabetic lower limbs, major depression with reproductive system infections, MS with infertility, among others.
Dr. Wang also served as Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary, Instructor for the Acupuncture Program at Grant MacEwan University (1998-2017). In 2020, he was elected as the president of the College and Association of Acupuncturist of Alberta (CAAA); from 1997 to 2018, he served as the Chair and Co-Chair of the Membership Committee of CAAA, member of the Sterring Committee for TCM regulation in Alberta, council member of the Alberta Acupuncture Examination Committee, and the Chair of the Membership Committee of the Alberta Society of Acupuncturists (ASA)， etc. In Western medicine, he served as a council of the Scientific Information Committee of the Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System Network (CCASN) (2007-08), and the Co-Chair of the Population and Risk Factor Committee of the CCASN (2005-07), etc.
He authored and co-authored 30+ scientific papers, and over 40 government reports and TCM book chapters – such as Yin-Yang Theory and Pattern Identification by Zang-Fu Organ System. He presented 140+ at domestic and international academic conferences on epidemiology and traditional Chinese medicine.
Topic:
It is imperative to establish the TCM-relevant methodology and framework for the evaluation of clinical efficacy of acupuncture
Jianhua ZHENG
Dr. Jack Jian hua ZHENG Ph.d JP
Vice Chairman of the World Federation of Acupuncture -Moxibustion Societies;
Vice Chairman of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies;
Vice Chairman of the World Traditional Medicine Forum.
Lifetime Co-President of the World Federation of Integrative Health Organizations.
New South Wales of Australia Justice of the Peace.
Recruited:
Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Honorary Professor and Visiting Professor
Visiting professor, Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Visiting professor at Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Visiting professor at University of East-West Medicine America
Topic:
Wine--A Preliminary Study on the Mechanism of Clinical Application of Acupuncture
Liqin ZHAO
Dr. Liqin Zhao is the TCM Consultant of Natural Fertility Care and Director of Zhong Jing TCM UK Ltd; Professor and President of the UK Alumni Association of Henan University of TCM. She has previously been the President, Vice president of ATCM and Chief Editor of ‘the Journal of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture’. She is currently the Co Chairman of the World Congress of Reproductive Medicine and Executive Chairman of the Professional Committee of TCM (Reproduction); Executive Council member of WFCMS; Vice president of Gynaecological Committee of WFCMS; Vice president of Zhongjing Academic Inheritance and Innovation Committee of WFCMS etc., and full member of the British Acupuncture Council. She lectures TCM worldwide, has published over 50 academic papers on professional journals. She graduated from Henan University of TCM in 1985, was a TCM consultant in the Luoyang TCM Hospital in China before coming to UK in February 1995. She found ZHONG JING TCM Centre in 1997, specialises in women’s health and infertility. She has been working in collaboration with consultants in the UK hospitals, has developed her unique and effective TCM programme for Infertility, helped hundreds of infertile couples conceived successfully, was praised as a ‘Miracle Baby Maker’. Her work has attracted widespread journalistic interest, has been featured several times on social medias.
Topic:
TCM Treatment Strategies for Female Infertility with Advanced Age and Repeated IVF Failure
Dan Jiang
Dr. Dan Jiang is a TCM consultant and a member of the British Acupuncture Council. He has been practicing acupuncture & TCM since 1991 in Sheffield & Harley street of London UK and pays attention more to summarize and publish on Utilizing TCM as preferential diseases in UK with successful cases for more than 30 years.
Topic:
Acupuncture Management of Psychological Disorders Caused by Covid-19—Review of 62 Cases
Ying WANG
Ying Wang graduated from the Acupuncture Department of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1992. He is a professor of acupuncture at the UK Academy of Chinese Medicine .Served as the executive vice president of the Overseas Alumni Association of Shandong University of TCM，Distinguished expert of the French Association of TCM and from Swiss University of Chinese Medicine. The general manager of the overseas acupuncture technology development team "Acupuncture Dream Factory”. He dedicated to global promotion and training in abdominal diagnosis acupuncture, and published many articles.
Topic:
Modern abdominal diagnosis acupuncture, Exploration of standardized teaching of acupuncture
Xiaorong Chang
Chang Xiaorong, M.D., Ph.D., L.Ac., President of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine. She receives a special government allowance. She is recognized as a National Distinguished Teacher under the Ten Thousand Talent Program, a National Master Teacher in Traditional Chinese Medicine Education and a National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker. She has served as a guiding teacher for the fifth, sixth
Topic:
Moxibustion "Regulating the Spirit" and the Treatment Approach to Psychosomatic Illnesses
Jun Ma
Ma Jun, professor and doctoral supervisor of Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is mainly engaged in the research of acupuncture and moxibustion for the prevention and treatment of cerebral and neurological diseases. She is a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), vice-chairman of the China Democratic League of Hubei Province, and chairman of the Hubei Acupuncture
Topic:
Progress of Research on Improvement of Parkinson's Disease by Traditional Chinese Medicine
Wei Zhang
Zhang Wei, doctor, professor, chief physician, doctoral supervisor, famous TCM Doctor of Hunan province, he is currently the vice-president and secretary-general of the acupuncture and massage rehabilitation center of the first affiliated hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese medicine, the Principal investigator of the department, the vice-president and secretary-general of the Hunan Acupuncture and Moxibustion Association, and the seventh national senior academic instructor of traditional Chinese medicine, the third batch of outstanding
Topic:
Clinical Study and application of acupuncture and moxibustion on premature ovarian failure
Mi Liu
Mi Liu, M.D, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor. He is current vice president of the School of Acupuncture-moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation in Hunan University of Chinese Medicine. He is also the vice director of Free Clinic Service Working Committee of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Association. Dr
Topic:
Acupuncture and moxibustion ameliorate colonic inflammation in rats by modulating gut microbiota imbalance and intestinal metabolism
Zenghui Yue
Yue Zenghui, professor(T2, four-tier system), M.D, doctoral supervisor, postdoctoral co-supervisor. The first batch of leading talents of TCM science and technology in the "14th Five-Year Plan" of Hunan Province, Hunan Excellent science and technology worker, has presided over 6 national projects, including 1 project of the
Topic:
Clinical and basic research of acupuncture and moxibustion in the treatment of primary insomnia
Zijian Wu
Wu Zijian, professor and doctoral supervisor at Anhui University of Chinese Medicine. He is Deputy Director of the Committee for Chronic Disease Management of China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, the Deputy Director of the Youth Committee of China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, and a member of the Committee for the Research and Inheritance of Academic Schools of China Association of Acupuncture-
Topic:
History and current situation of inheritance education of Xin'an acupuncture and moxibustion
Zhixin Yang
Yang Zhixin, Ph.D, Professor, Adviser to Ph.D Candidates. Discipline leader of acupuncture and tuina science in Chengde Medical University. Vice President of Hebei Key Laboratory of Nerve Injury and Repair. She served as the editorial board member of Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion and Chinese Journal for Clinicians. Executive member of Clinical Branch of China Association of Acupuncture and Moxibust
Topic:
The complementary acupoints theory and the clinical appropriate technique of chogh
Yanjun Du
Du Yanjun, doctoral supervisor, from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine. Also, she is the member of International Education Working Committee of WFAS, the deputy director of Encephalopathy Scientific Specialized Committee of China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, the standing member of Acupuncture metrology and Treatment Committee of China Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, the member of the discipline and academic committee, the vice president of Hubei Provincial Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, etc.
She has accumulated rich clinical experience in treating on various pain syndromes, insomnia and gastrointestinal diseases. Her main research direction is focusing on prevention and treatment of senile diseases by acupuncture and moxibustion. She has successively presided over 10 programs including the project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, and provincial and ministerial projects. So far, she has published more than 60 academic papers, 16 books and textbooks.
Topic:
Current situation and trend analysis of acupuncture education research based on bibliometrics
Weiai Liu
Weiai Liu, M.D, Chief Physician and Doctoral Supervisor. She is current vice director of the Acupuncture-moxibustion, Tuina and Rehabilitation in The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also the vice director of Free Clinic Service Working Committee of World Federation of Acupuncture-Moxibustion Association. Dr. Liu mainly engaged in the research and clinical application of the adjustment function of acupuncture and moxibustion, presided 2 itemsof National Natural Science Foundation of China, got 3 provincial and ministerial-
Topic:
IVF-ET-acupuncture assisted treatment strategy
Shuzhong Gao
Gao Shuzhong, doctoral supervisor, former president of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Famous Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Qihuang Scholar. He is the academic leader of Chinese external treatment of high-level key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the vice president of Chinese Association of Acupuncture-Moxibustion, the Director of
Topic:
One Needle Therapy for Shoulder Periarthritis
Fuchun Wang
Wang Fuchun, doctoral supervisor, former president of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Famous Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Qihuang Scholar. He is the academic leader of Chinese external treatment of high-level key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the vice president of Chinese Association of Acupuncture
Topic:
Research and Development of Warm Uterus Pain Relieving Acupuncture Point Patch Based on the Modernization Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Yun Sun
Sun Yun, doctoral supervisor, former president of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Famous Chinese Medicine Practitioner, Qihuang Scholar. He is the academic leader of Chinese external treatment of high-level key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the vice president of Chinese Association of Acupuncture
Topic:
The Guiding Significance of Modern Tongue Diagnosis for Acupuncture and Medicine Combination Application
Hanwen Deng
Deng Hanwen, the Vice President and Academic Director of the NSW Association of Chinese Medicine Incorporated Australia, Member of International Communication Work Committee of WFAS, Executive Director of the Pulse Research Committee of WFCMS, Visiting Professor at Fujian University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Visiting Lecturer of the Master's Program in Traditional Chinese Medicine at Western Sydney University, and Off campus Clinical Guidance Teacher at Sydney Institute
Topic:
Retrospective analysis of left and right Yin and Yang pulses and Clinical Acupuncture Applications
Zhaohui Liu
Liu Zhaohui is the professor of Institute of Acupuncture and Moxibustion, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Teaching Department of Beijing International Acupuncture and Moxibustion Training Center. She is a member of International Communication Working Committee of WFAS, and Executive Director of Diabetes Committee of WFCMS. She was born in a medical family, academician Cheng Xinnong, a National
Topic:
New Thought of Treating Infectious Wound and Ulcer Due to Diabetes with Seven-Star Moxibustion
Zhaofeng Li
Li Zhaofeng, Associate Professor and Master's Supervisor of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is the Qilu Biancang Talent of Shandong Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She is also the reserve discipline leader of Chinese external treatment of high-level key disciplines of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Member and Vice Secretary General of International Communication Working Committee
Topic:
Can Acupuncture help patients with post-percutaneous coronary intervention?
Tianyi JIN
Tianyi JIN MOst –a registered osteopath in the UK with training in western medical acupuncture with the British Medical Acupuncture Society. Academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Medical Science and Medical Physics from University College London and a Masters in Osteopathy from Swansea University
Topic:
Osteopathic and acupuncture management of sacroiliac joint dysfunction in low back pain.
Qing ZHANG
Qing Zhang, Member of British Acupuncture council, fellow member of Association of tradition Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture UK, fellow Member of Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal medicine Alliance UK. She graduated from Jilin University, Beijing Chinese Medicine University. She is a council member of Institute of scalp acupuncture UK, a council member of international Chinese medicine Gao Fang association, a council member of international Chinese medicine gynecology professional committee.
Topic:
TCM Treatment Strategy in Thin Endometrial Lining
Jun XU
Jun Xu，
• 1980 ~ 1986 studied in Medicine Department (Bachelor of Medicine in English) of Shandong Medical University (now Shandong University), China; and worked at Beijing Medical University (now Beijing University) after graduation;
• In year 2000, he came to the UK to establish a TCM Centre. For over 20 years thereafter, he learned and/or upgraded various acupuncture methods;
• In September 2007 and June 2018, he performed pre-hospital first aid on international flight and on road side with success, and created his own first aid methods on sites, including "two methods and one acupoint". In 2018, he proposed the "Secondary Emergency Reaction Hypothesis" regarding non-medicinal pre-hospital first aid, and the "Contraindications of Acupoint DU26";
• In daily clinical practice, he endeavors to eliminate any potential "placebo effect" in acupuncture therapy via "de-suggestive" or "counter-suggestive" approach. In treating metabolic diseases gauged by laboratory test indicators, he explored the combination of "forward treatment" and "reverse treatment" so as to highlight the specific effects of acupuncture. In Year 2020, he proposed the "Autologous Reverse Control and Offsetting Control Hypothesis" for Evidence-Based Clinical Research of Acupuncture;
Topic:
Exploration of Pre-hospital First-aid From Perspective of Integrated Medicine
Cailong FANG
Dr Cailong Fang graduated from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine in 1987 with a Bachelor’s degree and gained his Master’s degree from Anhui University of Chinese Medicine in 1990. He had practiced Western Medicine and Acupuncture, Herb Medicine in Neurology,Respiratory and Gastroenterology wards for 8 years in Subei hospital in Yangzhou, China and was an assistant professor of Traditional Chinese medicine in Yangzhou University. He completed his PhD of neuropharmacology at Shanghai Jiaotong University in 2000. After 12 years working as a postdoctoral research scientist in Southampton University, King’s College London and Imperial College London, Involved in 13 peer-reviewed international publications in neuroscience, asthma and allergic disease, Dr Fang became a full-time acupuncturist and herbalist from 2014. He is interested in Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine in particular focus on finding mainly basic theory’s similarities and differences from the point of view of biomedical science between two different medical systems .
Topic:
Thoughts on the Essence of Qi and Blood in Meridians
Jin ZHENG
Jin Zheng, British TCM Practitioner, graduated in 1993 from Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a major in Acupuncture and Orthopedics. He worked clinically for 10 years at Tianjin Hospital in Tianjin. Since 2003, he has been running a TCM clinic in the UK. Currently, he serves as the Vice President and Secretary General of the European Alumni Association of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a member of the Academic Committee of the ATCM in the UK, and a student under Professor Zhu Miansheng in the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies' Master-Apprentice program.
Topic:
The essence of space-time acupuncture and NaZi method
Xuejun YU
Yu Xuejun , graduated from Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1992, and has learnt from the famous officer of Harbin Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Wang Yixin; the renowned orthopaedic master, Master Long Lianhua; the professor of Air Force Medical Centre, Hu Jinjiang; and the founder of China's intangible cultural heritage "Huang's Gentle Manipulation of Bone Setting", Huang Bingrong. Yu Xuejun used to work in the Physiotherapy Department of Heilongjiang Seafarers General Hospital, and was invited to work in Singapore in 2006. She has been working in the UK since 2012 and founded the Birmingham Harbin Clinic. She created the "Yu's Gentle Bone Setting and Tendon Release Technique
Topic:
Yu's Gentle Bone Setting and Tendon Release Technique
Suiyun HUANG
Dr. Suiyun Huang graduated from Guangxi Medical University and studied cardiology under Professor Yiliang Wu, a cardiology expert at Nanjing Medical University, where she learned various cardiac function examination techniques. She also served at Guangxi Chest Hospital (also known as Guangxi Longtan Hospital). In her journey of practicing Chinese medicine in the UK, she is grounded in the classics of traditional Chinese medicine, applying modern medical language to explain Chinese medicine, and seeking a path that integrates Chinese medicine into Western society in the UK. She has studied pulse diagnosis, tongue diagnosis, needle-knife, and floating needle medical knowledge under various teachers, including Li Shusen, Yin Hongchun, Yu Duncai, Chang Qiying, Xiao Dehua, and Fu Zhonghua. She currently operates her own Chinese medicine clinic in Yorkshire, UK
Topic:
Vagus nerve stimulation therapy in Chinese Medicine
CECILIA LUCENTI
Cecilia Lucenti is a medical doctor and acupuncturist graduates with the highest ratings in medicine at the University of Siena and in singing at the Conservatory of Siena.
During the university years she became passionate about Acupuncture and Chinese medicine, graduating from the Traditional Acupuncture School of Florence, followed by a master's degree in Acupuncture the University of Florence and one in Auriculotherapy at the University of Paris.
She has been a direct student of international major masters from which she learned both different acupuncture techniques and their neurophysiological implications; among the others Toshikatsu Yamamoto, Zhu Ming Qing, Jason Hao, Poney Chiang and David Alimi.
She worked at Pitigliano Hospital (Toscana), the first public hospital in Italy to use acupuncture on hospitalized patients, where she worked in neurological and orthopedic rehabilitation.
From 2018 to 2022 she was scientific director of a University postgraduate Course - the first in Italy - about acupuncture in neurology (University of Siena). In 2025 she will direct the same course at UPO – University of Eastern Piemonte Italy.
Dr. Lucenti currently leads a clinical trial of acupuncture in neurological rehabilitation at the Auxilium Vitae Institute for the Volterra Foundation Researches on neurological rehabilitation, neglect, dysphagia and language disorders.
In collaboration with Lilt Siena she is carrying out a pioneering pediatric neuro-acupuncture program, with important results in the treatment of serious neurodevelopmental disorders both physical and cognitive.
She has collaborated with athletes and sports teams with which he won numerous national and international titles and her sports acupuncture lessons are hosted on the international Net of Knowledge platform.
Dr Lucenti is a specialist in training of medical doctors with numerous seminars and courses and she was a guest speaker in scientific congresses and important institutions, among the others: the Toscana Region, Fondazione Don Luigi Novarese, Siaf International School of High Training and the Swiss Cantonal Hospital.
She is President and Founder of AMI (Integrated Medical Acupuncture) a non-profit association that promotes the knowledge and integration of acupuncture through awareness, best practices and clinical use. The Association also promotes historical and bibliographical research on Acupuncture with DAI (documentation on Italian acupuncture), creating opportunities for study and comparison on medical acupuncture both with patients and with scientific and political institutions.
Dr. Lucenti has published for Aracne Editrice "Acupuncture and Science" and for AMI Publishing "Stories of neurological acupuncture".