Invitation to Herbalists to the Society for Acupuncture Research Conference

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Hi Lixing and Misha.

 

Looks good. Just a suggestion to break up a very long sentence into two (see

below).

 

Cheers,

 

Richard

 

 

 

 

 

TCMPaths [TCMPaths]

Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:28 AM

Richard Hammerschlag; LLao; TCMPaths;

saracupuncture; pat.culliton; DrBier;

helene.langevin; t_oleson; rosa_schnyer;

ksherman; pwayne

Re: quick edits to Lixing's letter

 

 

Dear Friends at Chinese Herbal Medicine:

As co-chair for the upcoming Society for Acupuncture Research Conference to be

held in

San Francisco in San Francisco in October, I am sending along the following

invitation to

participate. I have lobbied successfully for a special workshop called

`Challenges to

conducting research on Chinese herbal medicine'. There will also be both oral

and poster

presentations on Chinese herbal medicine research at this conference.

I encourage participation in this international event by Chinese

herbalists--this is an

important way to increase our relationships with university-based and

community-based

researchers in Chinese medicine and build towards more herbal studies that truly

reflect

the practice of Chinese herbal medicine.

Please contact me at TCMPaths if you would like to discuss this more

and, of

course, within this CHA forum.

Yours in health,

Misha

 

From the SAR Co-Presidents:

 

You are cordially invited to attend our 11th annual Society for Acupuncture

Research (SAR)

symposium to be held October 1-3, in San Francisco at the Radisson Miyako Hotel.

 

As you well know, research on acupuncture and Traditional (TCM)

is

crucial for promoting the integration of these ancient treatments into

mainstream

medicine. Following the landmark 1997 NIH Consensus Conference on Acupuncture,

SAR

has provided an annual forum for the presentation of newly emerging research

data on

acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. The 2004 Symposium continues this rich

tradition of keynote talks, oral and poster presentations and panel discussions.

 

Highlights of research to be presented include studies using state of the art

medical

technology, such as functional MRI and quantitative real-time ultrasound

imaging, to

explore acupuncture mechanisms. Results of large scale clinical trials of

acupuncture in

England and Germany will also be presented. This year's panel discussions will

focus on:

`Challenges to conducting research on Chinese herbal medicine', and `Designs for

community and acupuncture/TCM school based research'. You will also enjoy

taking part

in one of the special interest luncheon discussion groups.

 

Two distinguished speakers, Dr. Donald I. Abrams and Dr. Suzanne Dibble, will

give

keynote speeches. On Friday evening Dr. Abrams, Chief of Hematology-Oncology at

San

Francisco General Hospital, UCSF Professor of Medicine and a world renowned

HIV/AIDS

leader and researcher, will discuss " West Meets East: Issues in Researching TCM

and CAM

Interventions " . The talk will reflect his rich history of studying CAM and

herbal

interventions in both hospital and community-based settings. Dr. Dibble, UCSF

Associate

Professor from the UCSF Institute for Health and Aging whose focus is breast

cancer, aging

issues and lesbian health, will speak on the challenges for researchers in

studying Asian

medicine within a university setting in " Research Challenges of Acupressure and

Acupuncture Trials "

 

Another feature of this year's SAR Symposium will be a pre-conference half-day

workshop, `How to critique clinical trials of acupuncture', conducted by Drs.

Hugh

MacPherson and Richard Hammerschlag. The workshop is free if you are an SAR

affiliate.

Attached please find the brochure of the Symposium. You can also find more

information

at our website: acupunctureresearch.org

 

Please register today!

Should you have any questions regarding the Symposium and SAR, please e-mail us

at

saracupuncture.

 

We look forward to seeing you in San Francisco!

 

Helene Langevin Lixing Lao

Co-president Co-president