Revised Invitation to Herbalists to Society for Acupuncture Research Conference

[Guest guest]

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.

For registration to the Conference, please contact

saracupuncture.

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 Chinese

Medicine (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