Speakers

Zhaoxiang Bian

Chair Professor in Chinese Medicine, Associate Vice-President, Associate Director of Institute of Creativity

Director of Clinical Division, School of Chinese Medicine

Director of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clincal Study Centre at Hong Kong Baptist University

Talk: Characteristics and challenges for clinical trial with Chinese medicine Prof. Bian Zhaoxiang had been educated in Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Beijing University of TCM and Guangzhou University of TCM; and was conferred...

Jon Clardy

Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Program Co-director at Harvard Medical School

Talk: Chemical biology and natural product based drug discovery Prof. Jon Clardy obtained his BS degree from Yale University and his PhD from Harvard University – both in chemistry. He has served on the faculties of Iowa State University and Cornell...

Abigail Sloan Devlin

Assistant Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology

Topic: Gut Microbiome Dr. Sloan Devlin was born and raised in Mystic, CT. She received her A.B. degree in chemistry from Harvard College in 2006, where she conducted research in the laboratory of Andrew Myers. She was a member of the varsity sailing team...

Robert Everley

Instructor in the Department of Cell Biology/Director of Proteomics, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology

Topic: Proteomics Robert Everley is an Instructor in the Department of Cell Biology and the Director of Proteomics for the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology at Harvard Medical School. He received his PhD in Chemistry under Timothy Croley at Virginia...

Ted J. Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Talk: Placebo effects in Western and traditional medicine Ted J. Kaptchuk is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic...

Nitzan Koppel

Graduate Student in Balskus Lab, Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department at Harvard University

Topic: Xenobiotics Metabolism Nitzan Koppel earned her BS degree in Chemical Biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2010. At Berkeley, she conducted research in the laboratory of Michael Marletta where she characterized unnatural amino...

Min Li

Professor & Director of School of Medicine at Hong Kong Baptist University

Talk: Neuroprotective drug discovery based on TCM clinical practice Prof. Min Li obtained a bachelor’s degree from Henan University of Chinese Medicine in 1985, a master’s degree from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in 1988 in China, and a PhD...

Weidong Lu

Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Osher Research Center

Lead oncology acupuncturist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Talk: Integrating acupuncture into conventional cancer treatment, a practice model at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Weidong Lu, MB, MPH, PhD is an Oncology Acupuncturist and the Oncology Acupuncture Team Leader at Leonard P. Zakim Center for Integrative...

Aiping Lyu

Chair Professor of Integrated Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine

Director of Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases

Dean of School of Chinese Medicine

Talk: Overview of TCM therapy and TCM classification of syndromes of diseases Professor Lyu Aiping is Chair Professor & Dean of School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Director of Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone &...

Danielle Margalit

Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology at Harvard Medical School

Staff Physician for the Head and Neck Oncology Program

Director of Radiation Oncology for the Merkel Cell Carcinoma Center, Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Talk: Integrating acupuncture into conventional cancer treatment, a practice model at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Dr. Margalit received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and completed her residency in radiation oncology at the Harvard...

Charles N. Serhan

Director of Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Reperfusion Injury at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Simon Gelman Professor of Anaesthesia (Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology) at Harvard Medical School

Talk: Resolvins and Pro-Resolving Receptor Mechanisms in Inflammation and Infections Charles Serhan is the Simon Gelman Professor of Anaesthesia (Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Oral Medicine, Infection and...

Artem Sokolov

Director of Informatics and Modeling, Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology

Topic: Informatics Tools Artem Sokolov completed his PhD in Computer Science and Bioinformatics at Colorado State University under the supervision of Asa Ben-Hur, with whom he worked on developing novel state-of- the-art methods for protein function...