Call for Abstracts
You are most welcome to submit an abstract for e-poster presentation and participate in Poster Presentation Competition to win a cash prize of HK$500. The submission period is from 26 April to 01 June 2021 (HKT).
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It is our great pleasure to announce that the “International Conference on Aging Research in Chinese Medicine: Musculoskeletal and Neurological Degeneration and Repair (ICARCM)” (中医药抗衰老国际会议: 肌肉、骨骼及神经退行性病变与修复) will be staged virtually via Zoom on 23 July 2021.
Registration
Interested personnel can register through the below link by 16 July 2021.
Conference Details
The conference is organized by School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK. The main themes of the conference are acupuncture and Chinese medicines for the prevention and treatment of aging-related disorders in muscle, bone and brain. Our target audiences are Chinese medicine practitioners, neurologists, musculoskeletal physicians, as well as other scientists and health professionals with interests in the prevention and treatment of age-related degenerative disorders with Chinese medicine. An array of international and local speakers will present in the conference, including (as of early-April):
Keynote Speakers
Musculoskeletal Degenerative Disorders
Enlightenment of rare endocrine diseases for diagnosis and treatment of common diseases (内分泌临床罕见病对于常见病的诊疗启示)
Prof. Xianghang LUO (罗湘杭教授)
Professor and Director, Endocrinology Research Center, Department of Endocrinology, Xiangya Hospital of Central South University
RANKL and its signalling pathways: therapeutic targets for osteolytic diseases (RANKL蛋白及信号通路：溶骨性病变治疗靶标)
Prof. Jiake XU (徐家科教授)
Winthrop Professor and Head of the Division of Regenerative Medicine, School of Biomedical Science, at the University of Western Australia
Neurological Degenerative Disorders
Mechanisms of neuroprotection by Centella asiatica in normal and pathological aging
Prof. Amala SOUMYANATH
Director and Professor, NIH funded BENFRA Botanical Dietary Supplements Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University
Target-based and non-target-based AD therapeutic development using Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine (靶标与非靶标路径的中医药抗阿尔茨海默病研发)
Prof. Gang CHEN (陈刚教授)
Professor and Director, Center for Translational Systems Biology and Neuroscience, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine
Invited Speakers
Musculoskeletal Degenerative Disorders
Tibial Cortex Transverse Transport (TTT): an innovative minimally invasive surgery for managing severe diabetic foot ulcers (胫骨皮质骨横向搬移术:一种创新的治疗严重糖尿病足部溃疡的微创手术)
Prof. Gang LI (李刚教授)
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Use of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi for management of musculoskeletal health (中药女贞子对肌肉骨骼健康管理的应用)
Prof. Man-sau WONG (黄文秀教授)
Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology; Associate Dean of Faculty of Applied Science and Textiles, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Multivariate Evaluation of Exercise Training Intervention on muscle atrophy and muscle regeneration during Aging (运动/锻炼功法干预增龄性肌肉萎缩及肌肉再生多元评估研究)
Prof. Xuemeng XU (许学猛教授)
Professor and Vice President, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Prevention and treatment of early stage osteoarthritis (早期骨关节炎的防治)
Prof. Yuxin ZHENG (郑昱新教授)
Associate Professor and Chief Surgeon, Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Shuguang Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine treatment of knee osteoarthritis - Sichuan Province Hospital orthopedic experience sharing (膝骨关节炎的中医治疗 – 四川省中医院骨科经验分享)
Prof. Yong HUANG (黄勇教授)
Associate Professor and Associate Chief Surgeon, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Neurological Degenerative Disorders
Hif-1 α attenuates ischemic brain damage via modulation of inflammatory response and glial activity (缺氧诱导因子-1 α 基于调控炎症反应和胶质活性来改善缺血性脑损伤)
Prof. Marong FANG (方马荣教授)
Professor, Institute of Neuroscience, Zhejiang University School of Medicine
Restoration of mitochondrial bioenergetics and activation of proteasome medicated degradation of α- synuclein mutant as new targets for neuroprotection (神经保护新机制：靶向线粒体生物能的恢复和启动蛋白酶体介导的α- synuclein突变体的降解)
Prof. Ming-Yuen Simon LEE (李铭源教授)
Distinguished Professor, State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine and Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, University of Macau
Oxidative and redox signaling: Insight into therapeutic targets for neuroprotection and brain repair in Chinese medicine (氧化还原信号在中医药治疗脑卒中减轻神经损伤和促进脑修复的意义)
Prof. Jiangang SHEN (沈剑刚教授)
Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Probing Sulforaphene as an Agent for Alzheimer’s Disease: Evaluation of Its Efficacy and Molecular Mechanisms (探讨莱菔素抗阿尔茨海默病的作用及分子机制研究)
Prof. Yanfang XIAN (冼彦芳教授)
Research Assistant Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Acupuncture for cancer pain – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Dr. Brian MAY
Senior Research Fellow, China-Australia International Research Centre for Chinese Medicine, School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, RMIT University
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Organizer
School of Chinese Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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Website: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/scm/icarcm/
Co-organizers
• School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
• Chinese Medicine Experimental Pharmacology Branch of Chinese Association of Chinese Medicine
• Hong Kong Association of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology
• CAPS-Committee of Chinese Medicine for Brain Homeostasis
• Hong Kong Association for Integration of Chinese-Western Medicine
• The Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Specialty Clinic cum Clinical Teaching and Research Centre
• Law Sau Fai Institute For Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases, Hong Kong Baptist University
Sponsors
• Ma Man Fai Chinese Medicine Education Fund
• New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Wu Yee Sun College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• United College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
