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)” (中醫藥抗衰老國際會議: 肌肉、骨骼及神經退行性病變與修復) 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 (內分泌臨床罕見病對於常見病的診療啟示)
Prof. Xianghang LUO (羅湘杭教授)
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蛋白及信號通路：溶骨性病變治療靶標)
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 (靶標與非靶標路徑的中醫藥抗阿爾茨海默病研發)
Prof. Gang CHEN (陳剛教授)
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 (脛骨皮質骨橫向搬移術:一種創新的治療嚴重糖尿病足部潰瘍的微創手術)
Prof. Gang LI (李剛教授)
Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Use of Fructus Ligustri Lucidi for management of musculoskeletal health (中藥女貞子對肌肉骨骼健康管理的應用)
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 (運動/鍛煉功法干預增齡性肌肉萎縮及肌肉再生多元評估研究)
Prof. Xuemeng XU (許學猛教授)
Professor and Vice President, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Guangdong Second Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
Prevention and treatment of early stage osteoarthritis (早期骨關節炎的防治)
Prof. Yuxin ZHENG (鄭昱新教授)
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 (膝骨關節炎的中醫治療 – 四川省中醫院骨科經驗分享)
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 (缺氧誘導因數-1 α 基於調控炎症反應和膠質活性來改善缺血性腦損傷)
Prof. Marong FANG (方馬榮教授)
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 (神經保護新機制：靶向線粒體生物能的恢復和啟動蛋白酶體介導的α- synuclein突變體的降解)
Prof. Ming-Yuen Simon LEE (李銘源教授)
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 (氧化還原信號在中醫藥治療腦卒中減輕神經損傷和促進腦修復的意義)
Prof. Jiangang SHEN (沈劍剛教授)
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 (探討萊菔素抗阿爾茨海默病的作用及分子機制研究)
Prof. Yanfang XIAN (冼彥芳教授)
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
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact the Conference Secretariat at Email住址會使用灌水程式保護機制。你需要啟動Javascript才能觀看它.
Sincerely,
Organizer
School of Chinese Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 3943 9259
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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
