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Translation and Dissemination of Chinese Medicine
The UCLA Center for East-West Medicine and the Confucius Institute presents a conference workshop on Chinese medicine.
Where
Program Overview
9:00 am:
Introductory Remarks and Welcome
Ka-Kit Hui, MD (Director of the UCLA Center for East-West Medicine)
9:00-9:30 am:
Keynote speech:
The Current Status of Translation & Dissemination of Chinese Medicine in China
Li Zhao-Guo, PhD (Professor, Foreign Language College, Shanghai Normal University, China)
9:30 am-10 am: The Current Status of Translation & Dissemination of Chinese Medicine in the U.S.
Sonya Pritzker, PhD, LAc (Assistant Researcher, UCLA CEWM)
10 am-12 pm: Panels on Education and Publishing
Education
Bob Damone, MS, LAc
Academic Dean
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
Terry Courtney, MPH, LAc
Dean, School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Bastyr University
Tsueyhwa Lai, DAOM, LAc
Doctoral Clinic and Instructional Coordinator
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine
Eric Brand, MS, LAc
Author & Translator
Paradigm Publications
Brenda Hood, PhD
Associate Professor
National College of Natural Medicine
Publishing
Robert L. Felt
Editor
Paradigm Publications
Angelika-M. Findgott
Editor
Thieme Publishers
Marilyn Allen, MS
Editor
Acupuncture Today
12 pm-1 pm: Lunch (served at the UCLA Faculty Center)
1 pm-3:30 pm: Work Groups
(Education, Publishing, Clinical Practice, and Information Management)
3:30 pm-3:45 pm: Break
3:45 pm-4:45 pm
Practical Steps Towards the Improvement of Translation and Dissemination of Chinese Medicine in the U.S.
10-15 minute presentations from each work-group
4:45 pm-5 pm:
Closing Remarks
Ka-Kit Hui, MD
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