Translation and Dissemination of Chinese Medicine

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