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The First ITMCTR Advisory Group Conference Was Held in Beijing
On December 12th, The First ITMCTR (International Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Registry) Advisory Group Conference was held in Beijing. Sixteen international experts from eight countries and regions around the world participated and discussed the further development of ITMCTR by online and on-site means. Ghassan KARAM, technical officer of World Health Organization, and HUANG Luqi, vice commissioner of National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine attended the meeting and delivered speeches. More than forty representatives from National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, The Chinese Cochrane Center, and China Center for Evidence Based Traditional Chinese Medicine attended the meeting as well. Being the first advisory group conference convened by ITMCTR since its establishment in February this year, the meeting aims to enhance the international academic influence of ITMCTR and promote the high-quality development of traditional medicine clinical research on a global scale.
Prof HUANG LuQi delivered a speech.
Prof WANG YanPing released the member list of The First ITMCTR Advisory Group.
At the opening ceremony of the conference on the morning of the 12th, Prof WANG YanPing, Secretary of the Party Branch of Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences released the member list of The First ITMCTR Advisory Group, and Prof HUANG LuQi issued the appointment certificate to the chair of advisory group, marking the official establishment of the international think tank platform of ITMCTR. Prof GOH Cheng Soon introduced the current status of development of traditional and complementary medicine in Malaysia.
Prof HUANG LuQi issued the appointment certificate to Prof ZHANG Qi.
At the meeting on the afternoon of the 12th, domestic and foreign members jointly reviewed and revised the charter of Terms of Reference of the ITMCTR Advisory Committee, discussed the content of Handbook For Traditional Chinese Medicine Trials Registry, and held consultations on the promotion mechanism of ITMCTR. All agendas have reached consensus, indicating the direction for the next step of ITMCTR work.
Group photo of members of the Advisory Committee.
Prof GOH Cheng Soon delivered a speech.
Members of the Advisory Group (The list is in alphabetical order by last name)
Qi ZHANG (Chair)
Department of Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine, WHO
Rudolf BAUER
University of Graz, Austria
Zhaoxiang BIAN
Hong Kong Baptist University
Bin CAO
China-Japan Friendship Hospital
Elaine ELISABETSKY
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Cheng Soon GOH
Traditional and Complementary Medicine Division, Ministry of Health Malaysia
De-an GUO
Shanghai Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Luqi HUANG
China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Michiho ITO
Ministry of Health of Japan, Labour and Welfare
Ji-Soo KIM
College of Medicine, Seoul National University
Wingman KO
Standing Committee Member of the National Committee of the CPPCC
Fang LIU
West China Hospital, Sichuan University
Sven SCHRÖDER
Quality Circle for Acupuncture and TCM of the Hamburg Medical Chamber
Muhammad Raza SHAH
Chemical Society of Pakistan and Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh
Hongcai SHANG
Dongfang Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine
Yanping WANG
Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences