Dr. Russell Jaffe received his BS, MD and Ph.D from the Boston University School of Medicine in 1972 and residency in clinical chemistry at the National Institutes of Health (1973 – 1976). He is board certified in Clinical and Chemical Pathology and has considerable expertise in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncture, active meditation, homeopathy, and manipulative arts. Dr. Jaffe started the Health Studies Collegium, a think tank that focuses on sustainable solutions to global health needs and is the Lab Director of ELISA/ACT Biotechnologies that offers the only lymphocyte response assay for detecting delayed hypersensitivities and is CEO of PERQUE Integrative Health, a company that offers the world premier nutraceuticals and scientifically proven, integrative health solutions speeding the transition from sick care to healthful caring.

Nutritional Immunology, Evoking the Human Healing Response, Treatment protocols for chronic, autoimmune illness

Prof. Calvin Yu-Chian Chen (陳語謙) is an advisor and professor in China Medical University and Asia University. He also serves as a PI in Harvard medical school and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an adjunct professor in Zhejiang University. He had built the world’s largest traditional Chinese medicine database (http://tcm.cmu.edu.tw/) and the world’s first cloud-computing CADD system (http://iScreen.cmu.edu.tw/). He also built a world first integrated TCM and combine docking, molecular dynamics cloud-computing systems, iSMART(http://iSmart.cmu.edu.tw/). Prof. Chen’s laboratory focuses on interdisciplinary issues, such as bioinformatics, systems biology, chemoinformatics, and pharmainformatics, and investigates biological problems by means of mathematic, physical, chemical, and computational methods.

bioinformatics, systems biology, chemoinformatics, and pharmainformatics, and investigates biological problems by means of mathematic, physical, chemical, and computational methods.

Prof. Xiao has been engaging in translational medicine of TCM. He has presided over 20 items of state key foundations, such as National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, State “863” Project and “973” Project etc. He carried out research and development of 5 new drugs. Besides, he was awarded two items of the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress.More than 300 academic papers were published in domestic or abroad. Under his guidance, more than 80 postgraduate students got their doctoral or master degrees.

Traditional Chinese Medicine, Translational Medicine

Sharique is the President of Holistic Health Care & Research Organization, India. He is the professor of Unani Medicine with teaching and Training Experience of 21 yrs. Visiting Faculty for the Unani Medicine in the courses of M.Sc. Bioanalytical Sciences and Herbal Sciences in some Institutes at Mumbai. He also worked as Principal & Superintendent of Dr. M. I. J. Tibbia Unani Medical College & H.A.R.K. Hospital Mumbai. He is Chief Editor of \"Holistic Healthcare & Research\" an International quarterly peer reviewed journal of health sciences. He is a guide of M.D. students in experimental and Clinical Research. His research interests are Unani medicine, Ayurveda, pharmacognosy, phytochemistry, clinical protocol designing and supervision in research programs on Herbal Medicine; designing of experimental models on pharmacological activity of natural drugs on animals; pharmaceutical preparations and standardization of natural (plant, animal & mineral) drugs and their compound formulations; psychopharmacological research and Aromatherapy with natural aroma oils. He has been awarded by many International organizations for his contribution in Unani Medicine and Research. He wrote a Book on Unani Medicine and many of his books are under process of Compilation. Special interest in writing, compilation and editing of books; holistic concepts of nutrition, recipes, sports medicine and physical education, energy medicine, holistic psychology. He has presented many Research Papers in the National and International Conferences and also attended so many conferences as a Chair and Key Note Speaker.

Dr. Li H H is a Professor in phytochemistry and molecular biology at Guangdong Key Lab of Biotechnology for Plant Development, College of Life Sciences, South China Normal University, since 2005. Before current position, he worked as a researcher for 7 years in Japan at Kagoshima University, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Plant Ecochemicals Project), University of Tokyo (Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences) and Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Frontier Research Programs, RIKEN). He had 2-year postdoc experience in USA at Eleanor Roosevelt Institute for Cancer Research, and 8-year industrial experience in Canada as technical manager for a food company. He received his Master degree in plant physiology from South China Normal University and PhD degree in agriculture from Kagoshima University, Japan. He published more than 50 research articles in plant physiology and molecular biology, allelochemicals, and natural food and medicinal chemistry.

Medicinal Chemistry, Allelochemicals and Plant Physiology

Dr. Zhi-Ling Yu obtained a Bachelor degree of Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine from Henan College of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China and a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry from Hong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. Currently Dr. Yu is studying anticancer, antiinflammation and antifatty liver Chinese herbs using molecular biology approaches in Hong Kong Baptist University as an associate professor.

Dr.Spiros Kivellos, is a Medical Doctor, G.P.Homeopath, General Secretary of Research of International Academy of Classical Homeopathy. He has introduced Homeopathy into the Greek National Health System, practicing Homeopathy in the Headache Clinic of “G.Gennimatas” Athens General Public Hospital for the last nine years. His study on the therapeutic effects of Homeopathy on migraine patients was presented at the International Headache Congress (London 2008). He is the director of the “Centre of Classical Homeopathy”, supervisor of several Homeopathic doctors and has been teaching Homeopathy at different Postgraduate University courses.

Yonghua Wang is a full professor major in Systems Pharmacology at Northwest A &F University, China and is a visiting professor at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. Prof. Wang has devoted his research to systems pharmacology, particularly developing methods to understand mechanisms of action for herbs and plant-origin drug discovery by systems biology methods. He is the author or coauthor of 84 scientific papers, book chapters and 17 abstracts. He has applied for 9 patents for new drugs and 3 of them have been authorized. He serves as the Associate Editor for the international journal microRNA and a memember of the editorial board of Journal of Bioequivalence & Bioavailability.

Pharmacology

Professor Chen Jia-xu, MD, PhD, is native of Hubei, China. Professor Chen received his first degree in Chinese Medicine from the Hubei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and obtained his master’s and PhD degrees from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM). He is a state approved doctoral supervisor, and director of state-level subject of Chinese Medicine Diagnosis in BUCM. He is one of the best-known and highly respected practitioners and teachers in BUCM with many years of professional experience. Dr. Chen has spent virtually his entire career at this prestigious university, where he has been teaching, conducting research, and practicing at the hospital since 1988. Professor Chen’s research interests focus on the standardization of Chinese medicine diagnosis, He has published more than 200 articles and obtained many awards in recent years. In 2004 his Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine was awarded as the National Elaborate Course from the Ministry of Education of China, and then was supported by the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists in 2008.

Traditional Chinese Medicine

Dr. Maryam Farooqui is a pharmacist and a Senior lecturer at Faculty of Pharmacy, UiTM, Pulau Pinang. Her research area focused on investigating the role of Complementary and Alternative Medicines in Oncology care. She completed her undergraduate studies at University of Karachi, Pakistan and received bachelor in pharmacy (B.Pharm) during the year 2000. She obtained her Masters in clinical pharmacy (M.Pharm, Clinical) from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in 2005. She recently completed her doctorate (Ph.D) in pharmacy practice from Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy (DSAP), school of pharmaceutical sciences, USM. She has been actively involved in qualitative investigations on understanding the behavior of cancer patients towards the use of CAM for cancer and CAM use disclosure to the modern health care practitioners. She is also involved in investigating the Health Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) of cancer patients and their CAM use. Dr. Maryam has published a number of scientific papers on a variety of CAM therapies and its use among cancer patients. Currently she is involved in various CAM projects specifically on Malaysian doctors’ perceptions towards CAM and its integration into the modern health care system.

Dr. V. Duraipandiyan, is Botany and ethnopharmacology graduated from University of Madras, Chennai.  He has published many articles in the peer reviewed journal. He worked as scientist at Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, and University of Madras. At present he is working as Research Professor at Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia. He is very interested in anticancer, antidiabetic and antimycobacterial drug discovery from plants and microbes.