People

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) is central at King’s CICM. We will listen to, collaborate with, and strive to serve the needs of patients and society.

We aspire to establish King’s CICM as:

• A strategic centre nurturing ICM talents and advancing innovation, including innovation in medical humanities and technologies, through research of excellence supported by philanthropic funding and other funding resources.
• A dynamic hub for exchange, collaboration and innovation among our
  • Staff, with expertise in studies of Ageing, AI and Digital Technologies, Cancer, Cardiology and Vascular Biology, Clinical Studies, ICM, Medical Statistics, Medicinal Chemistry, Nephrology, Pharmaceutical Science, and PPI — our expertise and research remit will grow as the King’s CICM initiative develops;
  • Honorary Advisors with complementary expertise in Acupuncture & TCM, Chinese Materia Medica and Herbal Medicine, Clinical Trial Design and Medical Statistics, Pharmacy, Pharmacognosy, Pharmacology, and PPI — our Honorary Advisors are international and national (UK) leaders of the TCM community and related studies.
    • Given China’s vast expertise and unique leadership in TCM and relevant studies, we risk honouring a few but missing many if we choose to appoint Honorary Advisors from Mainland China; to avoid this, we refrain from appointing Honorary Advisors from Mainland China (except for those playing leading roles at international societies, especially GP-TCM RA). Instead, we look forward to developing pragmatic collaborations and strive to be their preferred British collaborators.
  • Collaborators: From King’s CICM Fora, Website, Studies of Classic and Contemporary TCM Literature, to Clinical and Preclinical Research Projects, we will develop interregional, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral partnerships tailored to the needs of specific projects. This evolving collaborative ecosystem constitutes a defining feature of King’s CICM and serves as a fundamental pillar of our success, with its scope and impact growing in tandem with project advancement.

For each project, we shall appoint a steering committee to advise on quality control. This committee will be selected from Staff, Honorary Advisors, Collaborators and Stakeholders, depending on the needs of specific projects.

Staff

Director

The Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences Theme

• Prof Khuloud Al-Jamal, Professor of Drug Delivery & Nanomedicine and Head of Medicines Development, FoLSM, King’s College London; Head of Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Leading KCL-HKU Liaison:
  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/khuloud-al-jamal
  https://www.pharma.hku.hk/en/Department/From-Our-Head
• Prof Miraz Rahman, Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, FoLSM, King’s College London. Expert in Antimicrobial & Anticancer Drug Discovery: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/miraz-rahman
• Prof Eric CW So,  Professor and Chair in Leukaemia Biology, FoLSM, King’s College London.  Expert of Leukaemia and Stem Cell Biology Research:
  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/eric-cw-so

The Medical Humanity Theme

• Prof Fay Bound Alberti, Professor and Director, Centre for Technology and the Body, Professor in Modern History, King’s College London. Expert in  Sociology, Anthropology, Literary, Gender Theory, including Medical Humanity:
   https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/fay-bound-alberti
• Prof Chris Berry, Professor of Film Studies, Expert in Arts and Media Research; The CICM Liaison with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities:
  https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-chris-berry 

TCM expert 

• Ms Titta M. Laattala Lic.TCM, Dip.MQG, Dip.CHM, MPRTCM, MPRCHM, MRCHM, King’s College Health Centre, King’s College London; Board Member, Treasurer & Finance Officer, Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine, UK:
  https://jscm.uk/profile/titta-m-laattala/; https://www.rchm.co.uk/pages/directors-and-staff

Expert in Medical Statistics, AI and Digital Technology

• Prof Yanzhong Wang (王岩中), Professor of Statistics in Population Health, Head of Medical Statistics, King’s College London:  https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/yanzhong.wang

Patient and Public Involvement Advisor

• Ms Deborah Johnston, Patient Governor, Council of Governors of King’s College Hospital: 
  https://www.kch.nhs.uk/about/how-we-are-organised/council-of-governors/patient-governors/

Honorary Advisory Board

Chairman:

• Prof Tommy Yung-Chi Cheng (鄭永奇), Chairman, The Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM); Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven. https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/yung-chi-cheng/

Co-Chair:

• Prof Clara Bik-San Lau (劉碧珊), Past President and Board Member, Good Practice in Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP-TCM RA) and Secretary-General of the Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM); Professor in Phytomedicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp03300;jsessionid=EC3D17E73A138C33C9C881C87FF5B61E

Board members:

Leaders of Professional Societies and Leading Experts in TCM and Acupuncture (n=20)

• Prof Zanyu Chen (陳贊育), President of the Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, UK; Professor, Phoenix Academy of Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine; Chief editor of the Journal of Chinese Medicine in the UK. https://ftcmp.co.uk/en/team/zanyu-chen/; https://phoenixtcm.org.uk/teachers/zan-yu-chen/
• Prof Yibin Feng (冯奕斌), Professor and Director, School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. https://scm.hku.hk/Views/People/English-ProfessorYibinFeng.html
• Mr Alex Jacobs, CEO, The British Acupuncture Council. https://www.daomedicine.com/aboutalexjacobs; https://acupuncture.org.uk/news/important-developments-in-acupuncture-world-conference-on-traditional-medicine-december-2024/
• Prof Dan Jiang (江丹), Professor of Phoenix Academy of Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine; Senior TCM practitioner, Acu-Herb Consultant Sheffield, UK. Elected as one of the 22 Overseas TCM Grand Masters worldwide in 2024. https://www.jiangacu-herbconsultant.com; https://phoenixtcm.org.uk/teachers/dr-dan-jiang/
• Mr Martin John, President, Register of Chinese Herbal Medicine (RCHM). https://www.elementhealthcare.co.uk/about_martin_john; https://www.rchm.co.uk/pages/directors-and-staff
• Prof Songxuan Ke (柯松軒), Principal and Professor, Asante Academy of Chinese Medicine; President, British Society of Chinese Medicine. https://asante-academy.com
• Prof Zhixiu Lin (林志秀), Professor and Director, School of Chinese Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Director, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine. https://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/staff/professor-lin-zhixiu
• Dr Xin Lu (鹿馨), Executive-President, World Traditional Medicine Forum. https://www.derbyshiretcm.com/about; http://www.worldtmf.org
• Prof Aiping Lyu (呂愛平), Professor in Chinese Medicine; Former President of the GP-TCM RA; Vice-President (R&D), the Hong Kong Baptist University; Dean of Graduate School and Acting Dean of the School of Chinese Medicine of the Hong Kong Baptist University.
  https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/en/about/university-officers/Professor-Lyu-Aiping.html
• Prof Nicola Robinson, Emeritus Professor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrated Health, London South Bank University, UK; Visiting Professor Centre for Evidence-based Chinese medicine, Beijing University of Chinese medicine; Honorary Editor-in-Chief, European Journal of Integrative Medicine; Founding Board Member, GP-TCM RA.
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicola-Robinson
• Prof Jiangang Shen (沈劍剛), Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, The University of Hong Kong.
  https://scm.hku.hk/Views/People/ProfessorJiangangShen.html
• Prof Shulan Tang (湯淑蘭), Principal, Shulan College of Chinese Medicine, Manchester & Vice President of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies Gynaecology committee.
  https://www.shulan-college.co.uk
• Dr Tiejun Tang (唐鐵軍), President, Chinese Medicine Alliance UK; Vice Chairman of the World Traditional Medicine Forum. In 2024, elected as one of the 22 Overseas TCM Grand Masters worldwide.
  https://www.thecmauk.org/season; https://www.harleystreetchineseacupuncture.co.uk/about
• Dr Tianjun Wang (王天俊), Principal, London Academy of Chinese Acupuncture; Honorary President of Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alliance UK; Guest Professor of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine; Director
  of TJ Acupuncture Ltd; President of the Academy of Scalp Acupuncture UK; Chairman of the UK TCM Forum.
  https://www.tjacupuncture.co.uk/about; https://www.cahma.co.uk
• Dr Jidong Wu (吳繼東), Senior Acupuncturist and TCM Practitioner, Cambridge Chinese Medicine, UK; Member of the Herbal Medicine Advisory Committee of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), UK.
  https://www.cambridgetcm.co.uk/
• Dr Mei Xing (邢玫), President, The Association of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture, UK; Vice-President, World Federation of AcupunctureMoxibustion Societies). https://www.atcm.co.uk/member/mrs-mei-xing-copy
• Prof Guanhu Yang (楊觀虎), Clinical Professor of Specialty Medicine Department, Ohio University, USA; Deputy Editor-in-chief, New England Journal of Chinese Medicine. https://www.acupuncturecincinnati.com
• Dr Liuzhong Ye (叶柳忠), President, Chinese Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine Alliance, UK. https://www.cahma.co.uk/find-a-practitioner/user/103/
• Dr Bing-Sheng Yuan (袁炳勝), Vice-President, Federation of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners, UK.
  https://ftcmp.co.uk/doctor/yuan-bing-sheng/
• Dr Lian-Ting Zhao, Senior TCM Practitioner at Herbal China Health Beauty Clinic; a specialist of the combination of Acupuncture with Medical Qigong. https://www.treatwell.co.uk/place/herbal-china-health-beauty-clinic/

Experts in Chinese Materia Medica and Leaders of the Herbal Industry (n=9)

• Mr Abraham YL Chan (陳宇齡), Board Member, GP-TCM RA; Chairman, CEO and Executive Director of PuraPharm Corporation; Board Member of the GP-TCM RA, International Society of Oriental Medicine (ISOM); founding director and former president of the Modernize Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA). https://www.purapharm.com/people/chan-yu-ling-abraham/
• Mr George He (何朝華), Co-Treasurer, GP-TCM RA; Executive Director of the UK Centre of Chinese Medicine; Managing Director of Phoenix Medical Group; Principal of Phoenix Academy of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. https://ccmuk.org/our-team-ccmuk/
• Prof Kelvin Chan (陳金泉), Emeritus Professor in Natural Products & TCM Research, Liverpool John Moores University; Adjunct Professor in TCM Research at the National Institute of Complementary Medicine Health Research Institute of Western Sydney University, Australia; Visiting Professor at the Chengdu University of TCM, Chengdu, China; Founding Board Member, GP-TCM RA. https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-science/pharmacy-and-biomolecular-sciences/kelvin-chan
• Prof Yuan Shiun Chang (張永勳), Board Member, GP-TCM RA; Professor of Pharmacognosy, China Medical University, Taichung. . https://cmucia.cmu.edu.tw/doc/cv/yschang.pdf
• Dr Willow Liu (柳江华), President, American Association of Chinese Herbs; https://www.aachineseherbs.org
• Prof Monique Simmonds, OBE, Board Member and Former President, the GP-TCM RA; Director of Commercial Innovation Unit & Deputy Director of Science – Partnerships, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/people/monique-simmonds
• Dr Mei Wang (王梅), President and Board Member, GP-TCM RA; Founder and Chair, LU-European Center for Chinese Medicine and Natural Compounds, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, the Netherlands;.
  https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/plantsandmetabolomics/lecturers/m.-wang
• Dr Kaicun Zhao (趙凱存), Member of the Expert Advisory Groups on herbal medicines for British Pharmacopeia Commission and Member of the Herbal Medicine Advisory Committee of MHRA, UK.
  https://asante-academy.com/asante-academy-team/
• Prof Zhongzhen Zhao (趙中振), Former Vice-Dean and Emeritus Professor, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; In 2024, elected as one of the 22 Overseas TCM Grand Masters worldwide and the only one specialised in Chinese Materia Medica. https://zhaozhongzhen.com/our-story/

https://scm.hkbu.edu.hk/content/ito/en/_jcr_content.ssocheck.json?pathPdf=/content/dam/scm-assets/scm/expertise/academic-teaching-staff/pdf/ProfZhaoZhongzhen.pdf

Experts in Pharmacology and Pharmacognosy (n=10)

• Prof Rudolf Bauer (鮑儒德), Board Member and Founding President of the GP-TCM RA; Former President of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Products Research (GA) and the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE); Chair, TCM Working Party of the European Pharmacopoeia; Emeritus Professor of Pharmacognosy, University of Graz, Austria. https://pharmazie.uni-graz.at/en/research/pharmacognosy/bauer-rudolf-univ.-prof.-dr.rer.nat.-ddr.h.c./
• Prof Tommy Yung-Chi Cheng (鄭永奇), Chairman of the Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM); Henry Bronson Professor of Pharmacology, Yale University, New Haven. https://medicine.yale.edu/profile/yung-chi-cheng/
• Prof Pierre Duez, Board Member of the GP-TCM RA; Emeritus Professor of Pharmacognosy, University of Mons, Belgium; member of the European Pharmacopoeia TCM working party, of the EMA, of the Belgian Commissions of Pharmacopoeia and Registration of Herbal Medicines. https://staff.umons.ac.be/pierre.duez/activitesEn.html
• Prof Thomas Efferth, Board Member, GP-TCM RA; Professor and Director, Institute of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences; Editor-in-Chief, Phytomedicine; Johannes Gutenberg University. https://ak-efferth.pharmazie.uni-mainz.de/people/head-of-department/
• Prof Tai-Ping Fan (樊台平), Treasurer and Board Member of the GP-TCM RA since 2012. Professor and Dean of School of Life & Health Sciences, Fuyao University of Science & Technology; Retired Head of Angiogenesis and Natural Product Laboratory, The University of Cambridge. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tai-Ping-Fan
• Prof Michael Heinrich, President of the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Products Research (GA) and Former President of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE); Professor of Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacognosy, University College London. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/34589-michael-heinrich
• Prof Clara Bik-San Lau (劉碧珊), Past President and Board Member, GP-TCM RA; Secretary-General of the Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM); Professor in Phytomedicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. https://hub.hku.hk/cris/rp/rp03300;jsessionid=EC3D17E73A138C33C9C881C87FF5B61E
• Prof Simon Ming-Yuen Lee (李銘源), President-Elect of the GP-TCM RA Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
  https://www.polyu.edu.hk/fsn/people/academic-staff/prof-lee-mingyuen-simon/
• Prof Ge Lin (林鸽), Professor, School of Biomedical Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
  https://www3.sbs.cuhk.edu.hk/en/our_people/prof-lin-ge/
• Prof Xuanbin Wang (汪選斌), Board Member of the GP-TCM RA; Director of Hubei Key Laboratory of Wudang Local Chinese Medicine Research, deputy director of Biomedical Research Institute, and director of Laboratory of Chinese Herbal Pharmacology, Renmin Hospital in Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei. https://baike.baidu.com/item/汪选斌/56655180

Experts in Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy and Integrative Medicine (n=6)

• Dr Sukvinder Kaur Bhamra, Senior Lecturer in Clinical and Professional Practice, Medway School of Pharmacy, University of Kent. https://msp.ac.uk/person/sukvinder-bhamra/
• Dr Xiaoyang Hu, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton; Senior Advisor, NIHR Research Support Service; Co-Chair, Clinical Studies Interest Group, the GP-TCM RA. https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5xgvxq/doctor-xiao-yang-mio-hu
• Dr Jeffrey B Kopp, Consulting Nephrologist, Former Chief, Kidney Disease Section, Kidney Diseases Branch, NIDDK, NIH, USA. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=s4RbI4UAAAAJ&hl=en
• Dr Merlin Willcox, General Practitioner, Clinical Lecturer and Principal Research Fellow, University of Southampton.
  https://www.southampton.ac.uk/people/5xj7rn/doctor-merlin-willcox
• Prof Vivian T Wong (黃譚智媛), JP, Board Member of the GP-TCM RA; Honorary Professor, LKS Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong. https://scm.hku.hk/files/People/vwong.pdf
• Prof Bin Yang (楊斌), Senior Research Scientist, University Hospitals of Leicester; Honorary Professor in Renal Medicine, University of Leicester. https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/people/academic

Experts in Clinical Trial Design and Medical Statistics (n=1)

• Prof Duolao Wang (王多勞), Chair Professor in Biostatistics, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine: https://www.lstmed.ac.uk/about/people/professor-duolao-wang

Experts in Medical Humanity and PPI (n=5)

• Mr Shirong Chen (陳時榮), Editor-in-chief, Templar Global Media; Managing Editor, Foremost 4 Media Limited 英国富中传媒. https://www.linkedin.com/in/shirong-chen-6a7b3735/?originalSubdomain=uk

• Ms Lily Po Chuen Kot, Financier.
• Prof Vivienne Lo (罗维前), Professor, Department of History and the convenor of the UCL China Centre for Health and Humanity, University College London, UK. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/china-health/people/dr-vivienne-lo
• Dr Hong Lu (盧紅), OBE, Former Deputy Director, Confucius Institute for Business, London School of Economics.
• Ms Rosalyn Hui Zhang (张卉), Certified Specialist in Grief Recovery and Holistic Nutritionist, Entrepreneur and Author.
  https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B09FL2ZZK5?ingress=0&visitId=8c3a2b76-dc21-4e9b-bda0-4248d9acac39

CICM Collaborators and Partners

Collaborators, at institutional, corporate and individual levels, will be continuously identified to match the needs of King’s and KHP Staff to drive progress together.

Examples of a few collaborating projects are as follows.

• The Inaugural Forum of the King’s CICM Initiative 2.0 held on 5th January 2025
  • Spearheaded by Dr Qihe Xu (King’s CICM Director), financially enabled by an anonymous £1000 gift from an Honorary Advisor, and co-organised through collaboration with the UK Centre of Chinese Medicine (Honorary Advisor Mr George He).
• The Development of the King’s CICM Website and Information Portal
  • Spearheaded by Mr Yunfeng Wu (China-Britain Business Resources Limited), funded by a £3000 gift from Phoenix Medical Ltd (Honorary Advisor Mr George He), supported by all King’s CICM Staff, Honorary Advisors and Stakeholders, and coordinated by Dr Qihe Xu.
• Cataloguing, Curation and Investigation of the British Library Classic TCM Literature
  • Spearheaded by Dr Lu Fu (Assistant Professor, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Visiting Scholar at King’s CICM Honorary Advisor Prof. Vivienne Lo’s Lab, University College London), advised by British Library staff (Ms Sara Chiesura, The British Library Lead Curator for East Asian Collections, and the Chinese curators Ms Han-lin Hsieh and Emma Harrison) and King’s CICM Honorary Advisors Prof Zhongzhen Zhao, Dr Tianjun Wang and Dr Kaicun Zhao, participated by a few other experts in China, Hong Kong and the USA, and coordinated by Dr Qihe Xu.
• Cataloguing, Curation and Investigation of the British Library Contemporary TCM Literature
  • Spearheaded by Dr Shanshan Gao (Visiting Scholar, Needham Research Institute, University of Cambridge; 
    Postdoctoral Scholar funded by the D. Kim Foundation), participated by Mr Jiaqing Yu and other Pregraduate Research Assistants of King’s College London, supported by the British Library Classic TCM Literature Team, and coordinated by Dr Qihe Xu.
• A Scoping Review of International Standards and Good Practice Guidelines in Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine, a GP-TCM RA Commission.
  • Spearheaded by King’s CICM Honorary Advisor Prof Xuanbin Wang, advised by King’s CICM Honorary Advisor Prof Pierre Duez, participated by GP-TCM RA Board members, Interest Group Leaders and other international experts, and coordinated by Dr Qihe Xu.

As more educational and research projects unfold, we shall continue to highlight the collaborative nature of our work in this space…