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ISCMR
NEWSFLASH
1) Congress Programm now available
The Third International Congress on Complementary Medicine Research will
be
held from 29 to 31 March 2008 at the Sydney Convention Centre in
stunning
Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. ICCMR 2008 represents a
major worldwide
event that will bring together an international network
of researchers, practitioners
and industry leaders from around the globe
in the area of complementary medicine.
The congress will include:
1.Plenary lectures by international experts on the latest research
information
and methods on CAM practices (health care integration,
international harmonization
of regulations, disease application and
socio-economic aspects).
Plenary speakers include:
Prof Rudi Bauer, /Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graz, Austria/
Prof Alan Bensoussan, /CompleMed, University of Western Sydney, Australia/
Prof Gerard Bodeker, /Oxford// and Columbia Universities, United Kingdom///
Prof Yung-Chi "Tommy" Cheng, /Yale University, USA/
Prof Ka-Kit Hui, /UCLA, USA/
Prof Harald Walach,/ University of Northampton, United Kingdom///
2. Symposium talks by invited speakers and free communications in
many
CAM areas, including regulation, herbal medicines safety and
efficacy, clinical
trial and research methodologies, mind-body,
exercise, TCM and acupuncture,
CAM practice evidence, socio-economic
aspects, chiropractic and paediatric
CAM and homeopathy. Systems
included are Chinese, Ayurvedic and western
medicines in the health
areas of cancer, pain and diabetes and other conditions.
3. Workshops: there are a number to choose from on Saturday 29
March,
specifically Herbal Medicines and Globalisation of TCM, Herbal
medicines for
brain and behaviour: from bench to bedside, TCM practices
and research as
well as chiropractic and mind-body medicine.
4. Mini-Conferences in CAM-education, chiropractic, TCM and
paediatric CAM
Visit the website
<http://www.iccmr2008.com/> to register now!
Please note the great discounted registration rate for ISCMR members.
Visit the
website <http://www.iccmr2008.com/> for
further information.
2) New Journal
Integrative Medicine Insights is a peer-reviewed, open-access research
journal where
those engaged in integrative medicine can turn for rapid
communication of the latest
advances in the application of complementary
and alternative medicine toward the
goal of overall wellness.
For further information on the journal, please visit our website
(www.la-press.com)
then go to the journal's table of contents, or reply
to this email with your questions.
Manuscripts can be submitted through
our submission tracking system, called My LA.
3) CAMCOMM Project
From Jesper Madsen
Dear CAM research network
European CAM Research centres, news and updates at one website!
CAMCOMM - www.camcomm.dk <http://www.camcomm.dk/> - is
now visible in a
pilot
version, showing the core concept and options.
More functions will be added
during the winter.
There may be a few tecnical bugs, I apologise...
Try it out, get a clue, and please send your feedback, suggestions
(or hints
about incorrect information).
All the best
Jesper Madsen, communication consultant
- associated with ?Interdisciplinary CAM-Research at the University
of
Copenhagen? www.kufab.dk <http://www.kufab.dk/> .
www.galilei.dk <http://www.galilei.dk/>
Skype: jesper.odde.madsen
Sundbyvestervej 21
DK 2300 Copenhagen S
Ph: (+45) 8618 0840
Cell: (+45) 4040 3732
CAMCOMM is a communication project for exchanging ideas, data and other
resources between European research communities. We are based in Danish
Universities and sponsored by a private foundation, which supports several
CAM-research projects. Further information: http://www.camcomm.dk
<http://www.camcomm.dk/>
Questions or suggestions?
We would like to hear from you. Please contact us at
info@iscmr.org
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