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Academic Advisor for the Jinan University History of Materia Medica Education Fund

A few days ago, I received this "Letter of Appointment" (under my Chinese name), as an Academic Advisor for the Jinan University History of Materia Medica Education Fund.    I am super pleased that my old school, the  Jinan University  still remembers my previous work and research, and wishes to involve me in projects, even after so many years after my PhD graduation. 

My involvement with the “Diagnostics in Chinese Medicine” as Associate Chief Editor

The Educational Instruction Committee of the   World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies   has recently produced a series of textbooks entitled the   “World Textbook Series for Chinese Medicine Core Curriculum” .   The Chief Editor for that series was Zhang Bo-li, which you perhaps may remember for being the person in charge of controlling the original Covid-19 outbreak at the epicenter in Wuhan in early 2020.    Well, in 2014, Prof. Zhang approached the most famous proponents of each Chinese medicine specialty from all over the world, to compile the textbooks in the series.    At that time, my first book, the  “Gold Mirrors and Tongue Reflections”  was making big waves in the TCM Diagnosis circles in China. And although I had not yet completed my PhD, I was invited to co-author the Diagnostics volume, as  Associate Chief Editor , being the youngest scholar of the entire project.    The position of Chief Editor was of...