Person

Gong, Yuewen

Dr. Gong is a Doctor of Medical Science and Doctor of Philosophy. He holds the following positions: Professor and Associate Dean (Research) of the College of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Manitoba (Canada). He is a member of the Section of Hepatology of the Department of Internal Medicine of the College of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences of the University of Manitoba, visiting Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of British Columbia (Canada), Guest Professor of the Xiangya Medical College of the Central South University (China), Guest Professor of the Wenzhou Medical University (China), and Guest Professor of the Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences of the China- Japan Friendship Hospital (China). He is the Executive Council Member of the Specialty Committee of Kidney Disease of Internal Medicine and the Committee Member of the Committee for Approval of English Translation of Terms in Chinese Medicine of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies. He is also the vice president of the Canadian Institute of Chinese Medicinal Research (CICMR) and licensed acupuncturist of the College and Association of Acupuncturists of Alberta (CAAA). His research interests are to understand mechanism of liver and kidney diseases and develop effective therapeutics for these diseases. His clinical practice is to treat patients with TCM in the Beijing Acupuncture Pain Clinic. He is also an instructor in the HuaXia Acupuncture and Herb College of Canada. He is a member of the following professional associations: American Physiological Society (APS), Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL), Canadian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences (CSPS), Canadian Society for Molecular Biosciences (CSMB), Canadian Institute of Chinese Medicinal Research (CICMR), and College and Association of Acupuncturists of Alberta (CAAA).