| Diversity & Debate in Alternative and
Complementary Medicine:
The 3rd international academic & experiential conference for researchers & practitioners
Harald
Walach
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Background
Harald is a research professor in psychology. He has done research
in evaluating complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), such as
homeopathy, acupuncture and spiritual healing, as well as on the
methodology of evaluation of CAM. He is currently the co-ordinator of
the European Office of the Samueli
Institute, president-elect of the International Society for
Complementary Medical Research and the editor of the internationally
oriented journal 'Research in Complementary Medicine/Forschende
Komplementärmedizin,' published by Karger. His more recent research
interest is in the connection between spirituality, mindfulness and
health, and he has helped develop questionnaires to measure
mindfulness and exceptional human experiences.
He is vice-president of the German Society for Transpersonal
Psychology and Psychotherapy and developing a postgraduate training
program for Transpersonal Psychology/Consciousness Studies.
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Volker
Scheid
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his presentation here
Background
Dr Volker Scheid has practised Chinese medicine since
1984. He holds a PhD in medical anthropology (
Cambridge
), and has carried out post-doctoral research in the history of medicine at the
School
of
African
and Asian Studies (
London
) as a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow. In 2004 he was awarded a DoH Research
Capacity Development Grant to carry out research exploring the integration of
Chinese medicine treatment strategies for menopausal syndrome into the NHS. In
this capacity he holds a senior research fellowship at
University
of
Westminster
’s
School
of
Integrated Medicine
. Together with Cinzia Scorzon he founded the European Institute of Oriental
Medicine (
Munich
), which seeks to teach Chinese medicine as a plural and open tradition. He has
lectured widely in Europe, the
US
, and
Australia
.
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