Main Symposia Speakers
Prof. Clara Lau is currently the Professor at Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy & School of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong. With BPharm and PhD in Pharmacy (Pharmacognosy) from King’s College London, University of London, UK, she has over 29 years’ expertise in Pharmacology of herbal/natural medicines research, and aimed to provide scientific evidence to support the traditional use of these herbal medicines. Her main research areas include anti-cancer herbs/natural products, and the beneficial herb-drug combinations. She has published over 280 refereed journal articles (h-index=47) and 11 book chapters, and edited 1 book. She has successfully supervised or co-supervised 39 MPhil or PhD postgraduates in Chinese Medicine, Pharmacognosy or Biochemistry. She is the co-inventor of 9 granted or published US non-provisional or PRC patents. Currently, she serves as member of ChP-USP Advisory Group on Monographs for TCM Ingredients and Products; President of Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Research Association (GP-TCM RA); Secretary-General of The Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine (CGCM); and Council member of Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA). Besides, she is the Associate Editors of Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, Consulting Editor of Pharmacological Research, and Editorial Board member of various journals including Phytomedicine, Scientific Reports, Journal of Natural Products, Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, World Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Integrative Medicine Research. She also serves as the Editor of the book series “Natural Products Chemistry of Global Plants”.