Main Symposia Speakers
Professor Man-Sau Wong is currently the Director of the Research Center for Chinese Medicine Innovation and Professor at the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She received her B.S in Food Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and her Ph.D in Human Nutrition and Nutritional Biology at the University of Chicago. Her research interests include the use of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for prevention and treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis; the study of the molecular actions of bone protective phytochemicals; the mechanisms of actions of TCM-derived phytoestrogens in achieving tissue selectivity; drug-herbs interactions between the use of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) and Chinese medicine used for the management of menopausal syndromes as well as the role of gut microbiota in mediating the therapeutic actions of Chinese medicine. She has received awards for her work on Traditional Chinese medicine and bone health, including the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Awards (Science and Technology) from the Ministry of Education of PRC in 2014 and the Shenzhen Virtual University Park National Technology Project Pioneer Award from Shenzhen Technology and Innovation Committee, PRC in 2012. She is currently Council Deputy Chairperson as well as Inspection Committee Chair of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology, HKSAR (2023-2026); Members of the Chinese Medicine Board (HKSAR) (2023-2026), Committee on Research and Development of Chinese Medicines of the Commission for Innovation and Technology (HKSAR) (2022-2025), Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food (2021-2027) and Advisory Council on Food and Environmental Hygiene (2019-2025) of the Environment and Ecology Bureau (HKSAR) and Council Member of the Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (2008-2026).