Acupuncture research is part of my life v
Ji-Sheng
Han, male, born 1928, graduated from Shanghai Medical College as M.D.
(1947-1953), specialized in physiology at Dalian Medical College. v
Serving
as Professor of physiology in Beijing Medical College (1979-), and Head of
Dept of Physiology, Beijing Medical University (1983-1993), Director (1998-2009)
and Honorary Director (2010- ) of the Neuroscience Research Institute, Peking
University. Serving as mentor of over 80 research fellows and postdocs since
1973, and over 60 PhDs since 1984. v
Giving
more than 200 invited lectures in 27 countries and areas since 1979. v
Elected
as Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences (1993). Founding president of the
Chinese Association for the Study of Pain (CASP) in 1989, Founding president
of the Beijing society of Neuroscience (1987-1993), Founding vice president
of Chinese Society for Neuroscience (1994-1999) v
Editor-in-Chief
of the <Chinese Journal of Pain Medicine> since 1995, and the journal
<Progress in Physiological Sciences> in 1986-2000. Editor-in-Chief of
the comprehensive textbook < Neuroscience> in Chinese (3 editions
published in 1993, 1999, 2008). Editor-in-Chief of the <Neurochemical
Basis of Pain Relief by Acupuncture>, volume 1-3 (1987, 1997, 2008) in
English. v
Grantee
(PI) of NIDA/NIH, USA (DA 03983) for research on “Neurobiology of acupuncture
analgesia” for 12 consecutive years (1987-2000); NCCAM/NIH Central grant “P01
AT 002038” (CoPI): Electrocupuncture for the treatment of alcohol and cocaine
abuse (2004-2009). Chief Scientist of the Basic Research Program of the
Ministry of Science and Technology of PR China on Mechanisms of acupuncture
anesthesia (2007-2011). v
Scientific
Advisor for WHO (1990-2000). Consultant, Scientific Review Committee, NIH and
ADAMHA, USA (1991-2001). Executive committee of International Narcotic
Research Conference (INRC, 1990-1993, 2003-2006) v
Research
interest: Mechanisms of pain, pain control and drug abuse; mechanisms of
acupuncture and electroacupuncture for the treatment of pain and drug abuse.
Clinical application of the medical device “Han’s acupoint nerve stimulation”
(HANS) for the treatment of certain nervous system disorders.
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Last data updates: October 25, 2015