Society for Acupuncture Research
Announcement and Call for Papers
10 Years Post-NIH Consensus Conference University of Maryland at Baltimore
November 8-11, 2007
Baltimore, MD, USA
Co-sponsors include the University of Maryland, Harvard Medical School’s Osher Institute, American Association of Oriental Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Alliance, Maryland Arthritis Foundation, Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, National Acupuncture Foundation, Maryland Acupuncture Society, New England School of Acupuncture, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine World Foundation, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Kyung Hee University and other co-sponsors in Asia, Australia, and Europe.
Purpose
This special event will mark the 10th anniversary of the landmark 1997 NIH Consensus Development Conference on Acupuncture.
- Leading researchers in the field from the U.S. and abroad will be invited to give keynote and overview presentations assessing progress in the past decade, and challenges and opportunities for future research.
- Members of the national and international acupuncture research communities will present original presentations in three major areas: clinical, basic science and methodology
- Key issues will be addressed in panel discussions, break-out sessions, and poster sessions.
- Pre-conference workshops will focus on fundamentals of Oriental medicine (OM) research for OM practitioners, students, and educators new to this field.
clinical research, basic science and research methodology
Abstract submission
Please email your abstracts to helene.langevin@uvm.edu by April 1. 2007. Only email submissions will be accepted. Abstracts submitted after this date may not be considered. Abstracts will be reviewed by the Program Committee and prospective speakers will be informed by August 1, 2007 as to whether their papers have been accepted for oral or poster presentation.
Abstract format information and submission forms can be found on the SAR website www.acupunctureresearch.org.