Administration Committee,Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases Hong Kong Baptist University

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◆ Chair Professor of Integrated Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
◆ Director of Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone & Joint Diseases,Dean of School of Chinese Medicine
◆ Major: Integrated Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
◆ E-mail: aipinglu@hkbu.edu.hk

Name: Lu Aiping

Academic qualifications:
1978-1983	B. Med.	Jiangxi University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanchang, China
1984-1987	M. Med.	China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China
1994-1997	M.D.	China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China

Previous academic positions held:
1999-2002	Director	Institute of Basic Theory, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
2002-2006	General Director	National Pharmaceutical Engineering Center for Solid Preparation in Chinese Herbal Medicine
2004-2009	Visiting Scholar	Hongkong Poly-technology University
2006-2012	Deputy Director	Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

Present academic position: 2012- Dean and Chair Professor School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University

Previous relevant research work:

Technical expertise

Clinical evaluation and pharmacological evaluation on Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Research area

Autoimmune disease, focusing on rheumatoid arthritis

Representative publication in the past three years

1.	Lu C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). A Metabolomics Profiling Study in Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Modulated Pathways of Clinical Intervention Using Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. *Evid Based Complement Alternat Med*. 2013;2013:647452
2.	Zha Q, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author).Xiaoqinglong granules as add-on therapy for asthma: latent class analysis of symptom predictors of response. *Evid Based Complement Alternat Med*. 2013;2013:759476
3.	Li X, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Improving the efficacy of conventional therapy by adding andrographolide sulfonate in the treatment of severe hand, foot, and mouth disease: a randomized controlled trial. *Evid Based Complement Alternat Med*.2013;2013:316250.
4.	Zhao H, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). The protective effect of yi shen juan bi pill in arthritic rats with castration-induced kidney deficiency. *Evid Based Complement Alternat Med*. 2012; 2012:102641.
5.	Lu C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Network-based gene expression biomarkers for cold and heat patterns of rheumatoid arthritis in traditional chinese medicine. *Evid Based Complement Alternat Med*. 2012; 2012:203043.
6.	Gu Y, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author), Xu G (Corresponding Author). Plasma metabonomics study of rheumatoid arthritis and its Chinese medicine subtypes by using liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry. Mol Biosyst. 2012; 8(5):1535-1543.
7.	He X, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Inhibitory effect of Astragalus polysaccharides on lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-a and IL-1β production in THP-1 cells. Molecules. 2012; 17(3):3155-3164.
8.	Jiang M, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Syndrome differentiation in modern research of traditional Chinese medicine. *J Ethnopharmacol*. 2012; 140(3):634-642.
9.	Chen G, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). A network-based analysis of traditional Chinese medicine cold and hot patterns in rheumatoid arthritis. *Complement Ther Med*. 2012; 20(1-2):23-30.
10.	Liu Z, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author).Comparative analyses of chromatographic fingerprints of the roots of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb. and their processed products using RRLC/DAD/ESI-MS(n). *Planta Med*. 2011; 77(16):1855-1860.
11.	Xiao C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Anti-oxidative and TNF-α suppressive activities of puerarin derivative (4AC) in RAW264.7 cells and collagen-induced arthritic rats. Eur J Pharmacol. 2011; 666(1-3):242-250.
12.	Zhang C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). A traditional Chinese medicine versus Western combination therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: two-stage study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. *Trials*. 2011; 12:137.
13.	Li J, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Comparison of toxic reaction of Tripterygium wilfordii multiglycoside in normal and adjuvant arthritic rats. J Ethnopharmacol. 2011; 135(2):270-277.

Awarded Prizes

1 National Excellent Scientist awarded by China Association of Science and Technology (2012)

2 Second Prize in China Association of Integrative Medicine (2012)

3 National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2008)

4 Ministry of Health Expert with Prominent Contribution (2002)

Patents

More than 40 patents were granted in the field of herbal formulas, dosage forms of herbal products, and dual-phased capsule development.