Name: Aiping Lu

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 TraditionalChinese 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 forSolid Preparation in

                                               Chinese Herbal Medicine

2004-2009  Visiting Scholar    HongkongPoly-technology University

2006-2012  Deputy Director   Institute ofBasic 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:

Technicalexpertise    Clinical evaluation and pharmacologicalevaluation on Traditional Chinese

                                  Medicine.

Researcharea           Autoimmune disease, focusing on rheumatoidarthritis.

Representative publication in the past three years:

1.  Lu C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author).AMetabolomics Profiling Study in Hand-Foot-and-

     Mouth Disease and Modulated Pathways ofClinical Intervention UsingLiquid

     Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry.Evid Based Complement

      AlternatMed.2013;2013:647452

 2.  Zha Q, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author).Xiaoqinglonggranulesas add-on therapy for

      asthma:latent class analysis of symptompredictors of response.Evid BasedComplement

      Alternat Med. 2013;2013:759476

 3.  Li X, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author).Improvingtheefficacy of conventional therapy by

      adding andrographolide sulfonate in thetreatment of severe hand,foot, and mouth disease:

      a randomized controlledtrial.Evid Based Complement AlternatMed.2013;2013:316250.

 4.  Zhao H, …,Lu A(Corresponding Author).Theprotective effect of yishen juan bi pill in

      arthritic rats withcastration-induced kidney deficiency. Evid BasedComplement Alternat

      Med.2012;2012:102641.

 5.  Lu C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Network-basedgene expressionbiomarkers for cold

      and heat patterns of rheumatoid arthritisin traditional chinesemedicine. Evid Based

      Complement AlternatMed. 2012; 2012:203043.

 6.  Gu Y, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author), Xu G(Corresponding Author).

      Plasmametabonomics study of rheumatoid arthritis and its Chinesemedicine subtypes

      byusing liquid chromatography and gas chromatography coupled with

      masss pectrometry.Mol Biosyst. 2012; 8(5):1535-1543.

 7.  He X, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Inhibitoryeffect of Astragaluspolysaccharides on

      lipopolysaccharide-induced TNF-a andIL-1β production in THP-1cells. Molecules.

      2012; 17(3):3155-3164.

 8.  Jiang M, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Syndromedifferentiation in modern researchof

      traditional Chinese medicine. JEthnopharmacol. 2012; 140(3):634-642.

 9.  Chen G, …,Lu A(Corresponding Author). Anetwork-based analysis oftraditional 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). Comparativeanalyses of chromatographic

      fingerprints of theroots of Polygonum multiflorumThunb. 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-oxidativeand TNF-α suppressive activities of

      puerarin derivative (4AC) inRAW264.7 cells and collagen-inducedarthritic rats.Eur

      JPharmacol. 2011;666(1-3):242-250.

12.  Zhang C, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Atraditional Chinese medicine versusWestern

      combination therapy in thetreatment of rheumatoid arthritis:two-stage study protocol for

      a randomizedcontrolledtrial. Trials. 2011; 12:137.

13.  Li J, …, Lu A (Corresponding Author). Comparisonof toxic reaction ofTripterygium wilfordii

      multiglycoside in normal andadjuvant arthritic rats.JEthnopharmacol.

      2011; 135(2):270-277.

Awarded Prizes:

 1.  NationalExcellent Scientist awarded by China Association of Science and Technology

     (2012)

 2.  SecondPrize in China Association of Integrative Medicine (2012)

 3.  NationalScience Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2008)

 4.  Ministryof Health Expert with Prominent Contribution (2002)

Patents:

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