Professor Zhi-xiu Lin
Director, School of Chinese Medicine, and Director, Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Registered Chinese Medicine Practitioner (HK)
Professor Zhi-xiu Lin graduated from Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine in 1987 with a BSc in Chinese Medicine. After graduation, he worked as a Chinese medicine doctor at the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Research Institute of Chinese Medicine. In 1991 he moved to England to study English language, followed by a PhD degree study at the Department of Pharmacy, King College, University of London. He obtained his PhD degree in Pharmacognosy in 1999. From 1998 to 2002, he was employed as a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader on the Chinese Medicine Programme, Middlesex University in London where he was involved with basic and clinical teachings of Chinese medicine. Professor Lin joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) in 2003, and is now Professor and Director of the School of Chinese Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. He is also the Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, CUHK. His main research interests include: (1). Pharmacological studies on Chinese medicines for psoriasis, eczema, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer and neuroprotection; and (2). Clinical trials on effectiveness and safety of Chinese medicines and acupuncture for some common diseases, such as atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, macular edema, dry eye disease, allergic rhinitis, overactive bladder and long-COVID. Over the years, he has published more than 260 research articles on Chinese medicine, among which about 240 articles are in the SCI journals, with a H-index of 52 (Google scholar).