Dr EMK Lui, Ph.D

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Founder, President, and Chair of Board of WKY Viking Foundation Professor Emeritus of Western University and Adjunct Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology.

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 He is a pharmacist, pharmacologist and toxicologist by training from Dalhousie University and he has made use of his expertise in medicine to advance Complementary and Integrative Medicine (CIM) and by engaging in relevant research, education, promotion of integrative health and various out-reach activity over the last 25 years. His engagement in CM is broadly based, but has found synergy among different activities.  

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 Dr. Lui’s vision to bridge multiple sectors, knowledge disciplines, health practitioners and researchers has led the way to some of the most innovative programs of research and education in Canada. As the founding president of the Canadian Institute of Chinese Medicinal Research (CICMR), his influence helped forge a national network committed to advocating for the use of TCM, bolstering it through credible medical research. His leadership in the study of American ginseng has been validated through the investment of millions of dollars of private and public sector support to create the Ontario Ginseng Innovation and Research Consortium, the training of dozens of highly qualified personnel in several disciplines, and exposure of countless others over the years. He has championed the introduction of TCM along with other complementary therapy in the undergraduate medical and science curriculum.  

 

 Dr. Lui continuously works to overcome collegial unfamiliarity with these therapies and skepticism about the evidence supporting their efficacy and safety. Dr. Lui started a senior multi-disciplinary undergraduate course in Natural Sourced medicines and introduced a course in complementary medicine into the Schulich School of Medicine at UWO. Dr. Lui is focused on building an effective bridge between TCM and conventional medicine – particularly the way that practitioners are trained.  

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Dr. Lui has been dedicated to making an impact on the understanding of TCM over the past two decades. His work has contributed greatly to its integration into contemporary medicine and the internationalization of TCM. He currently serve as the Chair of the Advisory Board of the TCM Diploma Program at Humber College in Toronto, which is the only government-funded TCM training program in Ontario.

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He is the Founder and editor-in-chief of the Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published by deGuyter Press in Germany. This facilitate the publication of scientific research and education in CAM and integrative medicine. Dr Lui’s passion to promote IH and TCM is unquestionable and his vision is backed up by his experience collected over the last 30 years and will lead this Foundation on Integrative health research and education to a great success with the support of a group of experienced and enthusiastic members of the Board.  

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Steven K. H. Aung, CM AOE MD PhD FAAFP 

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Dr. Steven K. H. Aung is a geriatric, family, and integrative medicine physician, and a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner and teacher. At the University of Alberta, Dr. Aung is a Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Director of Community Engagement for the Integrative Health Institute. He is also a Visiting Professor at universities in China, Japan, the United States, Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand. Dr. Aung is a Vice-Chair (North America) of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), based in Beijing, China. He has also been a World Health Organization advisor and consultant on TCM, acupuncture, and cancer pain control.

 

Dr. Aung has received many awards such as a Professional Excellency from the Académie Diplomatique de la Paix in 1986, the Alberta Order of Excellence in 2002, the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2003, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, a Physician of the Century Award in 2005, the Order of Canada in 2006 (Canada’s highest civilian honour) and in 2017 he was a recipient of the Dr. Rogers Prize Groundbreaker Award for excellence in complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

 

Dr. Aung has lectured internationally, and published many articles, books, and treatises on the integration of TCM and Western health care, and continues to offer his own practice in the spirit of a natural and compassionate approach to medicine.

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Sean Batte, MSc DC

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Dr. Sean Batte completed his undergraduate and Master’s degree at the University of Western Ontario in Medical Biophysics. Having presented papers and being published in the scientific literature, he went to St. Louis to study Chiropractic at Logan University. Dr. Batte opened Corrective Chiropractic in 2001 and has been caring for families ever since.

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Simon Chiu, PhD, MD, FRCP, DABPN

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Simon Chiu received his graduate training in neurosciences and pharmacology from McMaster University Hamilton Ontario (PhD in 1984), in parallel with his MD program at University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario (MD in 1985). His special research interests have been focused on identification of novel drug targets in brain disorders. He completed a psychiatric residency program from McMaster University and is board certified in psychiatry with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (FRCP) and with the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry (DABPN) with subspecialty certification in geriatric psychiatry and addiction psychiatry.

 

He has been on the clinical-academic faculty in department of psychiatry at University of Western Ontario London for 20 years. For the past few years, he has been actively involved in developing translational and clinical research studies in neuro-degenerative disorders (Alzheimer dementia, Parkinson disease and traumatic brain injury-dementia syndrome), and neuro-psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, depression and addictive disorders). Recently he completed clinical trials on epigenetics-based nutraceuticals in cognition and schizophrenia and examined the mechanisms of action of CNS drugs in gene knockout models of Parkinson disease.

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J Y-H Chuang

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Julia Yi-Hsun Chuang has practised traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture (TCM) since 2006 and is now studying Western medicine with the intention to advance global health justice that makes available to all, health care and health care strategies that can empower self-sufficiency.

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She brings to the Foundation board a vision and caring determination to develop integrative inter-professional health care that includes TCM as an integral part of primary care, in London and beyond as a step to realizing the global objectives locally and throughout the world.

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Prof. LEUNG Ping Chung

​OBE, JP, Hon DSSc,DSC, MBBS, MS, FRACS, FRCS(Edin), FHKCOS,FHKAM(Orth)

 

Professor LEUNG Ping Chung is Emeritus Professor of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine; Director of Centre for Clinical Trials on Chinese Medicine, Institute of Chinese Medicine; Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control, The Chinese University of Hong Kong,1996-2013; Director, Partner State Key Laboratory of Phytochemistry and Plant Resources in West China (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Hong Kong Ambassador, Metronomics Global Health Initiative (Since 2016). He is also the Past President of the International Research Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SIROT), 2009-2012.

 

Professor Leung’s research areas include Orthopaedics, Osteoporosis, Microsurgery, Public Health, Traditional Chinese Medicine and General Education. He is also the author of over 800 scientific manuscripts in journals and 27 books. Professor Leung has been appointed as editor of 11 International Journals since 1982. He is trying hard to develop a research methodology basing on modern clinical science requirements, to modernize on Traditional Chinese medicine. Currently he is working on projects related to aging and neurodegeneration, which initiated his enthusiasm searching for wisdom from other well established traditional medicine regions in the Middle East and South Asia.

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Michael Rieder, Ph.D., MD

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Dr. Rieder obtained his MD at the University of Saskatchewan in 1980 and his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in 1992. His paediatric resident training was at the Children's Hospital of Michigan and he completed fellowships in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

 

Dr. Rieder is a Professor with the Department of Paediatrics, Physiology and Pharmacology and Medicine at Western University. He is the Head of the Division of Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology and is a Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute. He is the President of the Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics and is a member of the Drug Therapy Committee of the Canadian Paediatric Society and has served as a consultant to Health Canada, the NIH, the MRC and the Canadian College of Academies. Dr. Rieder's research focuses on drug safety and adverse drug reactions as well as on optimal therapeutics in children. This includes studying genetic variations and their impact on drug efficacy and safety and mechanistic studies of drug hypersensitivity. He is the author of the CPS Statement on Medical Marijuana in Children and has spoken on this topic in many venue and is the Canadian lead for the Consortium on Globalization of Chinese Medicine.

 

Dr. Rieder has been the recipient of many awards including the 1994 and 1996 Young Investigator of the Year for the Canadian and American Societies of Clinical Pharmacology, the Senior Investigator Award of the Canadian Society of Clinical Pharmacology and the Academic Leadership Award in Clinical Investigation from the Paediatric Chairs of Canada as well as Sumner Yaffe Lifetime Achievement Award for Pediatric Pharmacotherapy. Other distinguished awards include the Harvard Macy Scholar Award, the Douglas Bocking Award, several Teacher of the Year Awards, Fellowships from the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and Edinburgh and a Distinguished University Professor award at Western. He holds the CIHR-GSK Chair in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology, the only endowed Chair in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology in Canada.

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Paul Saunders, PhD, ND, DHANP

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Dr. Paul Richard Saunders is Professor at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine and the Canadian College of Homeopathic Medicine, Toronto. His private practice is in Dundas, Ontario. He continues to be involved in clinical research involving various of the naturopathic medical modalities, was a member of the Transition Team that created the Natural Health Products Directorate, and has been an member of several Expert Advisory Panels for Health Canada. He is also on the faculties of Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and the National University of Health Sciences in the United States.

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Beatrice Tran

Treasurer/ Fundraising Committee – Viking WKY Foundation

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Beatrice currently is the CFO for Western Phytoceutica Inc. in Sarnia ON, and is also responsible for product development, advanced processing and manufacturing.

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Besides the academic training in Business administration and accounting, Beatrice also has a long history of working as a reporter and journalist. She also has a broad knowledge of Chinese herbals and natural medicinal plants.

Beatrice is fluent in several languages, including English, Chinese Mandarin, Chinese Cantonese, Vietnamese, and conversational French.