Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton and National Institute for Health and Care Research

Keynote Speech: CHAT-COPD Overview of a Chinese Medicine Research Project, Jointly Funded by China and the UK government (co-hosted with Dr. Merlin Willcox)

(7th October ’23)

Key topics

– Detailing the process of arranging a collaborative project between two governments

– Discussing what it takes to successfully execute a research project from an academic standpoint

Drawing on her background in evidence-based integrative medicine, Dr. Xiao-Yang Hu has coordinated multiple research activities over the past 10 years, with many of her 40 publications centering around the integration of Chinese medicine in primary care settings. She displays a strong academic interest in research pertaining to herbal medicine in antimicrobial stewardship and self-care of long-term conditions.

She has received a number of national and international grants over the past decade, including the NIHR School for Primary Care Research Launching Fellowship in 2016, which provided funding and facilitated the exchange of ideas between her and colleagues in Beijing University of Chinese Medicine (BUCM). She is keen on securing additional funding from commercial and governmental sectors, which will allow her to (among other pursuits) continue to explore the integration of Chinese medicine in conventional healthcare settings.

Dr. Hu will be conducting a joint speech with Dr. Merlin Willcox to discuss a project they both worked on: CHAT-COPD Overview of a Chinese Medicine Research Project, Jointly Funded by China and the UK government. The study investigated the use of certain Chinese herbs to treat COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder), a condition that affects millions of people in the UK every year.