Foundation for Research into
Traditional Chinese Medicine

A centre for acupuncture research

296 Tadcaster Road York YO24 1ET England, UK
  Tel: 44+1904-709688    Fax: 44+1904-630154

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The mission: “The goal of the Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine is, through research and education, to bring the traditional Chinese system of acupuncture more centrally into the national health care system".

Research Projects
   York Acupuncture for Back Pain Project (YacBac)
   Acupuncture Safety Projects
   Acupuncture for Menorrhagia Project (ACUMEN)
   Acupuncture for Depression Project (ADEPT)
   Standards for Reporting Controlled Trials of  Acupuncture: the STRICTA Project
   Other projects

Publications and Reports (view here)

Foundation and project personnel

bulletDr Hugh MacPherson is Research Director and founder of the Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as founder and Past Principal of the Northern College of Acupuncture. E-mail hughmacpherson@ftcm.org.uk
bulletLucy Thorpe is a Research Associate working with Sheffield University and the Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine on the York Acupuncture for Back Pain Project (YacBac) and the Acupuncture for Depression Project (ADEPT). She has an MSc in Social Research Methods from Leicester University.Email: l.n.thorpe@sheffield.ac.uk
bulletAlison Gamon is a doctoral student at the Department of Health Sciences and Clinical Evaluation, University of York.  Alison is working in collaboration with the Foundation for Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Medical Care Research Unit, Sheffield University, on the women's health project focussing on Acupuncture and Menorrhagia Project (ACUMEN).  She has a M.Sc. in Acupuncture with distinction from the Northern College of Acupuncture for her thesis: Primary Dysmenorrhea: exploring the potential of acupuncture. Email: alison_ftcm@onetel.net.uk
bulletTony Scullion is Project Researcer working on the Patient Survey of Adverse Events following Acupuncture.  E-mail:tony@ftcm.org.ok

   

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