AMS Awards 2010

The Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (AMS) Awards Selection Committee announced the awardees of the third AMS Awards 2010. The AMS award is presented by the Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute (KPI) for excellent research articles submitted to the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies. The title and authors’ list of the third AMS Awards are as follows:

• Heo-Jun Award (US$30,000)

  • Fifteen-day acupuncture treatment relieves diabetic peripheral neuropathy J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:95–103.

    Yanqing Tong, Hongyang Guo, Bing Han

• Je-Ma Award (US$20,000)

  • An fMRI study showing the effect of acupuncture in chronic stage stroke patients with aphasia J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:53–57.

    Anson C.M. Chau, Li Ka Shing, Raymond T.F. Cheung, Xianyong Jiang, Paul K.M. Au-yeung, Leonard S.W. Li

• Sa-Am Award (US$10,000)

  • Induction of apoptosis by ethanol extracts of Ganoderma lucidum in human gastric carcinoma cells. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:24–31.

    Kyung-Jun Jang, Min Ho Han, Byung-Hoon Lee, Byung-Woo Kim, Cheol-Hong Kim, Hyun-Min Yoon, Yung Hyun Choi

  • Primo-vessels as new flow path of intratesticular injected dye in rats J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:81–88.

    Hyun-Jung Han, Vyacheslav ogay, Sang-Jun Park, Byung-Cheon Lee, Ki-Woo Kim, Yu Won Lee, Jin-Kyu Lee, Kwang-Sup Soh

• Young Scientist Awards (US$5000/article)

  • Efficacy of pharmacopuncture using root bark of Ulmus davidiana Planch in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a double-blind randomized controlled trial J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010; 3:16–23.

    Eun-Jung Kim, Min-Ki Jang, Eun-Hye Yoon, Chan-Yung Jung, Dong-Woo Nam, Seung-Deok Lee, Kap-Sung Kim

  • Comparison of the characteristic features of Bonghan ducts, blood and lymphatic capillaries J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2009;2:107–117.

    Vyacheslav Ogay, Kyung Hee Bae, Ki Woo Kim, Kwang-Sup Soh.

  • In vitro and in vivo studies demonstrate anticancer property of root extract of Polygala senega J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:188–196.

    Saili Paul, Sushil Kumar Mandal, Soumya Sundar Bhattacharyya, Naoual Boujedaini, Anisur Rahman Khuda-Bukhsh

• Travel Award (Economy Airfare & Accommodation/article)

  • Defining meridians: A modern basis of understanding (Review) J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:67–74.

    John C. Longhurst

  • Specific regularity of effects of acupuncture at acupoints of 12 meridians on gastrointestinal and cardiac electricity of healthy adults J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;3:165–172.

    Chang Xiao-Rong, Yan Jie, Shen Jing, Liu Mi, Wang Xiao-Juan

  • Transcontinental and translational high-tech acupuncture research using computer-based heart rate and “Fire of Life” heart rate variability analysis J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010; 3:156–164.

    Gerhard Litscher, the Asian-Austrian High-tech Acupuncture Research Network

The AMS Awards Selection Committee:

Professor Kjell Fuxe (Chairperson; Karolinska Institute, Sweden)

Professor In-Chul Sohn (Wonkwang University, Korea)

Professor Adrian Roger White (Peninsula Medical School, UK)

Professor Christopher Zaslawski (University of Technology, Sydney, Australia)

The AMS Awards Nomination Office:

Korea Pharmacopuncture Institute

AKOM Building, 4F, 26–27, Gayang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea

Tel: (+ 82) 2-2658-9051

Fax: (+ 82) 2-2658-9136

Email: editorial@journalams.com

The awards website: http://www.amsawards.com