AMS Awards 2011

The Acupuncture and Meridian Studies (AMS) Awards Selection Committee announced the awardees of the fourth AMS Awards 2011. The AMS Awards is presented by the Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute(KPI) for excellent research articles submitted to the Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies. The title and author’s list of the fourth Awards are as follows:

• Heo-Jun Award (US $30,000)

  Skin Conductance at 24 Source (Yuan) Acupoints in 8637 Patients: Influence of Age, Gender and Time of Day

  J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011;1:14–23.

  Steve Chamberlin, Agatha P. Colbert, Adrian Larsen

• Je-Ma Award (US $20,000)

  A naturalistic study of acupuncture in modulating heart rate variability

  J Acupunct Meridian Stud, to be published

  Ole Bernt Fasmer, Hanbo Liao, Yong Huang, Jan Øystein Berle, Junxian Wu, Ketil Joachim Oedegaard, Gustav Wik, Zhangjin Zhang

• Sa-Am Award (US $10,000)

  Promotion of Blood Fluidity by Inhibition of Platelet Adhesion Using Electroacupuncture Stimulation

  J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011;1:44–53.

  Shintaro ISHIKAWA, Makoto MURAI, Takao SATO, Masataka SUNAGAWA, Erika TOKITA, Steven K H Aung, Kazuhito ASANO, Tadashi HISAMITSU

• Young Scientist Award (US $5,000/article)

  • Study of the Primo-vascular system Utilizing Melanoma Tumor model in a Green Flourescence Protein Expressing Mouse

    J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011;3:198–202.

    Chaejeong Heo, Min Young Hong, Areum Jo, Young Hee Lee, Minah Suh

  • In Vitro Pharmacodynamic Profile of Loranthus ferrugineus: Evidence for Noncompetitive Antagonism of Norepinephrine-induced Vascular Contraction

    J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;4:272–282.

    Omar Z. Ameer, Ibrahim M. Salman, Hafsa S. Najim, Ghassan Z. Abdullah, Muthanna F. Abdulkarim, Mun Fei Yam, Amirin Sadikun, Mohamed Z. Asmawi

  • Putative Primo-Vascular System in Mesentery of Rats

    J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;4:232–240.

    Ping An, Jingxing Dai, Zhendong Su, Jung-Sun Yoo, Rongmei Qu, Sung-Woo Lee, Ki-Hoon Eom, Kyung-Hee Bae, Hesheng Luo, Kwang-Sup Soh

• Travel Award (Economy Airfare and Accommodation/article)

  • Viability Assessment of Primo-node Slices From Organ Surface Primo-vascular Tissues in Rats

    J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2010;4:241–248.

    Tae Hee Han, Chae Jeong Lim, Jae-Hong Choi, So Yeong Lee and Pan Dong Ryu

  • Electrodermal Activity at Acupoints: Literature Review and Recommendations for Reporting Clinical Trials

    J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011;1:5–13.

    Agatha P. Colbert, Keith Spaulding, Adrian Larsen, Andrew C. Ahn, Jan Cutro

The AMS Awards Selection Committee:

Professor Kjell Fuxe (Chairperson; Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)

Professor In-chul Sohn (Wonkwang University, Korea)

Professor Adrian Roger White (Peninsula Medical School, UK)

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

Professor John C Longurst (University of California, Irvine, USA)

The AMS Awards Nomination Office:

Korean 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

http://www.amsawards.com