Prof. Chung Chi Ho Vincent

Vincent Chung

Prof. Chung Chi Ho Vincent

Position Head of Development Division
Office Room 101-C, Li Wai Chun Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Tel. (852) 3943 3446
Fax. (852) 3942 0941
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Resume (Education and Work and Community Service Experience)

Education：

  1. 2005 Bachelor of Chinese Medicine & Bachelor of Biomedical Science (First Class Honors), Hong Kong Baptist University
  2. 2015 Master of Science in Evidence-based Healthcare, University of Oxford
  3. 2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Work and Community Service Experiences：

  1. 2014 – Current Convener (Education Section), Hong Kong Institute of Integrative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  2. 2018- Current Elected Member of the Board of Directors, International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
  3. 2014- Current Visiting Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, University Technology Sydney, Australia
  4. 2018- Current Non-official Member, Chinese Medicine Development Committee, Hong Kong SAR Government
  5. 2018- Current Member of the Patient Experience Sub-committee, Chinese Medicine Hospital Planning Office, Hong Kong SAR Government
  6. 2018- Current Member of the Registration Committee, Chinese Medicine Practitioner Board, Chinese Medicine Council of Hong Kong
  7. 2018- Current Council Member, Evidence based Healthcare Committee, Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine
  8. 2008 Visiting Doctoral Researcher, Needham Research Institute and University of Cambridge
   

Teaching

  1. Project leader: Coursera Everyday Chinese Medicine
    https://en.coursera.org/learn/everyday-chinese-medicine
  2. Project leader: Integrative Medicine Clinical Evidence Portal
    http://www.hkiim.cuhk.edu.hk/ceim/en/index
  3. BCME6506 Research Methodologies in Acupuncture
  4. BCME 5305 Modern Medical Science II
  5. PhD in Chinese Medicine

Research Interest

  • Diagnostic Research and Randomized Trials in Chinese and Integrative Medicine
  • Evidence based Healthcare in Chinese and Integrative Medicine
  • Policy and Implementation Research in Chinese and Integrative Medicine

Recently funded research projects include (serving as Principal Investigator):
Supported by the World Health Organization
Potential of traditional, complementary and alternative medicine for promoting healthy ageing

Supported by the Hong Kong Health and Medical Research Fund
Data Driven Identification and Classification of Chinese Medicine Syndrome Types among Functional Dyspepsia Patients: Latent Tree Analysis [Under the competitive Health and Medical Research Fund Research Fellowship Scheme]

Electroacupuncture plus Standard Care for Managing Refractory Functional Dyspepsia: Pragmatic Randomized Trial with Economic Evaluation

Electroacupuncture and Wrist Splinting for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Randomized Trial Primary Care Setting

Identifying priority research questions for addressing unmet cancer palliative care needs using Chinese medicine with a systematic approach

Supported by the Hospital Authority
Systematic Review on the Efficacy and Effectiveness of Chinese Medicine Intervention for Cancer Palliative Care

Development of the Chinese version of MYMOP for Chinese medicine service evaluation

Others
Assessing quality of tripartite Chinese medicine outpatient services from primary care perspective

A Comparison on the Reliability of Two Quality of Clinical Evidence Assessment Approaches: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Evaluating the comparative effectiveness of pharmacological interventions for the management of cancer related fatigue: Systematic review of randomized controlled trials with network meta-analysis

Selected Publications


Clinical Research
  1. Wu, I. X., Wong, C. H., Ho, R. S., Cheung, W. K., Ford, A. C., Wu, J. C., ... & Chung, V. C. (2019). Acupuncture and related therapies for treating irritable bowel syndrome: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis. Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology, 12, 1-34.
  2. Ho, R. S., Chung, V. C., Wong, C. H., Wu, J. C., Wong, S. Y., & Wu, I. X. (2017). Acupuncture and related therapies used as add-on or alternative to prokinetics for functional dyspepsia: overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 10320.
  3. Chung, V. C., Ho, R. S., Liu, S., Chong, M. K., Leung, A. W., Yip, B. H., ... & Lau, A. Y. (2016). Electroacupuncture and splinting versus splinting alone to treat carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. Canadian Medical Association Journal, cmaj-151003.
  4. Chung, V. C., Ho, R. S., Wu, X., & Wu, J. C. (2016). Incorporating traditional Chinese medicine syndrome differentiation in randomized trials: methodological issues. European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 8(6), 898-904.
  5. Chung, V. C., Wu, X., Hui, E. P., Ziea, E. T., Ng, B. F., Ho, R. S., ... & Wu, J. C. (2015). Effectiveness of Chinese herbal medicine for cancer palliative care: overview of systematic reviews with meta-analyses. Scientific Reports, 5, 18111.

Health Policy and Services Research
  1. Brosnan, C., Chung, V. C., Zhang, A. L., & Adams, J. (2016). Regional Influences on Chinese Medicine Education: Comparing Australia and Hong Kong. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016.
  2. Chung, V. C., Wong, S. Y., Wang, H. H., Wong, M. C., Wei, X., Wang, J., ... & Griffiths, S. M. (2016). Use of traditional and complementary medicine as self-care strategies in community health centers: cross-sectional study in urban Pearl River Delta region of China. Medicine, 95(23).
  3. Chung, V. C., Yip, B. H., Griffiths, S. M., Ellen, L. M., Liu, S., Ho, R. S., ... & Wong, S. Y. (2015). Patients’ experience of Chinese Medicine Primary Care Services: Implications on Improving Coordination and Continuity of Care. Scientific Reports, 5, 18853.
  4. Chung, V. C., Ho, R. S., Wu, X., Fung, D. H., Lai, X., Wu, J. C., & Wong, S. Y. (2015). Are meta-analyses of Chinese herbal medicine trials trustworthy and clinically applicable? A cross-sectional study. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 162, 47-54.
  5. Chung, V. C. (2014). Conceptualizing the integration of traditional and complementary medicine in health systems: patients, policies, professions and providers. In Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health in Asia (pp. 631-642). Routledge.
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