TMAI at Second International Symposium on Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices in Brazil
[Monday, 30 August 2010, 9:50 p.m.]
New York:
Dr Dawa, a former Director of the India-based Tibetan Medical and
Astrology Institute, will be one of the keynote speakers of the Second
International Symposium on Traditional Medicine and Contemplative
Practices scheduled to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 17 and 18
September 2010.
Dr Dawa, a former Director of the India-based Tibetan Medical and
Astrology Institute, will be one of the keynote speakers of the Second
International Symposium on Traditional Medicine and Contemplative
Practices scheduled to be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 17 and 18
September 2010.
Other
keynote speakers are Dr Shirley Telles, a renowned Indian scientist
specialised in Yoga science who is the principal investigator for the
Indian Council of Medical Research at the Center for Advance Research
in Yoga and Neurophysiology at the Bangalore-based Swami Vivekananda
Yoga Research Foundation, and Dr Tamara A. Russell, a clinical
psychologist who teaches at King’s College, London, as well as at
Western Psychiatric Institute of Pittsburgh University in the United
States.
keynote speakers are Dr Shirley Telles, a renowned Indian scientist
specialised in Yoga science who is the principal investigator for the
Indian Council of Medical Research at the Center for Advance Research
in Yoga and Neurophysiology at the Bangalore-based Swami Vivekananda
Yoga Research Foundation, and Dr Tamara A. Russell, a clinical
psychologist who teaches at King’s College, London, as well as at
Western Psychiatric Institute of Pittsburgh University in the United
States.
The
symposium will explore four major topics which include a Current
Overview of the Implementation of Traditional Medicine; Research in
Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices; the Role of
Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices, and Traditional
Medicine and Herbal Drugs.
symposium will explore four major topics which include a Current
Overview of the Implementation of Traditional Medicine; Research in
Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices; the Role of
Traditional Medicine and Contemplative Practices, and Traditional
Medicine and Herbal Drugs.
The
Brazilian speakers for the symposium include, among others, Dr Luiz
Eugenio Mello, Dean of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP);
Prof Lia Diskin of the Palas Athena Association; Prof Dr Angela Tabosa,
Deputy Head of the UNIFESP’s Department of Chinese Medicine; Prof Dr
Edson Amaro Jr of the University of Sao Paulo; Prof Dr Nelson Filice de
Barros of University of Campinas; Prof Dr Mario Prieto Peres, Neurology
Professor of the UNIFESP; Dr Sheila Busato, a technical advisor to the
Municipal Health Secretariat of Sao Paulo; Dr Edward Pagani, Director
of the Fitomedicina Brazilian Medical Association; Dr Paulo de Tarso
Lima of Albert Einstein Hospital; Dr Fernando Bignardi of the UNIFESP’s
Department of Preventive Medicine; and Prof Dr Claudia Pellegrino
Negrao, a research board member of Natura, the Brazilian leading
manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics,
perfume and hair care products.
Brazilian speakers for the symposium include, among others, Dr Luiz
Eugenio Mello, Dean of the Federal University of Sao Paulo (UNIFESP);
Prof Lia Diskin of the Palas Athena Association; Prof Dr Angela Tabosa,
Deputy Head of the UNIFESP’s Department of Chinese Medicine; Prof Dr
Edson Amaro Jr of the University of Sao Paulo; Prof Dr Nelson Filice de
Barros of University of Campinas; Prof Dr Mario Prieto Peres, Neurology
Professor of the UNIFESP; Dr Sheila Busato, a technical advisor to the
Municipal Health Secretariat of Sao Paulo; Dr Edward Pagani, Director
of the Fitomedicina Brazilian Medical Association; Dr Paulo de Tarso
Lima of Albert Einstein Hospital; Dr Fernando Bignardi of the UNIFESP’s
Department of Preventive Medicine; and Prof Dr Claudia Pellegrino
Negrao, a research board member of Natura, the Brazilian leading
manufacturer and marketer of skin care, solar filters, cosmetics,
perfume and hair care products.
The
symposium is open to professionals, Ph D. candidates, and graduate
students in the field of medicine and health science from different
states of Brazil. The organisers are expecting 400 participants to the
symposium. The first symposium on traditional medicine and
contemplative practices held in Sao Paulo in September 2008 drew over
300 professionals, Ph. D. candidates, and graduate students from
different states of Brazil. Dr Pema Dorjee represented the Tibetan
Medical and Astrology Institute at the first symposium.
symposium is open to professionals, Ph D. candidates, and graduate
students in the field of medicine and health science from different
states of Brazil. The organisers are expecting 400 participants to the
symposium. The first symposium on traditional medicine and
contemplative practices held in Sao Paulo in September 2008 drew over
300 professionals, Ph. D. candidates, and graduate students from
different states of Brazil. Dr Pema Dorjee represented the Tibetan
Medical and Astrology Institute at the first symposium.
The
symposium is jointly organised by the Federal University of Sao Paulo
and Palas Athena Association. This initiative is a part of the
collaborative work between Federal University of Sao Paolo’s School of
Medicine and the Tibetan Medical and Astrology Institute
(Men-Tsee-Khang) undertaken under a formal agreement. Prof Lia Diskin,
Co-founder of the Palas Athena Association and the TGIE’s Liaison
Officer to the Latin America, Tsewang Phuntso, facilitated the
collaboration between the two institutions.
symposium is jointly organised by the Federal University of Sao Paulo
and Palas Athena Association. This initiative is a part of the
collaborative work between Federal University of Sao Paolo’s School of
Medicine and the Tibetan Medical and Astrology Institute
(Men-Tsee-Khang) undertaken under a formal agreement. Prof Lia Diskin,
Co-founder of the Palas Athena Association and the TGIE’s Liaison
Officer to the Latin America, Tsewang Phuntso, facilitated the
collaboration between the two institutions.
