Center for Trad.Chinese Medicine & Women's Health

描述（由申请人提供）：中国传统医学（TCM）是一个编纂的，以文献为基础的医疗体系，拥有专业的医生和广泛的草药治疗药物。几个世纪以来，中医药在中国被广泛使用;今天，在城市医院环境中，它往往与西医相结合。在过去的五十年里，中医通过移民和拨款进入欧美国家，现在正成为一个更感兴趣和更活跃的医学研究领域。我们的长期目标是促进在中国复旦大学建立国际中医药与妇女健康中心。我们设想建立一个中心，解决有关内分泌功能调节的重要问题，这些问题对妇女生命周期的健康有重大影响。这包括月经、生育、怀孕和更年期的主要领域。 第一阶段规划申请的目标是：（1）加强多学科团队之间现有的研究和培训合作;（2）启动至少3项针对妇女健康状况的中医药研究的基础和临床试点研究;以及（3）为该中心开发第二阶段拨款申请。哥伦比亚大学的罗森塔尔补充和替代医学中心、老龄化和妇女健康补充和替代医学研究中心（在Fredi Kronenberg博士的指导下）和复旦大学妇产科医院（桂穗琪博士）为实现本项目的目标提供了理想的领导。其他主要合作伙伴包括蒙扎圣杰拉多医院产科部、意大利米兰比可卡大学（Anita Regalia和Francesco Cardini博士）、香港大学（Dept.妇产科的P.C.医生Ho），并创建一个强大的，多元化的团队，多文化的团队适合该项目的目标。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a codified, literature-based medical system with a professional class of physicians and an extensive materia medica of herbal treatments. TCM has been used widely in China for centuries; today, in urban hospital settings, it is often integrated with Western medicine. TCM has crossed-over to European and American countries during the past fifty years, through immigration and appropriation, and is now becoming an area of greater interest and more active medical research. Our long-term goal is to facilitate the establishment of an International Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Women's Health at Fudan University in China. We envision a center that will address important questions regarding the modulation of endocrine function that have significant impact on the health of women over their life cycle. This includes major areas of menstruation, fertility, pregnancy and menopause. The goals of this Phase I Planning Application are to: (1) strengthen an existing research and training collaboration among the multidisciplinary teams; (2) to initiate basic and clinical pilot research for at least 3 studies of Traditional Chinese Medicine for women's health conditions; and (3) to develop a Phase II grant application for this Center. The Rosenthal Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and the Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research in Aging and Women's Health, at Columbia University, (under the direction of Dr. Fredi Kronenberg), and the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital of Fudan University (Dr. Gui Suiqi) provide ideal leadership to achieve the goals of this project. The additional key partners include the Department of Obstetrics, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza, University of Milan-Bicocca, Milan, Italy (Drs. Anita Regalia and Francesco Cardini), The University of Hong Kong (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. P.C. Ho), and create a strong, diverse team multi-cultural team appropriate to the aims of the project.