Professor Lyu Aiping, Vice-President (Research and Development) and Dean of Graduate School of HKBU, has been appointed as a member of the newly established Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine (STAG-TM) of the World Health Organization (WHO). This appointment reflects the growing importance of traditional medicine within the global public health architecture and further affirms the international standing and influence of traditional Chinese medicine and HKBU’s leadership in the field.
The appointment was officially announced at the Second WHO Traditional Medicine Global Summit held in New Delhi, India, from 17 to 19 December, which saw the launch of the WHO Global Traditional Medicine Strategy 2025–2034. At the Summit’s forum on “Quality, Efficiency and Patient Safety,” Professor Lyu spoke on the use of data-driven strategies to enhance the integration of traditional medicine into healthcare systems. The STAG-TM, comprising only 19 independent experts worldwide, was established during the Summit with Professor Lyu as one of its members.
The STAG-TM is tasked with providing the WHO with high-level scientific counsel on global research priorities, norms and policies in the field of traditional and complementary medicine. Professor Lyu’s participation will help ensure that the professional perspectives and evidence-based experience of Chinese medicine and other traditional medical systems are fully reflected in the formulation of future standards for global health governance by the WHO.
“Traditional medicine will no longer be an isolated alternative option, but rather integrated into the future global health system to serve human well-being. This is my mission at the STAG-TM,” Professor Lyu said of his appointment.
Professor Lyu Aiping is also Chair Professor of the School of Chinese Medicine and Dr Kennedy Y H Wong Endowed Professor in Chinese Medicine at HKBU. In 2022, he was elected a Foreign Member of Academia Europaea in recognition of his outstanding scholarly contributions to systems medicine over many years.