Community Fellow, Neuro-Meridian Integrative Acupuncture Certificate Program
Community Scholar
Poney Chiang received a PhD in biomedical research from the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, followed by a Master’s degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Health & Science in New York. He is an adjunct professor and former director of the Integrative Acupuncture Certificate Program for the Faculty of Health at York University (Toronto). Poney is also a professor at the American Neuro-Acupuncture Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and former Chair of the Herbal Medicine Department at the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
He is a leading expert in peripheral neuro-anatomy of acupoints and their associated neuro-modulation needle techniques. Since 2013, Poney has been invited to lecture and conduct workshops at numerous TCM and biomedical acupuncture symposiums around the world. His latest research interest involves an MRI-based study of the neuro-anatomy of acupoints on the scalp and their relationships to cortical functional regions.
In 2024, he was the keynote speaker for the Australasian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Annual Conference. He was recognised with an award for Excellence in Research & Teaching: Advancing the TCM profession from the Dean of the Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Research Keywords
Integrative Health; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Acupuncture and Acupressure research and practices
Themes | Global Health Foresighting |
Status | Active |
Related Work |
N/A
|
Updates |
N/A
|
You may also be interested in...
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Seed Grants in Critical Social Science Perspectives in Global Health Research
Following the fifth annual Critical Perspective for Global Health Research (CPGH) workshop in April, the CPGH Steering Committee is delighted to announce that the following York researchers have been awarded this year’s $7,000 seed grants ...Read more about this Post
Recap — It is Time to Rescue the Decolonization of Global Health Movement: The Pressing Need for a Shift in Paradigm, with Luchuo Engelbert Bain
On January 8, Dahdaleh research fellow Luchuo Engelbert Bain emphasized the urgent need for a paradigm shift to save the decolonization of the global health movement from stagnation and superficiality. Bain underscored that decolonizing global ...Read more about this Post
Global Health Intern Presents at the CUGH 2025 Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
I am grateful for the opportunity to attend the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) 2025 conference that was held in Atlanta, Georgia between February 20-23. My abstract which summarized my work on the ...Read more about this Post