Doctor Xiaoshu Zhu

DAP - TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE,
Traditional Chinese Medicine (SoSH)

SENIOR LECTURER,
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health

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Biography
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Qualifications

PhDHlth University of Western Sydney
BMed Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
MMed Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Traditional Chinese Medicine (SoSH)
Dean's Unit - School of Science and Health

Contact

Email:	X.Zhu@uws.edu.au
Extension:	3338 3338
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Location:	24.4.12 Campbelltown24.4.12 Campbelltown
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Biography

Dr. Xiaoshu Zhu is senior lecturer, Director of Academic Program of Chinese Medicine, she is key academic for the Program since its inception in 1999. She is also clinical researcher of the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research.

Xiaoshu is member of the inaugural Chinese Medicine Board of Australia appointed by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council. She also serves as working editor for the Menstrual Disorders and Subfertility Group, the Cochrane Collaboration, a well-regarded international healthcare information organisation.

Xiaoshu graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (NJUTCM), one of the most prestigious TCM universities in China, with Bachelor’s Degree in 1984 and Master’s Degree in 1989. She completed her PhD (Health) study in 2008 from the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research.

Her entire career has been always in academic field and she has a passion in contemporary TCM tertiary education. She was offered academic position at NJUTCM upon her gradution, prior to her current appointment, she was Associate Professor in TCM. She has delivered and run TCM courses at various levels including undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in Asia, New Zealand and Australia. She has extensive management experience within the university sector both in China and Australia, and knows first hand the challenges of delivering high quality TCM education in today’s University environment. These strengths have brought her numerous professional credentials and recognitions.

Dr Xiaoshu Zhu is registered Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist with the Chinese Medicne Board of Australia. She was the first clinician of the Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Centre, the first TCM service at the Women’s Services in a public hospital setting (Sydney South Western Area Health Service) in Australia.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Zhu.

Interests

TCM clinical informatics
Tertiary TCM education

Awards

Cochrane Complementary and Alternative Medicine Field Bursary 2011-12-01
Dr Bernard Lake Award 2009-06-01
Award for the Best Research Paper 2008-05-12

Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

400919 Specialities in Traditional Chinese Medicine 1 (PG), 2012
400346 Traditional Chinese Medicine 1, 2012
400348 Traditional Chinese Medicine 2, 2012
400352 Traditional Chinese Medicine 3, 2012
400360 Chinese Internal Medicine 2, 2012

Publications

Chapters in Books

Bjering, H., Ginige, A., Maeder, A., Bensoussan, A., Zhu, X., Lattuca, C. and Lattuca, C. (2011), 'Electronic Medical Record Information System for Patient Consultations in Chinese Medicine', Health Informatics: The Transformative Power of Innovation - Selected Papers from the 19th Australian National Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2011), IOS Press 9781607507901.

Journal Articles

Smith, C., Zhu, X., He, L. and Song, J. (2011), 'Acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Smith, C., Xue, C., Zhang, A., Zhu, X., Bensoussan, A., Zaslawski, C., Zheng, Z., Cobbin, D., Cochrane, S., Lenon, G., Loyeung, B., Meier, P. and Walsh, S. (2011), 'Development of an instrument to assess the quality of acupuncture: Results from a Delphi process', Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 12.
Bjering, H., Ginige, A., Maeder, A., Benoussan, A., Bensoussan, A., Zhu, X. and Lattuca, C. (2011), 'Electronic medical record information system for patient consultations in Chinese medicine.', Studies in health technology and informatics, 6.
Zhu, X., Zhu, X., Hamilton, K. and Mcnicol, E. (2011), 'Acupuncture for pain in endometriosis', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Zhu, X., Zhu, X., Clark, J., Protocol, M. and Yak, L. (2011), 'Chinese herbal medicine for menopausal symptoms (Protocol)', The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Zhu, X., Wong, F., Bensoussan, A., Lo, S., Zhou, C. and Yu, J. (2010), 'Are there any cross-ethnic differences in menstrual profiles? A pilot comparative study on Australian and Chinese women with primary dysmenorrheal', Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research, 9.
Zhu, X., Bensoussan, A., Zhu, L., Qian, J., Xu, M., Zhou, C., Chaog, P. and Lo, S. (2009), 'Primary dysmenorrhoea: A comparative study on Australian and Chinese women', Complementary Therapies in Medicine, 6.
Smith, C., He, L., Zhu, X. and Song, J. (2009), 'Acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Zhu, X., Hamilton, K. and Mcnicol, E. (2009), 'Acupuncture for endometriosis', The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Zhu, X., Carlton, A. and Bensoussan, A. (2009), 'Development in and challenge for traditional Chinese medicine in Australia', Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 4.
Zhu, X., Proctor, M., Bensoussan, A., Smith, C. and Wu, E. (2008), 'Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea: a systematic review', Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine, 16.
Zhu, X., Proctor, M., Bensoussan, A., Smith, C. and Wu, E. (2007), 'Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 98.
Zhu, X., Smith, C. and Bensoussan, A. (2005), 'Chinese herbal medicine for primary dysmenorrhoea', The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, .
Drew, A., Bensoussan, A., Whyte, I., Dawson, A., Zhu, X. and Myers, S. (2002), 'Chinese herbal medicine toxicology database Monograph on radix sophorae flavescentis 'ku shen'', Journal of Toxicology- Clinical Toxicology, 4.
Drew, A., Whyte, I., Bensoussan, A., Dawson, A., Zhu, X. and Myers, S. (2002), 'Chinese herbal medicine toxicology database Monograph on herbal asari 'xi xin'.', Journal of Toxicology- Clinical Toxicology., 4.

Conference Papers

Duck, L., Zhu, X., Penkala, S. and Maeder, A. (2010), 'Strategies to Enhance Computer Assisted Differential Diagnosis in Traditional Chinese Medicine for Coronary Heart Disease: Validity and Standardisation of a Diagnostic Instrument', 2010 IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedicine Workshops, Hong Kong.

Research

Xiaoshu is active researcher in the field of Chinese medicine with experience in conducting clinical trials and systematic reviews. Her main clinical research expertise is in women’s health, and she has developed her research interest in cancer care with the use of Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture. She has a proven track record in research and publications with many collaborations in Australia and overseas.