Teaching Experience:
§ Advanced Meridian Graphing Instructor: Africa, Europe, Mexico, USA, 2004-Present § NCCAOM certified course instructor for both live and distance-learning courses
§ Acupuncture Society of America Associate Instructor 2005-Present
§ Chiro + Plus Kinesiology Association instructor 2005-2013
Research:
Principle Investigator, Multichannel System for Measuring Skin Impedance at Acupuncture Points. NIH SBIR Grant # 1R43AT004134-01, 2007.
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Publications:
Skin Impedance Measurements for Acupuncture Research: Development of a Continuous Recording System. eCAM 2008 5(4):443-450.
A Multichannel System for Continuous Measurements of Skin Resistance and Capacitance at Acupuncture Points. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2009;2(4):259−268
An 8-channel skin impedance measurement system for acupuncture research. Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2009;1:861-4.
A multichannel system for continuous measurements of skin resistance and capacitance at acupuncture points. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2009; 2(4):259−268. PMCID: PMC2907515
Electrodermal activity at acupuncture points: literature review and recommendations for reporting clinical trials J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011; 4(1):5-13
Skin Conductance at 24 Source (Yuan) Acupoints in 8637 Patients: Influence of Age, Gender and Time of Day. J Acupunct Meridian Stud 2011; 4(1):14-23

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