Amanda Shayle is a practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine and joint head of research and development as well as a senior lecturer for the College of Chinese Medicine, London.  She is also Vice Chairman of The Acupuncture Society. Amanda is committed to promoting the integration of acupuncture into the NHS and developing scientific CAM research methods.  Her collaboration with award-winning Getwell UK and departments within the NHS Research Consortium resulted in a successful and groundbreaking conference in October 2007 exploring the complexity of evidence base research, commissioning of CAM services and the possibility of integrated clinical studies.

Andrew Flower has been practising acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine since 1992. He gained a diploma in Research Methods in Healthcare from the University of Southampton in 2003 and was awarded a PhD from the same University for his thesis exploring the role of Chinese herbal medicine in the treatment of endometriosis in 2009. He now combines private practice with ongoing research work.

Beverley de Valois graduated from the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in 1998, and has worked as a Research Acupuncturist in the NHS since 2000.  She was awarded a PhD in 2007 by Thames Valley University for research into using acupuncture to manage hot flushes in breast cancer patients.  In 2008, she was awarded a grant by the National Institute of Health Research to conduct exploratory research into using acupuncture to improve quality of life in people with lymphoedema.

Charlie Buck  MSc. Now nearing the end of his third decade in the world of Chinese medicine Charlie was among the first handful of acupuncturists to practise Chinese herbal medicine in the UK. As an educator he has made significant contributions to the development of Chinese medicine at various Universities and TCM colleges in the Europe. Originally a neurophysiology graduate with an interest in oriental thought Charlie is rooted equally in both classical Chinese literature scholarship and in science. He is clinical director of the Chester Clinic (UK).

Danny Maxwell After completing an MA at Cambridge University, Danny went on to train in acupuncture and Chinese remedial massage. Danny is co-editor of the Journal of Chinese Medicine and chairs the British Acupuncture Council Editorial Committee. In 2004 he founded the charity World Medicine (www.worldmedicine.org.uk) in response to the asian Tsunamii, facilitating acupuncturists and other CAM practitioners travelling to places around the world where their skills are needed. Danny lectures at various colleges of Chinese medicine, and is an enthusiastic practitioner of taiji, qigong and meditation, which form the foundation for his understanding of Chinese medicine.

Hugh MacPherson has practised acupuncture since the early 1980s. He set up the Northern College of Acupuncture and as Principal helped the College achieve the first degree in acupuncture in the UK in 1995. He also set up the Foundation for Research into Traditional Chinese Medicine. He now is based at the University of York where he conducts research into acupuncture for a number of conditions, including back pain, depression, irritable bowel syndrome and osteoarthritis of the knee. With colleagues he co-edited the book "Acupuncture Research" published by Elsevier. He has co-ordinated the guidelines for Standards  for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture (STRICTA) which have been recently updated and published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) Medicine.

Ines Maria Brüntrup is a Heilpraktikerin for Chinese medicine and a plant cell biologist. She is Research Officer of the European Traditional Chinese Medicine Association (ETCMA, www.etcma.org) and a member of the commission for quality management in education (QAW) of the german Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Klassische Akupunktur und Traditionelle Chinesische Medizin E.V. (AGTCM, agtcm.de), responsible for development in education and research

Kevin Ergil is Associate Professor at the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine of  NYCC and a practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine since 1990. He has served as a director of the Society for Acupuncture Research and as a member of the advisory board. His current interests include safety and efficacy issues related to single substance phytopharmacy, drug-herb interaction and toxicity issues in Chinese herbal medicine, the assessment of clinical outcomes in complementary and alternative therapies, and the clinical management of chronic pain in the presence of multiple comorbidities including PTSD. 

Lisa Sherman gained her first degree in molecular biology at King’s College London, spent five years working in medical bioscience research/publishing, and then ran her own web design business for seven years before beginning acupuncture training and obtaining a degree in TCM: Acupuncture from the University of Westminster. She is now a director and practitioner at Arc Integrated Health, a multidisciplinary clinic in Islington, London. Lisa has special interests in yoga, meditation, tai chi and qigong, which she has been studying for over ten years. She is enthusiastic about promoting their benefits in health maintenance. Lisa writes the news section of the Journal of Chinese Medicine and is a member of the British Acupuncture Council Editorial Committee.

Mazin Al-Khafaji was brought up and educated in the Middle East and the UK. He began his studies in acupuncture as well as modern and classical Chinese in 1979.  His thorough study of the Chinese language earned him the first Sino-British scholarship to study Internal medicine at the Shanghai College of Traditional Chinese Medicine alongside Chinese students, where he graduated as Doctor of Chinese Medicine in 1987. He has been in practice in the UK ever since. Today he is recognised as one of the leaders in the field of dermatology and Chinese Herbal Medicine, and is highly respected as a clinician. He lectures at postgraduate level and at conferences all over the world. He is the founder of the Avicenna Centre of Chinese Medicine, which is dedicated to furthering the integrated practice and study of Chinese Medicine.

Peter Deadman has practised and taught Chinese medicine internationally for over thirty years. He is the founder, publisher and currently assistant editor of The Journal of Chinese Medicine and co-author of A Manual of Acupuncture. Since withdrawing from clinical practice he has continued to lecture, principally in the field of health preservation, and to practise and teach qigong and write fiction.

Wainwright Churchill had eight years of formal training in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, and has been in practice since 1986. His interests include Western science and philosophy, and Chinese religions. He is also a classically-trained pianist. Wainwright has had a long-standing interest in the politics of medical practice and medical research. He is concerned that paradigmatic and intercultural matters, and various power-knowledge considerations, are not overlooked in such a manner as to create an invalid representation of traditional Chinese medical practice. His outlook has been influenced by Michel Foucault, Thomas Kuhn and Edward Said.