CURRICULUM VITAE of Dr. ZHANG Chi ([email protected])

Name: ZHANG Chi

Academic qualifications: 1997.9-2000.7 China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China 2001.9-2003.7 B. A. Tianjin Foreign Studies University, Tianjin, China 2003.9-2008.7 Ph.D. Clinical epidemiology, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China

Previous academic positions held: 2008.10-2011.12 Postdoc Fellowship Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China 2011.12-2015.04 Assistant researcherInstitute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Present academic position: 06/15-Present Postdoc Fellowship, Clinical Division, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University

Previous relevant research work: Technical expertise Clinical epidemiology Research area Clinical research in efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Systematic reviews and meta-analysis Data mining on traditional Chinese medicine pattern and biological diseases

Publications in the past five years

1. Chi Zhang, Miao Jiang, Xiaojuan He, Aiping Lu. Clinical Trials of Integrative Medicine for Rheumatoid Arthritis Issues and Recommendations. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2015, 21(6):403-407. 2. Miao Jiang, Qinglin Zha, Chi Zhang , Cheng Lu, Xiaoping Yan, Wanhua Zhu, Wei Liu, Shenghao Tu, Liping Hou, Chengwu Wang, Wandong Zhang, Qinghua Liang, Bing Fan, Jiangping Yu, Weidong Zhang, Xinru Liu, Jing Yang, Xiaojuan He, Li Li, Xuyan Niu, Yan Liu, Hongtao Guo, Bing He, Ge Zhang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Aiping Lu. Predicting and verifying outcome of Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F. based therapy in rheumatoid arthritis: from open to double- blinded randomized trial[J]. Scientific Reports, 2015, 5. 3. Chi Zhang, Miao Jiang, Ge Zhang, Zhaoxiang Bian, Aiping Lu. Progress and Perspectives of Biomarker Discovery in Chinese Medicine Research. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine, 2014 Sep 2. [Epub ahead of print] 4. Yunyu Huang, Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang, Zhong Wang, Yuming Guo, Jingping Tian, Dan He, Xiuchen Yu, Aiping Lu. Benefits of Chinese medicine among patients with diabetic foot: an expert review from clinical studies. Current Vascular Pharmacology 2014 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print] 5. Aiping Lu, Chi Zhang, Rob Verpoorte, Nicola Robinson, Qihe Xu. Creative and Innovative Good Practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinical Studies: Strategies for Sustainable Development. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2014, 29;155(3):1625-8. 6. Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang, Jing Li, Jing Yang, Ge Zhang, Aiping Lu. Can bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis be repaired by current therapeutics? The past, the present and the future. Osteoporosis International 2012, 23(7),S821-S821. 7. Qinglin Zha, Seqi Lin, Chi Zhang (Joint first author), Christopher Chang, Hanrong Xue, Cheng Lu, Miao Jiang, Yan Liu, Zuke Xiao, Weiyou Liu, Yunfei Shang, Jianjian Chen, MinyongWen, Aiping Lu. Xiaoqinglong Granules as Add-On Therapy for Asthma: Latent Class Analysis of Symptom Predictors of Response. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 2013,759476. 8. Xiuhui Li, Chi Zhang (Joint first author), Qingsheng Shi, Tong Yang, Qingxiong Zhu, Yimei Tian, Cheng Lu, Zhiying Zhang, Zhongsheng Jiang, Hongying Zhou, Xiaofeng Wen, Huasheng Yang, Xiaorong Ding, Lanchun Liang, Yan Liu, Yongyan Wang, Aiping Lu. Improving the Efficacy of Conventional Therapy by Adding Andrographolide Sulfonate in the Treatment of Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2013, 2013,316250. 9. Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang (Joint first author), Guang Zheng, Hongtao Guo, Li Li, Jing Yang, Cheng Lu, Wei Jia, Aiping Lu. Traditional Chinese medicine Zheng in the era of evidence-based medicine: a literature analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2012, 2012:409568. 10. Chi Zhang, Miao Jiang, Aiping Lu. Considerations of traditional Chinese medicine as adjunct therapy in the management of ulcerative colitis. Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology 2013, 44(3):274-83. 11. Miao Jiang, Cheng Lu, Chi Zhang, Jing Yang, Yong Tan, Aiping Lu, Kelvin Chan. Syndrome differentiation in modern research of traditional Chinese medicine. Journal of Ethnopharmacol 2012, 140(3):634-642. 12. Chi Zhang, Miao Zhang, Aiping Lu. A traditional Chinese medicine versus western combination therapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: two-stage protocol of a randomized controlled trial. Trials 2011, 12:137. 13. Chi Zhang, Qinglin Zha, Yiting He, Miao Jiang, Cheng Lu, Aiping Lu. Extraarticular symptoms could influence ACR response in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with biomedicine: 194 patients in a single-blinded, randomized, controlled, multicenter trial. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2011,31(1):50-55. 14. Chi Zhang, Miao Jiang, Aiping Lu. Evidence-based Chinese medicine for rheumatoid arthritis. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2011,31(2):152-157. 15. Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang, Hongxin Cao, Kelvin Chan, Aiping Lu. The role of Chinese medicine in the treatment of chronic diseases in China. Planta Medica 2011,77:1-9. 16. Aiping Lu, Miao Jiang, Chi Zhang, Kelvin Chan. An integrative approach of linking traditional Chinese medicine pattern classification and biomedicine diagnosis. J Ethnopharmacology 2012,141(2):549-556.