ADVISORY BOARD

Academic Board

Rev. Prof. Stephen Graham Wright (UK)

• Visiting Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Care, St. Martin's College, Carlisle, U.K.
• Chair - The Sacred Space Foundation
• Editor-in-Chief of Spirituality and Health International (until 2007)

Harald Walach, PhD (UK)

• Research Professor in Psychology, University of Northampton, U.K.
• President, International Society for Complementary Medicine Research
• Editor-in-chief, Research in Complementary and Classical Natural Medicine
• Editor-in-chief, Spirituality and Health International Journal (since 2007)

Arndt Büssing, MD, PhD (Germany)

• Professor and Chair of Medical Theory and Complementary Medicine, University of Witten, Germany
• Editor, German Journal of Oncology

Harold Koenig, MD (US)

• Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science
• Director of the Center for the Study of Religion, Spirituality and Health, Duke University Medical Center, North Carolina, U.S.A.

Christina M. Puchalski, MD (US)

• Director, The George Washington Institute for Spirituality and Health
• Associate Professor of Medicine, Healthcare Sciences, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
• Associate Professor of Health Management and Leadership, George Washington University School of Public Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Laurence Kirmayer, MD (Canada)

• Professor and Director, Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
• Editor-in-Chief of Transcultural Psychiatry

Allan Young, PhD (Canada)

• LEEF Leadership Chair in Depression Research
• Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Director of the Institute of Mental Health, University of British Columbia

Diana Lary, PhD (Canada)

• Professor Emerita of History, University of British Columbia
• Director, Centre of Chinese Research, Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia

Steven Aung, MD (Canada)

• Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta
• Recipient of a Physician of the Century Award and of the Order of Canada (2006)

Anand C. Paranjpe, PhD

• Professor Emerita, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University

John Crellin, MD, PhD

• Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Religious Board

Venerable Master Sheng-Yen

• Chan (Zen) Buddhist teacher
• Founder, International Cultural and Educational Foundation of Dharma Drum Mountain

Venerable Master Hsin-Yun

• Founder of Fo Guang Shan, the Buddha Light International Association – the largest Buddhist organization in the world

Community Board

Tung Chan, B.A.

• Chief Executive Officer, United Chinese Community Enrichment Services Society (also known as S.U.C.C.E.S.S.), one of the largest social services organizations in B.C.
• Recipient, Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal