Dr. George Leung's research focuses on herbal medicine, especially medicinal mushrooms, on ageing-related problems such as cardiovascular disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.

Prof. Yan Wang, director of the Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, and the Beijing Key Laboratory of Non-Clinical Drug Metabolism and PK/PD Study in Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, has long been engaged in the research of DMPK and pharmacology concerning the intestinal bacteria. Prof. Yan Wang focuses the following researching fields: 1) intestinal bacteria and natural drug interactions; 2) the conversion and metabolism of natural medicines and natural active ingredients based on intestinal microbiota; 3) the mechanism of clinical chronic diseases and personalized treatment based on intestinal microbiota and has established a serial of key technologies investigating interaction between natural products and intestinal bacteria by applying the multi-omics technology.

Jocelin Chan – PhD, B. Pharm (1st class honours) is a research associate at the University of Sydney School of Pharmacy. She is also a practicing community pharmacist and a pharmacy owner. Jocelin’s research interests include drug-herb interactions; the use of Annona muricata (Graviola) in people living with cancer; quality use of complementary medicines, and the quality of herbal medicine products. She contributes to the development and review of monographs to resource healthcare professionals with evidence-based knowledge about drug-herb interactions. Her recent research includes evaluating the safety and tolerability of a herbal product (Annona muricata) through a clinical study in collaboration with Concord Cancer Centre, Sydney Australia.