AAMA Newsletter
Serving the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture
December 2000

MARF contest outlined

The call for entries has been issued for the annual MARF Research Award—sponsored by Seirin-America and represented by Thomas Riihimaki—with papers due by Jan. 31, 2001.

Submissions must be originial work in either clinical research or basic biochemical or physiological research pertaining to acupuncture. Contest rules are posted at: medicalacupuncture.org.

• First Place award is $3,000. The paper will be presented at AAMA’s Symposium in New Orleans in March 2001. In addition to the prize money, the first-place presenting author gets paid meeting registration, travel expenses to $500 and three nights hotel lodging.

• Second Place award is $2,000, paid meeting registration and travel expenses to $500.

• Third Place award is $1,000 and paid meeting registration for the Symposium.

Papers for second and third place will be announced at the Symposium, where authors will be acknowledged.

Five copies of the paper should be sent by Jan. 31, 2001 to: MARF Research Award, 4929 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 428, Los Angeles, CA 90010. Receipt will be acknowledged within 15 days.

For more information, contact Russell Erickson, MD (russpat@netvista.net) or James Dowden (323/937-5514).

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Acubriefs newsletter, website debuts

Early in December, the first issue of Acubriefs Newsletter was published on the Internet. Acubriefs Newsletter is sponsored by MARF and made possible through the financial support of Seirin-America and Oriental Medical Supplies (OMS).

Also debuting is www.acubriefs.com, sponsored by MARF and made possible by generous support of AAMA. This website provides access to more than 11,000 references pertaining to acupuncture. Most of these acupuncture references are from the English literature. Many of the articles have abstracts contributed by Russell Erickson, MD and others.

For both the newsletter and database to meet their potential of serving the acupuncture community, ongoing support is sought. Many members have already contributed to MARF through their annual donation at the time of AAMA membership renewal. Leaders also request members to contribute directly to the database and newsletter in two ways: First, if you have pertinent references that are not included within the database, let them know and if possible, send them in a digital format. Second, please get the word out with regard to www.acubriefs.com. 

     If you have reviews you would like to include in the newsletter as per the format of the first edition (visit www.acubriefs.com), send them to Acubriefs Newsletter Editor James Rotchford, MD, MARF president, for possible publication. There will be honorariums provided for reviews accepted for publication.

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