STAFF PROFILE
Dr George Lenon
Position:
Senior Lecturer
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
School / Department:
STEM|Health and Biomedical Sciences
Phone:
+61399256587
Email:
george.lenon@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
Bundoora West
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Teaching and research in Chinese medicine
Research interests
- Evidence-based research.
- Randomised Clinical trial
- Allergy
- Weight managements
Educational development work
My work in educational development focuses on the delivery of learning materials for all acupuncture clinical courses. Recent projects include the development of introductory videos, developed with teaching colleagues and the support of RMIT University teaching fund:
- Development of innovative Chinese medicine online learning and teaching modules
- Chinese Medicine Online logbook for recording clinical placement
- Development of Cognitive skills app to enhance student engagement in blended and on-line learning
Projects and fundings
- Efficacy and safety of Nutritional Slimming bars for weight management
- Effects of electroacupuncture and mindfulness meditation in the management of overweight
- Self‐administered acupressure for the management of allergic rhinitis: A pilot randomised, controlled trial
- High-Performance Thin-Layer Chromatography (HPTLC) - A Rapid Metabolite Profiling Technique to monitor the Adulteration of Natural Product Extracts
- Efficacy and safety of Chinese herbal medicine in the management of simple obesity: A randomised controlled trial
Achievements and awards
- Office of Learning and Teaching Citation (Team member), Australian Government, 2013
- Office of Learning and Teaching Citation, Australian Government, 2012
- RMIT Learning and Teaching Award (Team member), RMIT University, 2012
- RMIT Learning and Teaching Award, RMIT University, 2011
Industry and collaborations
- Editor Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative medicine
- Vietnam Military Medical University
- Tong Kang Lee Industrial research funding 2016
- AACMA research grant, 2007
- Windermere researcher grant, 2007
- RMIT emerging researchers grant, 2006
- Co-coordinating and lecturing in all acupuncture postgraduate and undergraduate courses.
- Course coordinator of undergraduates courses: Acupuncture Theory and Practice 1( COTH2138), Acupuncture Theory and Practice 2 (COTH2139), Acupuncture Techniques (COTH2168),
- Course coordinator of postgraduate courses: Acupuncture Theory and Practice 1 (COTH2188), Acupuncture Theory and Practice 2 (COTH2190),Clinical Chinese Medicine 2 (COTH2113) Acupuncture Neurophysiology and Techniques (COTH2110)
- Graduate Certificates in Tertiary Teaching and learning, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- Certificate of Clinical Research Coordinator, Boston (CCRC)
- PhD, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- Bachelor of Health Sciences (Chinese medicine) Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
- Bachelor of Engineering. Prague University, Czech
Member of professional associations
- Member of The Association of Clinical research Professionals (ACRP)
- Member, The Australian and New Zealand Obesity Society
- Member, The Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA)
- Wong, A.,Hung, A.,Yang, A.,Gill, H.,Lenon, G. (2023). Poria cocos compounds targeting neuropeptide Y1 receptor (Y1R) for weight management: A computational ligand- and structure-based study with molecular dynamics simulations identified beta-amyrin acetate as a putative Y1R inhibitor In: PLoS One, 18, 1 - 20
- Wong, A.,Yang, W.,Gill, H.,Lenon, G.,Hung, A. (2023). Mechanisms of Nelumbinis folium targeting PPAR? for weight management: A molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations study In: Computers in Biology and Medicine, 166, 1 - 13
- Liang, Y.,Lenon, G.,Li, M.,Yang, W. (2022). Feasibility of self-administered acupressure for allergic rhinitis: a pilot randomized controlled trial and lessons learnt for future studies In: Acupuncture in Medicine, 40, 142 - 151
- Wong, A.,Yang, W.,Li, M.,Hung, A.,Gill, H.,Lenon, G. (2022). The Effects and Safety of Chinese Herbal Medicine on Blood Lipid Profiles in Placebo-Controlled Weight-Loss Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis In: Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2022, 1 - 13
- Chung, C.,Yang, W.,De Foe, A.,Li, M.,Lenon, G. (2022). The clinical evaluation of electroacupuncture combined with mindfulness meditation for overweight and obesity: study protocol for a randomized sham-controlled clinical trial In: Trials, 23, 1 - 11
- Lankatillake, K.,Luo, R.,Flavel, M.,Lenon, G.,Gill, H.,Huynh, T.,Dias, D. (2021). Screening natural product extracts for potential enzyme inhibitors: protocols, and the standardisation of the usage of blanks in a-amylase, a-glucosidase and lipase assays In: Plant Methods, 17, 1 - 19
- Yuen, H.,Yang, W.,Hung, A.,Lenon, G. (2021). How does traditional knowledge of Cassiae semen shed light on weight management? – A classical and modern literature review In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 268, 1 - 13
- Wong, A.,Yang, W.,Gill, H.,Li, M.,Lenon, G. (2021). Chinese Herbal Medicine for Weight Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of Randomised Controlled Trials In: Journal of Obesity, 2021, 1 - 17
- Alhaiti, A.,Senitan, M.,Dator, W.,Sankarapandian, C.,Baghdadi, N.,Jones, L.,Da Costa, C.,Lenon, G. (2020). Adherence of Type 2 Diabetic Patients to Self-Care Activity: Tertiary Care Setting in Saudi Arabia In: Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020, 1 - 7
- Lenon, G.,Sun, Y.,Yang, W.,Hung, A. (2020). Screening for a Potential Therapeutic Agent from the Herbal Formula in the 4th Edition of the Chinese National Guidelines for the Initial-Stage Management of COVID-19 via Molecular Docking In: Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Journal, 2020, 1 - 17
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
4 PhD Current Supervisions9 PhD Completions and 2 Masters by Research Completions
- Efficacy and safety of a Chinese herbal medicine formula in the management of simple obesity: Randomised placebo-controlled clinical trial. Funded by: Windermere Foundation Special Grant pre-2014 from (2008 to 2009)
- Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association LTD (AACMA) Research Grants. Funded by: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association Project Contract from (2007 to 2007)