Brian May

Dr. Brian May

Senior Clinical Research Fellow

Details

  • College: School of Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Department: Health and Biomedical Sciences
  • Campus: Bundoora West Australia
  • brian.may@rmit.edu.au

Research fields

  • 4208 Traditional, complementary and integrative medicine
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 3214 Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • 4203 Health services and systems
  • 3404 Medicinal and biomolecular chemistry
  • 3106 Industrial biotechnology
  • 3405 Organic chemistry
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3107 Microbiology

Supervisor projects

  • The role of Chinese herbal medicine for reducing the recurrence of colorectal adenoma: current state of evidence and clinical implications
  • 15 Feb 2024
  • Chinese herbal medicine for people with stage 2-4 diabetic kidney disease: clinical evidence and natural product development
  • 15 Feb 2024
  • Acupuncture for Cancer Pain: An Umbrella Review and a Pilot Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial
  • 8 Mar 2017
  • Chinese Herbal Medicine for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Related Disorders: Evidence from Modern and Classical Literature and Its Implications for Future Research
  • 27 Jul 2014
  • Evaluation of the efficacy, safety and tolerability of herbal medicine for management of the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia 
  • 14 Feb 2014
  • Chinese Herbal Medicine for Asthma: An Evaluation of Traditional and Scientific Evidence
  • 12 Aug 2011
  • Systematic evaluation of clinical and experimental evidence for the application of Chinese herbal medicines in the management of colorectal cancer
  • 24 Feb 2011

Teaching interests

Chinese medicine, evidence based medicine, systematic reviews, clinical trials, pre-modern and classical literature on clinical use, history of Chinese medicine, regulatory and quality control issues, herbal agriculture

Research interests

Memory impairment and dementia; Psoriasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cancer; Chinese herbal medicine; Text and data mining; Systematic reviews and clinical trials; Herbal quality, identification and production
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Acknowledgement of Country

RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.