About
Joy Tianyun Wu, Ph.D., DAOM., L.Ac.
Dr. Joy Tianyun Wu’s mission has evolved from her merged backgrounds as a modern life-science scientist of twenty years, followed by ten years practice as a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctor and instructor of the 5,000 year old Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture and traditions.
Through her decade of academic teaching as professor of TCM medicine and healthcare provider in private clinical practice, Dr. Wu has seen the need to bring to the western world the ancient understanding and wisdom practices of disease prevention and harmonious living that naturally lead to a peaceful, healthy transition at the end of life.
Dr. Wu founded Heavenly Joy Institute, a 501c (3) non-profit organization in 2016, and in 2018, published The Power of Conscious Dying and actively started a compassionate care education project, developing practices and protocols for healthy aging, end of life care, and support for natural conscious dying. This project promotes healthy, sustainable living from the human level to the planetary level. Dr. Wu is actively involved in local community education and welfare, presenting talks at community and senior centers and offering acupuncture service to those in need at shelters, particularly during Northern California fires.
Dr. Wu also focuses on passing Taoist wisdom to her daughter Aurora. They worked together and translated this famous Taoist sutra, Qing Jing Sutra in 2019.
Dr. Wu started a pilot teaching program for Life Transition Doula certification, which was well received and successful. She is working on a family-oriented end of life care manual which will be available at the end of 2020.
Professional Clinical Experience
2016 - Present: Founder, CEO, Heavenly Joy Institute, Novato, CA.
2010 - Present: Founder/Owner, Heavenly Joy Clinic, serving as Primary Healthcare Provider of Traditional Chinese Medicine based natural healing and Acupuncture, Novato, CA. Website: www.attcm.com
Professional Teaching Experience
2013 - 2018: Instructing Professor in Master Program (English language) of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, University of Eastern and Western Medicine, Sunnyvale.
2010 - 2013: Professor, Oral Translator from Chinese spoken language into English spoken language for Doctorate Program of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, University of Eastern and Western Medicine, Sunnyvale, CA.
Biomedical Academic Research/Work Experience
2006 - 2007: Research Scientist, Shriner Hospital, Sacramento, CA, and University of California at Davis, CA.
1998 - 2005: Postdoctoral Research Scientist, University of California, San Francisco, and VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
1986 - 1991: Research Assistant, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Beijing, P. R. China.
Educational Background
2010 - 2014: DAOM, Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, University of Eastern and Western Medicine, Sunnyvale, CA.
2007 - 2009: M.S. Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, Berkeley.
1998 - 2005: Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, University of California, San Francisco, CA, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA.
1994 - 1998: Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Plant Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1991 - 1993: M.S., Plant Pathology. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
1982 - 1986: B.S. Microbiology, Shandong University, Ji Nan, P. R. China.