Source: SYSU-JHU Collaborative Program Workgroup
Written by: Li Liying
Edited by: Wang Dongmei
On November 13, the SYSU-JHU Collaboration Strategic Meeting was held on North Campus of Sun Yat-sen University. Xu Ningsheng, President of SYSU; Li Mengfeng, Vice President of SYSU; Peng Wei, Deputy Director of Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province; Zeng Lu, Director of International Exchange and Cooperation Division of Guangdong Science and Technology Department; Wu Qunyue, Director of Safety & Inspection Department of Guangdong Food and Drug Administration; Huang Yuwen, Deputy Director of Medical Science, Education and Research Division of Health and Family Planning Commission of Guangdong Province; Professor Daniel E. Ford, Vice Dean for Clinical Investigation of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHM); Professor Adrian Dobs and Associate Professor Zhiping Li, leaders of JHM workgroup; Professor Liang Dan, Director of Office of Medical Science of SYSU; Professor Hao Yuantao, Dean of School of Public Health of SYSU; Professor Zhang Li from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center; and directors of related offices, schools and affiliated hospitals of SYSU attended the meeting.
SYSU-JHU Collaboration Strategic Meeting
President Xu Ningsheng said that SYSU puts emphasis on this collaboration and it is a milestone and important event for the international development of medical research in SYSU. The collaboration will construct a long-term communication platform for scientists and administrators from the two universities and lay a solid foundation for SYSU to set up a world-level medical research institute in the future.
Vice Dean Daniel E. Ford said that JHM also attaches great importance to this collaboration and SYSU is JHU’s only partner on clinical and translational medicine all over the globe. After a five-day course they find that SYSU has attracted lots of enthusiastic and talented young fellows who will probably become the main force for clinical and translational research.
Vice President Li Mengfeng announced the updating progress of SYSU-JHU collaboration and answered questions from news media with Vice Dean Daniel E. Ford.
An elaborate video before the formal meeting impressively showed the background, development and progress of the collaboration. A townhall meeting on ethical conduct of medical research was also held. Professor Holly Taylor and Vice Dean Daniel E. Ford gave lectures and communicated with the audience. Principles and ideas of research integrity and medical ethics were expressed and emphasized during the meeting.
Since its start in March this year, the SYSU-JHU collaborative program has been progressing well. In September, the International Joint Research Center for Translational Medicine at SYSU was authorized as a national base for international cooperation in science and technology by the Ministry of Science and Technology. As it goes deeper and wider, more and more substantive achievements in clinical research will come out from this cooperation.
