
Class of 2025 Successfully Completes Thesis Defenses
DKU Global Health Program is proud to announce that 20 master candidates from the Class of 2025 have successfully defended their theses, marking the culmination of their two-year program.

DKU Global Health Program is proud to announce that 20 master candidates from the Class of 2025 have successfully defended their theses, marking the culmination of their two-year program.

Kunshan, March 21, 2025 – Duke Kunshan University’s Global Health Research Center successfully hosted the Evaluation Workshop for the “China Global Health Leadership Capacity Building Training Program” at the university’s Academic Building.

Recently, the research team led by Lijing Yan from the Global Health Research Center at Duke Kunshan University published their latest findings in JAMA Open Network, titled “Primary Care–Based Digital Health–Enabled Stroke Management Intervention: Long-Term Follow-Up of a Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial”. The study, based on follow-up data over 66.6 months (5.5 years), demonstrated the significant effects of the “System-integrated technology-enabled model of care for secondary prevention of stroke” (SINEMA) in improving patient health management and reducing the risk of stroke recurrence.

The Global Health Research Center (GHRC) successfully convened the first “This is Global Health” symposium in Spring Semester 2025. Focusing on “Global Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Are Going”, the event brought together global health experts, DKU faculty, students, and healthcare professionals from Kunshan to address critical mental health challenges.

Leaders from Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Kunshan University’s Global Health Programme, and Duke-NUS Medical School convened to advance joint initiatives in education, research, and partnership.

Professor Fujie Xu, Co-Director of the Global Health Program at Duke Kunshan University, participated in the 16th Annual Conference of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), themed “Innovating and Implementing in Global Health for a Sustainable World”, which was held from February 20 to 23, 2025, in Atlanta, USA, and contributed to discussions on advancing sustainable solutions in global health.
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