Prof. Lijing Yan’s team found that maintaining frequent physical activity or switching from a sedentary lifestyle to an active one would benefit them with longer survival time among the most senior population (over 80 years old).
Based on data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a team led by Assistant Professor Chenkai Wu and Professor Lijing Yan from the Global Health Research Center at Duke Kunshan University has published a study in the Journal of the American Heart Association in which they found that genetic susceptibility and social environment interplay in the development of MI in middle-aged and older adults.
The December issue of The Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific featured an editorial on health innovation and universal health coverage (UHC), endorsing Duke Kunshan University’s efforts in leading the discussion of this vital topic during the Global Health Symposium held in October.
A collaborative workshop sharing global health research progress was jointly organized in December 2023 by GHRC, Duke Kunshan University, and the School of Public Health, Wuhan University.
A commentary co-authored by three professors at DKU Global Health Research Center was published in December on the Lancet Regional Health – West Pacific, addressing the challenges and opportunities of global health education in Chinese universities.
A case study on China’s National Basic Public Health Services Program (NBPHSP) led by Prof. Qian Long and Prof. Yunguo Liu has been published jointly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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