18 April 2016
On April 10, Chinese Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CCUGH) held a concurrent session at the 7th Annual Global Health Conference hosted by Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) in San Francisco, California. A total of 17 participants from Duke Kunshan University, CCUGH chair institution, and other 5 Chinese universities attended the conference that attracted more than 1,650 delegates from 50 countries.
Titled ‘Advancing Global Health in China and Beyond (by Working Together): Opportunities and Challenges’, the CCUGH session was moderated by Prof. Shenglan Tang, chair of CCUGH and director of global health research center at Duke Kunshan University. The session opened with a brief introduction to the development of CCUGH in recent years, and moved on to a series of presentations by three Chinese scholars. Prof. Yuantao Hao from Sun Yat-Sen University gave an update on global health education/training programs being offered at leading Chinese universities. Prof. Jiayan Huang from Fudan University focused her report on global health research being undertaken in China and other developing countries. And Prof. Lijing Yan from Duke Kunshan University made a presentation on opportunities and challenges to collaborate with Chinese universities in the areas of global health development in China and other countries. The panel then concluded with a Q&A session.
‘China has achieved rapid progress in global health and its global engagement has transitioned from an aid recipient country to an aid donor country in recent years. We are confident that there will be more opportunities for foreign universities to work with Chinese universities to drive the development of global health,’ said Prof. Shenglan Tang.
CCUGH leaders also had the opportunity to discuss with CUGH and CARTA (Consortium for Advanced Research & Training in Africa) leadership on future collaboration in global health education and research.
