Participants of the Leadership Forum on Health Professional Education Development, held in Krabi, Thailand on April 22-24.
Lincoln Chen and conference participants in front of a round lecture hall originally donated by CMB to Taiwan National University. (Taipei City, Taiwan)
CHPAMS Members at Westlake Forum III in Atlanta, 2011. Front row (L to R): Shufang Zhang, Zheng (Jane) Li, Yusheng Zhang, Chenhui Liu, Chao Zhou, Zhuo (Adam) Chen; back row: Lu Shi; George Zhou
The China Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Policy Dialogue discussed the implications of China's major transitions in disease, disability, and demography. From left to right: Lincoln Chen (CMB President), Zeng Yixin (PUMC President), Richard Horton (Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet), and Yang Gonghuan (PUMC Professor and author of China GBD paper). April 16, 2013.

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June 15, 2013

CMB Person of the Month, June 2013

Professor Li Youping of Sichuan University is an expert in organ transplant immunology and engineering and an active leader in the field of Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) both in China and internationally. Beginning in 1996, Li initiated development of EBM in China with the establishment of the Chinese EBM Center/Chinese Cochrane Centre which gained CMB support. She now leads the EBM Ministry of Education Cooperative Research Center and directs the WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP) China Center.

June 5, 2013

Innovation in Health Professional Education in Thailand

How should a country canvass and spark innovations and leadership in health professional education? This was the purpose of a Leadership Forum on Health Professional Education Development, held in Krabi, Thailand on April 22-24. The Forum brought together 30 Thai participants to examine 10 innovative projects that had been selected as finalists through an open and competitive process.

May 28, 2013

Celebrating CMB’s Century of Medical Education in East Asia

Two keynote speeches were offered by CMB President Lincoln Chen on April 13, 2013 at the Symposium on Medical Education on the occasion of the 116th Anniversary of National Taiwan University College of Medicine. The morning speech described CMB's century of work from its origins in 1914 establishing the Peking Union Medical College in mainland China to medical education and university development in 17 other countries of Asia since 1950.

May 18, 2013

China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS)

China is a critical subject of study for scholars working in population health research. For some researchers, like Chen Zhuo, a Senior Health Economist at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the connection to China isn’t just scholarly, it’s personal.

May 7, 2013

CMB Person of the Month, May 2013

Dr. Yang Gonghuan, an expert on the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in China, is the leader of a recent China Global Burden of Disease Study. Previously serving as vice director of China CDC from 2005-2011, Yang is currently Professor at the Institute of Basic Medical Sciences at Peking Union Medical College.

April 23, 2013

China and the Global Burden of Disease: An Evidence-Based Policy Dialogue

On April 16, 2013, 115 international scientists and academics convened with Chinese policymakers in Beijing to review policy implications of a China Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study tracking disease, disability, and demographic health trends in China.

April 6, 2013

Transformative Learning in Global Health: Initiatives in the Netherlands

Two hundred and fifty leaders in medical education in the Netherlands organized a one-day conference on April 4, 2013. Their mission was to to chart the future of health professional education reforms highlighting the Lancet Commission Report as the benchmark for deliberation.

April 2, 2013

CMB Person of the Month, April 2013

Wu Zhigang and Xie Yun of Central South University (CSU) both received the 2012 CMB Liaison Officer of the Year award for their outstanding work in support of CMB-CSU collaboration. Their work has helped CSU consistently rank among the top 3 CMB grant recipient schools for Open Competition awards. Their work has contributed to a high level of support, engagement, and awareness of CMB across CSU leadership, faculty and students.