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November 12, 2024

CMB Celebrates Its 110th Anniversary in China


In September, a delegation of CMB trustees and senior staff traveled to Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong to hold the foundation’s biannual board meeting and to celebrate its 110th anniversary....
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July 10, 2024

Training Course in Vietnam: Emergent Management of Traumatic Brain Injury


In the United States, the EPIC (Excellence in Prehospital Injury Care) Project has successfully promulgated evidence-focused guidelines for in-hospital and pre-hospital traumatic brain injury (TBI) treatment. With grant support from CMB, a...
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June 26, 2024

Taking Stock of EI’s Impact: Reflections from Our Fellows


Through the Equity Initiative, our Fellows from Southeast Asia and China gain a deeper understanding of health equity concepts and practices, examine approaches to enhancing equity from other parts of Asia and...
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September 24, 2023

Preparing and Advancing Women for Leadership in the Health Sciences


Women represent nearly three-quarters of the global healthcare workforce. Moreover, more than half of all current medical school and other health science degree graduates are women.  Nonetheless, the number and percentages of...
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May 22, 2023

Barbara Stoll Reflects on Leadership Transition at CMB


As our trustees announced in January, CMB has embarked on a leadership transition, as Roger Glass begins his tenure as CMB President, and I step into the role of Senior Advisor to...
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March 8, 2023

Celebrating International Women’s Day


On International Women’s Day, my colleagues and I celebrate the many contributions that women make in support of the mission of the China Medical Board. Their commitment to advancing health, equity, and...
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March 7, 2023

Welcome 2023 Equity Initiative Fellows!


Congratulations to the 30 Fellows who join the Equity Initiative’s 2023 cohort! EI is designed to build a generation of leaders (500+ over 20 years) who are committed to advancing health equity....
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March 6, 2023

Learning the Craft of Organizing


What do we mean by the word “organizing”? At the Equity Initiative’s Community Organizing Workshop, facilitators from the Leading Change Network shared their definition: “Organizing is finding leadership that enables people to...
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February 20, 2023

2023 Annual Forum: Strengthening the EI Equity Community


The Equity Initiative’s Annual Forum, held February 1-4 in Chiang Rai, Thailand, was an opportunity for Fellows to exchange ideas across cohorts and to hear from leaders with deep experience in global...
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February 20, 2023

Honoring Roger Glass’s Leadership of the Fogarty International Center


CMB President-Designate Roger I. Glass was honored on February 7 for his remarkable tenure as the longest-serving director of the Fogarty International Center of the National Institutes of Health. His leadership and...
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February 20, 2023

2023 Annual Forum: Strengthening the EI Equity Community


The Equity Initiative’s Annual Forum, held February 1-4 in Chiang Rai, Thailand, was an opportunity for Fellows to exchange ideas across cohorts and to hear from leaders with deep experience in global health,...
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February 7, 2023

Bringing Everyone Forward: International Day of Women & Girls in Science


The United Nations has designated February 11 as the International Day of Women & Girls in Science, a day to recognize the expertise that women professionals bring to a wide array of...
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January 30, 2023

A Journey through the Equity Initiative


The Equity Initiative was launched in 2016 with an ambitious, long-term goal: to promote health equity in Southeast Asia, particularly among the most vulnerable and marginalized people. Achieving that goal requires a...
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January 18, 2023

China Medical Board Announces the Appointment of Dr. Roger I. Glass as President


(January 17, 2023)  The Trustees of China Medical Board announce the appointment of Roger I. Glass, MD, PhD as the next President of China Medical Board. Effective January 15, 2023, Dr. Glass...
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January 3, 2023

Health Professions Education in Asia: Challenges, Innovations, and Opportunities


CMB convened a “Workshop on Health Professions Education in Asia” with trustees, staff, and invited colleagues from Asia in order to survey recent challenges, innovations, and opportunities in the field of health...
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November 28, 2022

Project Accelerator: Expanding the Toolkit for Second-Year Projects


The Equity Initiative’s Project Accelerator is designed to help Fellows bring clarity and structure to the goals for their second-year equity projects, through additional skills training, guidance from resource persons, and peer...
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November 22, 2022

Clinical Scholar Innovation Grants Program: Fellows Report on Progress and Milestones


Over 20 outstanding young medical professionals have served as CMB Clinical Fellows and Consortium Clinical Fellows since 2015, and they have played important roles in coordinating the work of the China Consortium...
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November 17, 2022

Harvey Fineberg Delivers Inaugural Lincoln C. Chen Lecture in Global Health


Picture above: CMB President Barbara Stoll, CMB Trustee Harvey Fineberg, CMB President Emeritus Lincoln Chen, and University of Miami President Julio Frenk. CMB Trustee Harvey Fineberg delivered the Inaugural Lincoln C. Chen...
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November 9, 2022

Universities in Viet Nam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia Work to Strengthen Collaboration in Medical Education


The initial in-person gathering for the CMB-supported project on “Strengthening Collaboration in Medical Education Between Viet Nam, Lao PDR, and Cambodia” represented a first step in building community and a culture of...
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October 22, 2022

Global Health Leadership Development Program: Successful Pre-Departure Training for Fellows


In photograph above, left to right: GHLDP Fellows XIAO Meng, LI Dan, DING Jinfeng, JIA Mengmeng, LONG Jiang, andSHAN Wenjie CMB marked a milestone in its Global Health Leadership Development Program (GHLDP)...
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