CMB marks its 100th anniversary with celebrations in Bangkok, Seoul, New York City, and Beijing!
Health in Southeast Asia Lancet Series
Scientists from 10 countries in Southeast Asia map the health conditions of their region in a special Lancet series, Health in Southeast Asia.
CMB Beijing office established
CMB Beijing representative office is officially registered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
5-C Network established
In early 2011, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and India form the Five Country Asia Network (5-C Network) to promote regional exchange on health professional reform.
Lancet Commission
“Health professionals for a new century: transforming education to strengthen health systems in an interdepedent world”
The Lancet China Health Series
CMB launches The Lancet China Health Series.
CMB Rural Health Network established
CMB Rural Health Network, consisting of 12 schools mostly in Western China, is established.
Strengthening health policy in China
Under President Lincoln Chen, CMB focuses on strengthening capacity in health policy and systems sciences.
CMB launches the Global Minimum Educational Requirements program
GMER program launched in 4 Chinese medical universities.
CMB President’s Council started
The first President’s Council meeting is conducted under President Roy Schwarz to bring together leaders from CMB related medical universities.
Tibet Medical College established
Under CMB President Bill Sawyer, Tibet Medical College is established from a provincial training school.
POHNED Nursing program initiated
With CMB support, the Program in Higher Education in Nursing Development (POHNED) enables Chinese nursing eductors to earn advanced degrees at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and builds cross-border cooperation in health professional education. The seven-year program awarded 84 graduate master’s degrees.
Chulalongkorn School of Public Health
CMB works with Chulalongkorn professors to support the development of a new Chulalongkorn School of Public Health in Thailand.
CMB goes to Myanmar
CMB is the first nongovernmental organization to be invited into Myanmar in 30 years. Myanmar’s government asked CMB to assess the country’s medical education situation.
Medical universities from five countries become CMB grantees
Mekong countries of Myanmar, Cambodia, and Laos become CMB grantees, as do Mongolia and Nepal.
CMB returns to mainland China
CMB accepts the Chinese government’s invitation to return to China, embarking on a new era of collaboration with 8-13 Chinese medical schools.
CMB supports nursing education
CMB begins to support the development of nursing education and training programs, starting with support for two nursing schools in Thailand and two in Korea.
CMB emphasizes grantmaking
CMB under President Pat Ongley emphasizes grantmaking and starts matching funds and endowment grants.
First foreign medical educator at a U.S. institution
Dr. Kojiro Matsuda, a leading physiologist in Japan and a CMB Visiting Professor, becomes the first foreign medical educator at a U.S. institution.
First Alan Gregg Travel Fellowship in Medical Education awarded
The fellowship was created to commemorate Dr. Gregg’s leadership in the field of medical education, enabling a U.S. faculty member to study in Asia to increase their effectiveness as a medical educator.
Medical schools in Vietnam become CMB grantees
The first grants CMB made to Vietnam were to assist medical libraries.
First medical education conference in Thailand
CMB makes a grant to the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital to convene the first conference on medical education in Thailand.
CMB expands into East and Southeast Asia
Medical schools in Myanmar, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand become CMB grantees.
Medical schools in Taiwan and Japan become CMB grantees
CMB funds Visiting Professors, purchases books and journals for medical schools and other equipment and construction for medical libraries.
PUMC is nationalized, and CMB under Director Harold Loucks leaves China
CMB withdraws from the newly formed People’s Republic of China. CMB would not return to mainland China for almost 30 years.
East Asia fellowships for medical education, 1951-1973
CMB revamps its program to countries of the Far East, including fellowships for students and visiting professors. CMB would eventually fund 784 Asian fellows over the next 20 years.
Henry Houghton interned in Japanese-occupied PUMC, 1942-1946
After PUMC was taken over during World War II, the Japanese intern PUMC Director Henry S. Houghton, who remained captive for 4 years.
CMB support is directed at rebuilding medical institutions (1950-1969)
In the 1950s and 1960s, CMB concentrated on rebuilding medical institutions that had been devastated by World War II. During the second half of the twentieth century, CMB spent $151 million on medical education in Asia.
PUMC reopens
PUMC reopens with 22 medical and 16 nursing students, led by C.U. Lee, its first Chinese Director, and CMB receives a second Rockefeller endowment gift of $10 million.
The History of Rockefeller Antimalaria Efforts
Part 1 of a three part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). A malaria-carrying mosquito (CDC Photo)U.S. Army public health team dusting an Algerian woman with DDT powder to control typhus, 1943U.S. Army public health office dusting a boy with DDT powder to control a typhus …
Selskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in Northern China
Selskar Gunn, a Vice President of the Rockefeller Foundation, started a rural reconstruction project in Northern China with the goal of meeting all the needs of local communities there (1935-1937). (Text continues below slideshow). Portrait of Selskar GunnPortrait of Selskar GunnPortrait of Selskar GunnSelskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in Northern ChinaSelskar Gunn and the Rural Reconstruction Project in …
PUMC Hospital treats wartime wounded
PUMC doctors and nurses care for wounded soldiers during Japanese invasion and treat sickness during natural disasters, including flood relief.
The Beginnings of Public Health Nursing in Sri Lanka
Part 3 of a three-part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below photo). William Jacocks helped secure Rockefeller Foundation support for public health nursing programs in Sri Lanka Adapted from previously published work by Soma Hewa. William P. Jacocks (1877-1965) was a doctor of public health. Jacocks’ early …
Hu Shih joins PUMC’s Board of Trustees
Hu Shih joins PUMC’s Board of Trustees in 1929, and serves as chairman 1946-1949.
CMB’s first endowment from Rockefeller Foundation
CMB receives a Rockefeller Foundation endowment of $12 million to create an independent foundation for advancing health in China.
The Health Unit Program in Sri Lanka
Part 2 of a three-part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). Street demonstrationA hookworm demonstration officeHookworm demonstration office at AvissawellaDemonstration of maternity and child welfare work, an important part of the health unit programKalutara health unit office, 1926Local and foreign doctors involved in the health units …
Discovery of Peking Man
Dr. Davidson Black discovers Peking Man and conducts paleontology studies in PUMC’s Department of Anatomy.
First Beijing Health Station established
Dr. John Grant and C.C. Chen start the first health field station in Beijing, followed by rural work in Dingxian, which eventually develops into the “barefoot doctor” model.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen passes away in PUMC Hospital
Dr. Sun Yat-sen, China’s first president, passes away in the PUMC Hospital on March 12.
PUMC scientists isolate ephedrine
PUMC scientists discover and isolate ephedrine from the Chinese herb mahuang (ephedra sinica).
X-Ray Technology at Peking Union Medical College, 1921-1928
The development of the X-ray unit at PUMC is a history of the transfer of scientific instrumentation. (Text continues below slideshow.) X-Ray practice equipment at Peking Union Medical College, c. 1924Building plan of the Peking Union Medical College, as completed, 1921Title page of the published dedication proceedings for the Peking Union Medical College, 1922John D. Rockefeller Jr. (1874-1960) at the …
Meeting of the first Board of Trustees, September 1921
Fourteen members of the Board of Trustees, including John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and Chairman of the Board, Martin Ryerson from the University of Chicago.
PUMC becomes first co-educational medical school
PUMC is the first co-educational medical school in China, admitting women for nursing.
CMB establishes PUMC
CMB establishes Peking Union Medical College for introducing Western medicine into China, followed by inauguration in 1921 of PUMC buildings and campus.
Eradicating Hookworm Disease in Colonial Sri Lanka
Part 1 of a three part series on the history of Rockefeller engagement and the development of public health in Sri Lanka. (Text continues below slideshow). Warakapola Tea FactoryTea factories were built with solid materials unlike living quarters and sanitary facilities for laborersPlantation workers lived in barrack-like “lines” such as this, with bad ventilation and unhygienic conditionsWorkers and their children, …
Construction of Peking Union Medical College
Construction, 1915 to 1919
Commission Report
Medicine in China: A report published by the China Medical Commission of the Rockefeller Foundation. PDF Medicine_in_China.pdf
China Medical Board Launched
Adapted from a presentation by Darwin Stapleton. China Medical Board was launched as the second major program of the newly established Rockefeller Foundation to put the ideas of the China Medical Commission Study into practice. (Text continues below slideshow). John D. Rockefeller Sr. (left) and John D. Rockefeller Jr.John D. Rockefeller Sr.Frederick T. Gates Adapted from a presentation by Darwin …