In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the China Medical Board, CMB has created an interactive centennial timeline which shares scholarly research on the history of Asian health and medicine over the last 100 years. The timeline highlights the roles of the China Medical Board and its parent organization, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the impact they have had in China and Asia.

What a century it has been for China, Asia, and CMB. Together with our partners, we have witnessed a century of astounding challenges and a century of incredible achievements. Since 1914, the region has been witness to dramatic ups and downs—epidemics, wars, famine—yet the people of China and much of Asia have experienced a doubling of life span, an unprecedented achievement in the history of humankind.

Hu Yan is a Professor and Vice Dean of Fudan’s School of Nursing. She has served as Chair of the CMB China Nursing Network (CCNN) since October 2011. The mission of CCNN is to pioneer, model, and lead nursing education, nursing research, and nursing services in China -- all to promote the advancement and professionalization of nursing in China.

CMB Chair Mary Bullock and President Lincoln Chen were two of the four keynote speakers inaugurating the 45th Asia Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health (APACPH) conference hosted by Wuhan University on October 24-27, 2013.