Board of Trustees of China Medical Board Visits PKU and Talks About Development of Medical Education
On September 7, 2024, Doctor Harvey V. Fineberg, Director-elect of China Medical Board (CMB), President Doctor Roger Glass, Executive Vice President Doctor Barbara J. Stoll, and Doctor Joseph Kolars, CMB Director and Executive Director of University of Michigan Center for Global health Equity visited Peking University on the occasion of the 110th Anniversary of CMB. Hao Ping, Secretary of the Peking University CPC Committee and Chair of the PKU Council met with the guest, accompanied by Qiao Jie, PKU Executive Vice President and President of PKU Health Science Center.
Hao Ping warmly welcomed the visit by the delegation and expressed gratitude to CMB for its support for China-US cooperation in the field of medical education, especially for the development of PKU Medicine since its establishment 110 years ago. Qiao Jie also expressed thankfulness to CMB for its long support for the development of China’s medical cause and PKU Medicine, and its tremendous contribution to the promotion of China-US communications. Doctor Fineberg thanked PKU for the warm reception and thoughtful arrangements and said that CMB has always attached importance to the cooperation with China and been dedicated to the development of medical education during the past 110 years.
The CMB delegation visited the Stanford Center at PKU and held further discussions with leaders and experts of PKUHSC and the Stanford Center. In her speech at the meeting, Qiao Jie noted that CMB has been cooperating with PKUHSC for more than 40 years and PKUHSC is one of the closest partners of CMB in China. Over the years, CMB has supported PKUHSC to carry out more than 130 projects, which has benefited PKUHSC in many fields such as medical education, scientific research, talent training, library construction, and public health. In particular, the project of female leadership training and promotion in the medical field jointly established by PKUHSC and CMB in 2022 has achieved gratifying results. Qiao Jie hoped that the project could become the seed of the exchange of young medical talents between China and the United States, and continue to be carried forward.
Written by: Lang Lang
Edited by: Liu Xin