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SUMC delegation attends the 9th East-West Alliance Global Symposia

2015-12-09

From November 22-24, the 9th East-West Alliance Global Symposia was held at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The symposia gathered delegates from twelve prestigious universities across the world, including SUMC. Dr. Frieda Law, Executive Director of Li Ka Shing Shantou University Foundation and Consultant of SUMC, Dean Junhui Bian and Prof. Jang Gu of SUMC attended the symposia.

The East-West Alliance was initiated by the University of Hong Kong in 2006, consisting of medical schools and research institutions which are the beneficiaries of the Li Ka Shing Foundation. The Alliance convenes annually at one of the member institutions. This year, the meeting was held at the University of Groningen, which focused on Global Health, Personalized Medicine, Healthy Ageing, and Personalized Health. Next year the meeting will be held at University of California, Berkeley, USA.

Dr. Frieda Law addressed the opening ceremony on behalf of the Li Ka Shing Foundation. Dean Junhui Bian delivered a report titled “New National Policy in Medical Education and Its Potential Impacts” and Prof. Jiang Gu made a presentation titled “Challenges and Opportunities of Personalized Medicine for Research, Diagnosis and Education”. In addition, six SUMC-University of Groningen joint PhD students presented their research achievements. Prof. David Kelvin and Prof. Andy T.Y. Lau of SUMC attended the meeting as well and visited their students who are undertaking training at the University of Groningen.

SUMC and the University of Groningen have established a long-term collaboration. To date, there are ten students admitted into the joint PhD program between the two universities, among whom Suping Peng has recently been conferred the PhD degree in Neurosciences after her successful completion of thesis defense. Four Master’s students are undertaking a one-month’s training in Groningen to prepare for admission into the joint PhD program. One of them has already received the letter of admission and the others are expected to join this program soon.

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SUMC central campus

Shantou University Medical College

No. 22 Xinling Road

Shantou, 515041

Guangdong Province

People's Republic of China

 

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Shantou University Medical College

No. 243 Daxue Road

Shantou, 515063

Guangdong Province

People's Republic of China

 

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