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Special Events
On August 8th and 9th, the Institute for Chinese Studies joined with the OSU Office of International Affairs, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus Sister Cities International, and CURE Childhood Cancer in China in welcoming a delegation from Anhui Medical University (AHMU) to Columbus. Anhui Medical University is located in Columbus’ “Sister City” of Hefei (Anhui Province), a city with a population of over 4.5 million. The AHMU delegation, led by university vice-president Dr. Jun Li (MD, PhD), was formally welcomed to OSU on August 8th by Dr. Richard Herrmann, Director of Academic Programs for the Office of International Affairs, and Dr. Patricia Sieber, Director of ICS and The East Asian Studies Center. At the meeting the parties introduced their respective universities and engaged in productive discussions regarding areas of possible collaborative programming. After the meeting, the AHMU delegation later was escorted by Brian Bare, ICS Assistant Director, to the offices of Columbus-based CURE Childhood Cancer in China, a non-profit organization founded by OSU Faculty Emeritus Dr. William A. Newton, Jr., MD. At CURE’s facility, the delegation met with Dr. Newton and CURE Executive Director, Joseph Fleck, to discuss the organization’s mission of improving the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric cancer in China, and exploring areas of possible collaboration between AHMU and CURE. While at CURE’s office, the delegation also met with Columbus City Council member Charlene Tavares, and Ms. Donna Vroom, Executive Director of Columbus Sister Cities International. On August 9th, the delegation was formally introduced to The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. Li and the delegation members were warmly met at Meiling Hall by Dr. Daniel Sedmak, Executive Vice-Dean, OSU College of Medicine and Director, Office of Global Health Education and Dr. Wiley “Chip” Souba, Dean, OSU College of Medicine. The parties first engaged in detailed presentations of their respective institutions and programs before spending the majority of the day touring most of OSU’s entire Medical Center complex. At the conclusion of AHMU’s visit to the College of Medicine,
an invitation was extended to Dr. Sedmak by Dr. Jun Li to visit Anhui
Medical University in order to further develop the newly-established
relationship between the institutions. According to sources at the OSU
College of Medicine, Dr. Sedmak is planning on leading an OSU delegation
to AHMU during the spring of 2008.
The Ohio State University College
of Medicine and OSU
Medical Center received a delegation from the Wuhan
University Health Sciences Center on May 30th, 2007. The delegation
was led by Prof. Zhou Yunfeng, Dean of the Wuhan University Health Science
Center. During the visit the parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU), further strengthening institutional collaboration between OSU
and Wuhan University. Present at the MOU signing were Dr. Fred Sanfilippo,
Senior Vice President & Executive Dean for Health Sciences and CEO,
OSU Medical Center; Dr. Wiley “Chip” Souba, Dean, College
of Medicine; Dr. Daniel Sedmak, Director, Office
of Global Health Education; and Dr. Hagop Mekhjian, Chief Medical
Officer, OSU Health Systems.
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