The Department of Global Health hosted a high-level delegation from Central South University (CSU) in Changsha, China, April 9-10. The delegation, led by the university’s Vice President and two Deans, visited the UW with the express interest of building an ongoing relationship with the Department of Global Health. While here, the delegation presented on current efforts by CSU to promote and build global health programs, and discussed potential areas of future collaboration between CSU and the Department.

The delegation was hosted by Steve Gloyd, Professor and Associate Chair the Department of Global Health, and organized by Jennifer Tee, who coordinates the department’s China projects. They also met with School of Public Health Dean Howard Frumkin,  Dean Azita Amani of the School of Nursing, Andrew Zhou of Biostatistics, Peter Rabinowitz and Rodney Hoff regarding their One Health work, and Senior Associate Dean Shirley Beresford of the School of Public Health. They also interfaced with students and faculty scholars from CSU and other key universities, who are at UW through the groundbreaking partnership with China Medical Board.

“Central South University is committed to building their global health capacity, and they wanted to learn from our experiences here at the UW,” said Professor Gloyd, who directs the department’s China Medical Board partnership. “Their visit will open doors for productive collaboration in a number of areas.”  

Delegation pictured above (from left to right):

Prof. Wu Zhigang, MMedScPH, PhD, Vice Director of International Cooperation Office, CSU
Prof. Tang Siyuan, PhD, Dean of School of Nursing, CSU
Prof. Xiao Shuiyuan, MD, Dean of School of Public Health, CSU
*Prof. Steve Gloyd, MD, MPH, Associate Chair for Education and Curriculum, Department of Global Health
*Prof. Howard Frumpkin, DrPH, MPH, MD, Dean, School of Public Health
Prof. Tian Yongquan, MD and PhD, Vice President of Central South University (CSU)
Prof. Zhang Guogang, MD, Vice Director of Xiangya Hospital
Prof. Luo Aijing, PhD, Director of 3rd Xiangya Hospital, CSU
*Yu Yu, MPH student at UW, PhD student at CSU

Photo credit: Jeff Hodson / School of Public Health