From May 12 to 13, the SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics Workshop was held to promote the implementation of the agreement signed by the presidents of the two universities on March 19 to jointly build the Joint Center.
On May 12th, the workshop was held at the Chest Hospital affiliated with the School of Medicine, SJTU. Vice President Chen Guoqiang, Dean of the School of Medicine, and Gao Wen, President of the Chest Hospital delivered speeches at the meeting, which was presided over by Han Zeguang, Vice Dean of the Institute of Translational Medicine.
The workshop aimed to promote collaborative research projects in lung tumors, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases by establishing a regular exchange platform between Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Yale University in the fields of biostatistics and clinical medicine.
On May 13th, SJTU President Zhang Jie, Vice President Xu Xuemin, Chen Hongzhuan, Vice Dean of School of Medicine, Paul Cleary, and more than 20 other experts from related departments attended the meeting, which mainly focused on the development plan of the Joint Center for Biostatistics. The meeting discussed the development goals, strategies, and recent work plan of the Center proposed by Zhao Hongyu, Professor of Statistics at Yale University and the first director of the Joint Center. The Joint Center will build a system and shared cooperation platform for scientific research, teaching, and medical application, give full play to the advantages of different disciplines, medical schools, and affiliated hospitals of SJTU, and become an important demonstration example for the construction of a high-level “National Facility for Translational Medicine (Shanghai)” project through clinical big data analysis platform and research on biometrical methods.
Paul Cleary, Dean of Yale School of Public Health, expressed that he would devote himself to the construction of the Joint Center with more enthusiasm and actively promote the cooperation, academic visits, and student exchanges between the two sides. After fully listening to the opinions and suggestions of the experts, Zhang Jie made a concluding speech, reviewing the long-term close contact and in-depth discussions between SJTU and Yale highly appreciated the joint efforts of experts from both sides in the preparation of the Joint Center. He also clarified that SJTU would pool in strength to promote its construction and operation. The workshop will also facilitate the growth of SJTU-Yale Joint Center for Biostatistics into an internationally advanced research institution.
During the meeting, experts from Yale University also visited many institutions of SJTU, including the Network and Information Center, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, School of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Institute of Hypertension of Ruijin Hospital attached to the School of Medicine, and Diabetes Tissue Sample Bank of Shanghai Sixth People’s Hospital attached to the School of Medicine.
