Lecture, MOU Signing Ceremony and Discussion Session with Harvard School of Public Health on 3 April 2014

A Dean’s trip to China led by Prof. Julio Frenk, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health will visit the CUHK and have a MOU signing ceremony with our Faculty of Medicine on 3 April.

Date: Thursday, 3 April 2014
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm Lecture & MOU signing ceremony
4:30 – 5:30 pm Discussion with Harvard delegates
Venue: Cho Yiu Hall, G/F, University Administration Building, CUHK campus (map)

MOU Signing Ceremony - Officiating party:

- Prof. Fanny Cheung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President, CUHK

- Prof. Francis Chan, Dean, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

- Prof. Julio Frenk, Dean of the Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health

- Prof. E.K. Yeoh, Acting Director, The JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, CUHK

Lecture: “What have we learnt regarding disaster preparedness and resilience building in health emergency in rural China?”

Speakers:

- Prof. Jennifer Leaning, Director, FXB Centre for Health and Human Rights;

- Prof. Michael VanRooyen, Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative; and

- Prof. Emily Y.Y. Chan, Director, CCOUC and CGH, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

Discussion with Harvard delegates

To strengthen knowledge transfer between the two Schools of Public Health, five Harvard professors will stay behind from 4:30 – 5:30pm for discussion on potential collaborations and idea exchanges:

- Prof. David Hunter, Vincent L. Gregory Professor in Cancer Prevention Dean for Academic Affairs (Research areas: Breast, colorectal and skin, and prostate cancer)

- Prof. Wafaie Fawzi, Richard Saltonstall Professor of Population Sciences and Professor of Nutrition, Epidemiology, and Global Health (Research areas: Maternal and child health and infectious disease)

- Prof. Jennifer Leaning, Director, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights (Research areas: Child protection and human rights)

- Prof. Michael VanRooyen, Director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (Research areas: Humanitarian crises and disaster readiness)

- Prof. Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems, Department of Global Health and Population (Research areas: Health systems transformation designs, implementations, and impacts. Adoption and diffusion of innovations in health systems, and innovative financing in global health)