China Medical Board News

At the banquet of the West Lake Forum II, Healthy China 2020, hosted by the Zhejiang Medical University in Hangzhou on February 9, 2009, the China Medical Board announced the selection of 10 CMB Distinguished Professorships. Candidates were nominated from all CMB-funded universities, and an indepedent, international Selection Committee, Chaired by Professor Jordan Cohen (former President of the American Association of Medical Colleges), vetted candidates to select the 10 distinguished professors. The awards were made by Professor Cohen with his committee colleague, Professor Jane Henney, CMB Trustees, joined by CMB President Lincoln Chen and former Vice Health Minister Wang Longde. The award has been managed by the Beijing Office of the Institute for International Education.

The awardees come various disciplines on the faculties of medicine, public health and allied health sciences in CMB medical universities. Selection critieria focused on outstanding research, educational achievement, and social leadership. Each professor received a certificate, a CMB gift, and a CMB-financed research fund of US $60,000 over the next five years. The 5-year professorships are renewable after 5 years.

At the ceremony, Professors and Jordan and Henney announced that the CMB Distinguished Professorships would be again awarded next year, with all current nominees re-considered joined by additional nominees.

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