Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

EXCHANGE AGREEMENTS W I TH MED I CAL I NS T I TUT I ONS I N C A N A DA A MD CHINA The Faculty of Medicine recentl y signed collaboration agreements w i th two internationally-famous medical institutions: the Medical Faculty of the University o f Alberta, Canada, and the Cancer Institute (Hospital) of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences. Medical Faculty, the University of Alberta The agreement was signed on 7th February to provide a f o rmal structur e for existing collaboration between the two institutions. The University of Alberta was represented by Prof. Roderick D. Fraser, president and vice- chancellor, and Prof. D. Lome Tyrrell, dean of medicine, while CUHK was represented by Prof. Ambrose Y.C. K i ng, acting vice- chancellor, Prof. Joseph C.K. Lee, actin g dean of medicine, and Prof. Teik E. Oh, sub-dean for medical education. The exchange programme enables senior academic staff to visit the partner institution for up to six weeks in a year to engage in teaching, research, and clinical service. It is also intended to facilitate the development of a wide range of joint academic programmes. Established i n 1908, the University of Alberta in Edmonton has a strong, medical faculty. Its programmes in basic, clinical, and public health sciences are taught by a team of nearly 400 academic staff members, many of whom have received major national and international awards for teaching and research. The Cancer Institute (Hospital) of Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences The agreement was signed on 4th March. The Cancer Institute (Hospital) was represented by Prof. Dong Zhi-wei, director of the Institute, and Prof. Cai Wei-ming of the Department of Radiation Oncology. The University was represented by Prof. Joseph C.K . Lee, acting dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Prof. Philip J. Johnson, director of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute of the University. The agreement provides for exchange of senior and medical staf f and postgraduate students for cancer research. There will also be exchanges of academic publications on cancer, and annual meetings to be hosted by the two institutions in turn. The Cancer Institute (Hospital) has a graduate staff of around 300 people and is closely involved in defining causes of cancers that are prevalent in China. Its specific areas of interest include the role of chemical agents in causing cancer of the oesophagus, and methods of preventing liver cancer in high-incidence areas. 41