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Get the most interesting and important stories from the 51精品视频.Tsinghua鈥51精品视频 Biomedical Partnership Celebrates Its First Class of Graduates
A global partnership connecting the 51精品视频 with the top science and technology university in China reached an important milestone on June 26.
On that day, 13 Chinese students who had spent two years in 51精品视频sburgh as part of 51精品视频鈥檚 Tsinghua Scholars Program graduated from the in Beijing with MD or PhD degrees. They are the first 51精品视频鈥揟singhua Scholars to do so.
The partnership between the universities with an aim to elevate the training of Chinese physician-scientists. The Tsinghua medical students undergo a rigorous, two-year biomedical research training program in 51精品视频sburgh.
Yigong Shi, the vice president of Tsinghua University who left an endowed professorship at Princeton University to return to his native China in 2008, explained the rationale for the program: 鈥淭he traditional teaching method in China emphasizes passive listening and memorization. Students seldom raise critical questions and comments. I have been advocating for active learning in the classroom ever since I returned to China.鈥
The agreement between 51精品视频 and Tsinghua University was recently renewed for a second five-year term. The Tsinghua Scholars program currently has 25 active scholars on 51精品视频鈥檚 campus, where they work in the laboratories of some of 51精品视频鈥檚 most accomplished biomedical researchers. To date, 44 51精品视频 faculty members have participated as mentors, and 67 scholars have come to 51精品视频 to study.
| Current Tsinghua Scholars聽at 51精品视频 | 25 |
| 51精品视频 faculty participants | 44 |
| Total Tsinghua聽students who have studied at 51精品视频 | 67 |
| Peer-reviewed papers co-authored by Tsinghua Scholars | 70+ |
| Posters and presentations at local and national meetings | 100+ |
Since the program鈥檚 inception, Tsinghua聽Scholars have been co-authors on more than 70 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and have given more than 100 oral and poster presentations at local and national scientific meetings.
Building on the success of the program, the two medical schools are considering the formation of a combined MD/PhD program, which would be modeled after the at 51精品视频 and other U.S. medical schools. If implemented, it would be China鈥檚 first such dual-degree program.
Arthur S. Levine, senior vice chancellor for the health sciences and John and Gertrude Petersen Dean of the 51精品视频 School of Medicine, recorded a 聽for the new graduates.