The Global Health Research Center at Duke Kunshan University, led by global health and medicine professor Shenglan Tang, recently released a progress report highlighting its significant growth and accomplishments since its inception in 2013.
Center researchers have embarked on a number of projects with academic and private sector partners in China and around the world to generate new knowledge that will enable them to help prevent and treat diseases and strengthen health systems. Their projects address policy and systems, environmental health, non-communicable diseases and One Health, a research area at the intersection of human, animal and environmental health.
The Center has experienced significant growth since its launch in the fall of 2013, now with nine faculty members, nine researchers and one administrative staff member. From September 2013 through December 2015, Center faculty have undertaken 12 research projects funded at a total of $650,000 USD.
Center faculty were recently awarded six new research grants from the World Health Organization, United Kingdom funding agencies and the Chinese National Science Foundation for more than $1.3 million USD for projects to be implemented from 2016-2018.
In addition, over the past two years, Center faculty and research staff have published 36 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine and Environmental Health Perspectives.
‘We’re pleased to present this report of our progress,’ said Tang. ‘We look forward to expanding our collaborations and playing a meaningful role in improving health and health systems, in China and beyond.’
