[Perspectives] Qimin Zhan: driving medical research for better health in China

“Clinical medicine + X”—the idea of integrating medicine with other disciplines—is at the heart of Qimin Zhan's vision for better health in China. As President of Peking University Health Science Centre (PUHSC) and Vice Chancellor of Peking University, he oversees five medical colleges, ten affiliated hospitals, and 14 teaching hospitals, and is committed to making this health system one of the world's leading medical centres. “We want to integrate medicine with disciplines like engineering, bioinformatics, nanotechnology, and big data to speed up the development of medical science” , says Qimin.
Source: LANCET - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Perspectives Source Type: research