Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has established a Rehabilitation Research Institute, focusing on cultivating interdisciplinary talents in medical science and engineering
At the Yuanshen Rehabilitation Academic Forum of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine held today, it was announced that the Jiaotong Medical - Taibao Rehabilitation Research Institute has been officially established. It is reported that the research institute will face the international forefront and people's health needs, focus on the clinical key and difficult issues of rehabilitation medicine, conduct organized scientific research and development, and promote the improvement of people's physical and mental health and quality of life through technological innovation.
Zheng Junke, Vice Dean of the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, introduced that in order to strengthen the construction of rehabilitation medicine disciplines and promote the development of rehabilitation medical work, the School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China Pacific Insurance Group actively responded to the national call, fully leveraging their respective resource advantages, and officially signed a strategic cooperation agreement in October 2022 to jointly build a rehabilitation research institute. The research institute is chaired by Professor Shan Chunlei, with Professor Xie Qing serving as Executive Vice President, and Professor Du Qing and Comrade Zhou Yanfang serving as Vice Presidents. At the same time, in order to further improve the development level of the Institute, the Rehabilitation Institute has appointed Dong Erdan, an academician of the CAE Member, as the director of the academic committee, and Professor Zhou Mingcheng as the executive director of the academic committee.
According to Shan Chunlei, the research institute aims to build six functional platforms, including technological innovation, achievement transformation, integration of medical and health care, academic exchange and cooperation, talent cultivation, and social services. It will focus on strengthening the interdisciplinary development of medical science and engineering, exploring new models for the development of rehabilitation medicine, and striving to become a leading and world-class rehabilitation research institute in China as soon as possible, promoting the rapid development of rehabilitation medicine and the cause of healthy China.
"We hope to further align with the development strategy of the national rehabilitation and medical industry in the future, and open a new chapter in serving the multi-level social security system and building a healthy China," said Kong Qingwei, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Pacific Insurance Co., Ltd.
Fan Xianqun, dean of the Medical School of Shanghai Jiaotong University and an academician of the CAE Member, said that the Rehabilitation Research Institute will integrate all resources in the future, further strengthen the construction of talent teams, improve the level of scientific research and innovation, promote the high-quality development of the Rehabilitation Research Institute, and help the high-level construction of the rehabilitation medicine discipline in China.