Appointed national outstanding youth Hua Zichun as the director, and established the Pharmacy Department of Xinxiang Medical College, Pharmacy | Department | National
Previously, Xinxiang Medical College, which was publicly announced by the Henan Provincial Department of Education to be renamed as Henan Medical University, has made a major move in the field of teaching.
According to the website of Xinxiang Medical College, on the morning of August 5th, the establishment and director appointment ceremony of the Pharmacy Department was held in the conference room on the second floor of the Book and Information Building. Hua Zichun, a recipient of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund and a specially appointed professor of Changjiang Scholars from the Ministry of Education, was appointed as the head of the Pharmacy Department. Ren Wenjie, Secretary of the School Party Committee and President, unveiled the plaque of the Pharmacy Department and issued an appointment letter to Professor Hua Zichun, the Director of the Department.
Jin Xinfeng, member of the school party committee and vice president, read out the notice on the establishment of the pharmacy department and the notice on the appointment of Comrade Hua Zichun.
Hua Zichun stated that his mission lies in his heart and responsibility lies on his shoulders as the head of the Pharmacy Department at Xinxiang Medical College. I will deeply understand the strategic layout, top-level design, and specific requirements of the Provincial Party Committee and the school, and have in-depth exchanges and discussions with relevant units and scientific research teams of the school. With a tireless exploration and innovative work attitude, I will shoulder my mission and live up to expectations. Under the correct leadership of the school's Party Committee, I will work together with all units in the school to build a pharmacy department.
Hua Zichun briefly elaborated on the construction concept and development concept of the pharmacy department, emphasizing that the construction of the department should be combined with the forefront, industry, clinical practice, government, and school situation. Based on the existing conditions of the school, efforts should be made to achieve multiple improvements and incremental development. By integrating and deepening the connotation of the discipline, expanding the extension of resources, the pharmacy department should be built into a multi-disciplinary intersection and platform, making efforts to develop, improve, and enhance the pharmacy discipline of the school, and contributing to the high-quality development of the school's cause.
According to public information, Hua Zichun was born in May 1964 and is from Jiangdu, Jiangsu. He obtained his undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in Biochemistry from Nanjing University in 1986, 1989, and 1994, respectively. In 1995, he was promoted to a professor at Nanjing University on an exceptional basis.
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He has taught for a long time at Nanjing University and served as the Vice Dean and Executive Dean of the School of Life Sciences from January 1999 to August 2017. Later, he went to China Pharmaceutical University to serve as the Dean of the School of Biopharmaceuticals.
Huazichun is mainly engaged in research on the relationship between protein structure and function, as well as the creation and transformation of new drug targets and original biopharmaceuticals. He has successively led projects such as the National 863 High Tech, Major New Drug Creation Special Project, National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, National Natural Science Foundation Key and General Projects, and Ministry of Education Key Science and Technology Projects.
Huazichun's new appointment at Xinxiang Medical College is located in Xinxiang City, Henan Province, and is the only independent undergraduate institution in Western medicine in Henan Province.
According to the website of Xinxiang Medical College, the origin of the school can be traced back to the Western medicine clinic established by Dr. Luo Weiling in 1896 in the ancient city of Weihui. Medical education began with the Nursing School of Huimin Hospital in 1922. Afterwards, the school underwent several changes and was renamed as Yubei Medical College in 1962. In 1982, it was upgraded to a bachelor's degree and named Xinxiang Medical College. The school currently offers various types of education, including full-time education, Sino foreign cooperative education, and continuing education. It has a relatively complete talent training system for graduate, undergraduate, and international students, covering 7 disciplines including medicine, science, management, engineering, literature, law, and education.
Recently, on May 9, 2023, the website of the Henan Provincial Department of Education released a notice on the application for the establishment of undergraduate schools, which included the renaming of Xinxiang Medical College to Henan Medical University. The announcement shows that Henan Medical University will be built on the basis of Xinxiang Medical College, located in Xinxiang City. The nature of the education is public undergraduate, and the organizer is the Henan Provincial Government.