A delegation from Boston University School of Public Health visited PKUHSC on December 8^th, 2016. The delegation consisted of Prof. Sandro Galea, Dean at School of Public Health, Prof. Mike McClean, Associate Dean at School of Public Health, Prof. Rhoda Au, Director of Neuropsychology, Framingham Heart Study and Ms. Catherine Ettman, Chief of Staff, Office of the Dean. Prof. Qimin Zhan, President of PKUHSC met with the delegation. Besides, Ms. Qiudan Sun, Director at Office of International Cooperation, Prof. Peiyu Wang, Associate Dean at School of Public Health, Prof. Jie Ding from Peking University First Hospital and her two colleagues participated in the meeting.

Both sides briefly introduced the history, teaching and research of their university as well as School of Public Health. After the introduction, they explored the possibility to set up a global network which can bring elite universities together to solve key public health issues and encourage the exchanges of faculty and students among these universities.