Academic exchanges at Sun Yat-sen University School of Pharmacy

1. Visits and exchanges between teachers and students

1. Undergraduate graduates studying abroad

Among the 120 undergraduate graduates in 2012, 19 students including Huang Siyuan have accepted With admission notices from overseas universities, students will study in top international universities such as Cambridge University, Duke University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Pittsburgh, and University College London in September this year. The undergraduate study abroad rate among our undergraduates is 15.8.

2. Postgraduate students sent out

As of the end of 2012, 22 doctoral students have been sent out in the past four years, accounting for 18 of the total number of doctoral students currently enrolled. Sources of funding for dispatching: 52% government funding, 24% funding from on-campus mentors, and 24% funding from foreign mentors. The sending schools include: McGill University in Canada, University of Pittsburgh in the United States, National Institutes of Health in the United States, University of Mississippi in the United States, University of Georgia in the United States, National University of Singapore, etc.

3. Teacher visits and exchanges

As of the end of 2012, the number of faculty and staff of our school who have gone abroad has reached 93. There are 37 teachers with more than one year of study abroad experience, accounting for 57 of the total faculty and staff. The schools and scientific research institutions visited include Cambridge University, Yale University, University of Nottingham, Purdue University, National Institutes of Health, University of North Carolina, etc. The nature of visits includes collaborative research, participation in international academic conferences, further training, participation in competitions, visits and inspections, etc.

2. Exchanges with visiting experts

1. "Pharmaceutical Frontier Lecture Hall of the 10th Anniversary Celebration Series of the School of Pharmacy"

In recent years, our hospital** *Invited more than 130 internationally renowned overseas experts to give 140 high-level academic reports in the "Pharmaceutical Frontier Lecture". Invited experts include Nobel Prize winner Dr. Roger Kornberg and his research team, professors from top international universities such as the University of Toronto, McGill University, University of Nottingham, University of Cambridge, University of Tokyo, University of Pittsburgh, University of North Carolina, etc.; Senior technical staff from authoritative research institutions such as the Institute of Health, State Food and Drug Administration, and National Patent Office; company technical directors from large multinational pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer and Novartis, etc.

2. The Dean, Vice Dean and Center Director of the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy visited our hospital and held a Pittsburgh-Sun Yat-sen University School of Pharmacy Teachers and Students Association.

3. Professor Fred Nyberg, Dean of the School of Pharmacy at Uppsala University in Sweden, visited our hospital to discuss scientific research, industrial cooperation, and talent training.

4. Prof. Florian Wurm, a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, visited our institute and discussed scientific research and industrialization cooperation.

5. Mr. Peter Yuile, Executive Vice President of Austrade, visited our institute to discuss cooperation.

3. International cooperation in scientific research

In the past three years, our institute has undertaken more than 25 international (overseas) cooperation and exchange projects. The cumulative funding is more than 40 million yuan, and the partner universities are all well-known top foreign universities such as the University of Sydney, McGill University, and the University of Rome; as of the end of 2012, *** and overseas research institutions*** have published more than 130 articles (both of our institute as the first unit).

4. Signing international cooperation agreements

As of the end of 2012, our institute has cooperated with the University of Sydney in Australia, the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, McGill University in Canada, the Royal Institute of Technology in Australia, Western Sydney University, More than 10 top well-known overseas universities, including the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University, and the University of Macau, have signed strategic cooperation agreements to conduct all-round and in-depth cooperation in talent training and scientific research.

5. Holding international conferences

——In September 2008, the college hosted the "Eleventh National Academic Conference on Clinical Pharmacology" held in Guangzhou. Dean Huang Min served as the conference chair The chairman presided over and spoke; the conference invited academicians, senior scholars, foreign colleagues and officials to give speeches. This is also the largest national academic conference on clinical pharmacology in history.

——On September 13, 2009, the "Joint Academic Conference of the International Society for Drug Metabolism (ISSX) and the Chinese Committee on Drug and Chemical Xenobiotic Metabolism (CSSX)" was held in our hospital. The 10th International Society for Drug Metabolism Overseas experts in drug metabolism participated in this conference, which provided a platform for Chinese and foreign drug metabolism workers to conduct academic exchanges, communicate research information, discuss experiences, strengthen international cooperation, and promote the transformation of results, resulting in good academic and social impact.

——On October 10, 2009, the college hosted the first "International Industrial Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Symposium". Nearly 200 well-known experts and representatives from the United States, Canada, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China attended the meeting, including many academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

——The college hosted the "2011 National Medicinal Chemistry Academic Conference" from November 17 to November 19, 2011. Nearly a thousand people attended the National Medicinal Chemistry Academic Conference, including 15 overseas experts; The conference*** received 507 paper abstracts from universities, research institutes and enterprises at home and abroad, and 955 representatives actually participated. It is an annual conference with the largest number of representatives and the largest conference in recent years. It is also the largest annual conference for Chinese pharmaceuticals. An annual event in the chemical community, it also provides a large stage for experts and scholars in the field of medicinal chemistry at home and abroad to fully communicate and learn.

——On November 20, 2011, the college hosted the "Third Sino-British Medicinal Chemistry Academic Conference and the Signing Ceremony of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Society-Royal Society of Chemistry Cooperation Memorandum". Academician Sang Guowei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and chairman of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Association, and Professor Lesley Yellowlees, elected president of the Royal Society of Chemistry, respectively delivered speeches at the signing ceremony and signed a memorandum of cooperation on behalf of both parties. Both parties hope to take this opportunity to conduct more extensive and in-depth exchanges and cooperation in education and scientific research in the future. Many scholars from China and the UK witnessed the signing ceremony. Subsequently, well-known experts and scholars from the academic and business circles of China and the UK gave 9 wonderful academic reports, showing and exchanging their respective new results, new progress, new technologies and new experiences in the field of medicinal chemistry research.

——From December 8, 2012 to December 9, 2012, the college hosted the "Second International Industrial Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy Symposium". Dean Huang Min and Vice Dean Wu Chuanbin delivered keynote speeches as chairman of the conference and chairman of the organizing committee respectively. The conference has built an international exchange platform for industrial pharmacy and clinical pharmacy, closely connected academia, business circles, and government, promoted the development of related industries, strengthened international cooperation in the fields of industrial pharmacy and clinical pharmacy, and effectively promoted my country's pharmaceutical industry. Realize the historic transformation from imitation to independent innovation and development.