Partnering with China for a Healthier Future

Date: 

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 (All day)

Location: 

Harvard Center Shanghai

Dean's Trip to China

A conversation about the future of public health in China was presented on Wednesday, April 2nd by the Harvard School of Public Health in collaboration with the Harvard Center Shanghai, Harvard Club of Shanghai, and Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni.

Participants learned about the successful public health models underway in China and the challenges and opportunities China faces as it seeks to address four urgent threats to global well-being. The event featured Harvard School of Public Health senior faculty members who discussed the School's research in China across the following areas:

Old and New Pandemics (Dean David J. Hunter, MPH '85, SD '88)

Failing Health Systems (Prof. Bill Hsiao, MPA '72, PhD '82)

Poverty and Humanitarian Crises (Prof. Wafaie Fawzi, MPH '89, SM '91, DPH '92)

Harmful Physical and Social Environments (Prof. John D. Spengler, SM '73)

Executive Education and HarvardX (Prof. John A. Quelch, DBA '77, SM '78)