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Professor Jiang Wei from Duke University came for Academic Exchanges

Updated: Oct 24, 2018
From: Mental and Psychological Department; International Exchange Office
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As an important activity of the “Going Global and Bringing In” strategy of the Mental and Psychological Department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, on October 18, 2018, Jiang Wei, a tenured professor of Duke University came to our hospital for academic exchanges and teaching rounds at the invitation of the International Exchange Office and the Mental and Psychological Department. The activity was hosted by Director Chen Yunchun, and Ren Hui, Deputy Director of the International Exchange Office, Professor Kang Wanhu, all medical staff of the Mental and Psychological Department and doctors under normalized and advanced training attended.

In teaching rounds, Professor Jiang inquired the patients and their families in detail for relevant information, and conducted mental examination.Shediagnosed and analyzed the patients’ symptoms, pathogenesis and growth experience comprehensively based on symptomatic features of the patients, and explained some key points and precautions in the diagnosis of mental diseases, especially mental disorders caused by organic diseases.

Subsequently, Professor Jiang gave an academic report entitled Observing Pressures and Diseases by Analysis of Cardiac Dysfunction Caused by Mental Stress, explained the impact of mental stress on cardiovascular diseases and possible mechanisms by combining the bio-psycho-social medicine model and her personal research experience. What’s more, she introduced the latest research in the field of psychosomatics and predicted possible future research directions in this field.

Director Chen said that the arrival of Professor Jiang, internationally renowned expert in psychosomatics, coming to our hospital for academic exchanges and teaching rounds was a very rare opportunity. Professor Jiang expressed her delight at the rapid development and achievements made in relevant fields of China and the Mental and Psychological Department of our hospital in recent years. She hoped that both parties could have more opportunities to exchange and cooperate in the future and promote better development of the domestic mental and psychological field. Deputy Director Ren said that our hospital would set up a high-level international exchange platform for the discipline, provide quality service for the staff to go global for training and exchanges, and make international exchanges the new engine and new normal for our hospital’s development.

Professor Jiang Wei is a tenured professor of Duke University, Director of the Neuropsychological and Cardiovascular Laboratory, Heart Center and Heart and Brain Center of Duke University School of Medicine, first female doctor of medicine and tenured professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Major of Duke University School of Medicine, first female tenured professor of Internal Medicine and Psychiatry Major in the United States, also a leader in the field of psychosomatics in the world. Her researches mainly focus on the relations between the physiology, pathology, genes, and molecular biology of brain-psychological-cardiovascular functions and the external environment and pressure.

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