[International Cooperation][Medicine] CKU Signs MOU with OSU on Cancer Research

[International Cooperation][Medicine] CKU Signs MOU with OSU on Cancer Research (Chinese Version)

NCKU News (2012/03/21) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan, southern Taiwan, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ohio State University (OSU) College of Pharmacy on March 20 at the NCKU College of Medicine as part of its effort to enhance its international academic cooperation and most importantly to improve the clinical research on pancreatic cancer.

Under the agreements, both universities will launch joint projects in pancreatic cancer research to develop effective diagnostic markers and therapeutic agents for this malignancy.

Huey-Jen Jenny SU, ScD, Executive Vice President of NCKU on behalf of NCKU President Hwung-Hweng HWUNG, signed the MOU with Dean Robert BRUEGGMIER, College of Pharmacy, OSU, Columbus, Ohio, USA.

The goal of the cooperating institutions is to promote scientific research and enhance understanding and collaboration between the faculties and students of NCKU College of Medicine and affiliated hospital, and OSU College of Pharmacy, according to the MOU.

Dean BRUEGGMIER enjoyed his first visit to Tainan very much and hailed the opportunity to collaborate with NCKU as ”the program is strong and the discovery is fruitful from both universities in the area of pancreatic cancer research, it is exciting to see over the next several years the research and clinical therapy comes from the program accordingly”.

The OSU-NCKU satellite laboratory with a focus on new therapeutic development and biomarker identification for pancreatic cancer will be established at the Cancer Center of NCKU Hospital in this August.

The Ohio State University (OSU) was first founded as the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1870. The University awarded its first baccalaureate degree and adopted its present name in 1878. OSU is a state-supported institution comprising a main campus of 1,713 acres located near downtown Columbus. The College of Pharmacy was established in 1895. The overall mission of the College of Pharmacy is to advance pharmaceutical care for the people of Ohio and the global community through our teaching, through our research, and through our service.


Further Information:
NCKU News 2012/03/21

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