The 5th PKU-UPenn Sleep Medicine Forum held in Beijing
Dec 04, 2019
Peking University, Dec. 4, 2019: The 5th PKU-UPenn Sleep Medicine Forum & PKU Medicine 2019 International Forum on Sleep Medicine was held in Beijing on November 14-15. The event invited 30-plus international scholars from the United States, Canada, Australia, France, Sweden, Germany and Japan, and attracted over 300 domestic researchers.
Discussion with panelists from the US, France, Sweden and Australia
During the forum, a wide range of sleep medicine-related topics were discussed, including sleep-related NCD and its care, big data and machine learning, biomarkers and diagnosis, innovative home-based monitoring, and phenotype and prognosis. As part of the program, this year’s event featured a forum of young scholars, where celebrated scholars like Professor Kingman Stroll of the US, Professor M. Younes of Canada and Professor Han Fang of China were engaged in dialogues with young people to help them grow.
The 2019 forum also witnessed the inauguration of the expert committee for sleep medicine (to be chaired by Professor Han) under the Beijing Medical Doctor Association and the signing ceremony of agreement for cooperation between PKU School of Nursing and its counterpart at University of Illinois.
Written by: Fan Xiaofei
Edited by: Huang Weijian
Source: PKUHSC (Chinese)
