{"id":33159,"date":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/10\/15\/checking-out-beijing\/"},"modified":"2008-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-15T05:00:00","slug":"checking-out-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/10\/15\/checking-out-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Checking out Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p><TABLE border=\"0\" width=\"250\" cellspacing=\"10\" align=\"right\"><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MarkinWall.gif\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nRod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., takes in the spectacular site of the Great Wall of China. The wall is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the World.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/PaulmansHarrisons.gif\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nChecking out the Great Wall of China are (left-right): Paul Paulman, M.D., Audrey Paulman, M.D., Connie Harrison and Jeff Harrison, M.D. The Paulmans and Dr. Harrison will be among the presenters at a short course in public health, rural and family medicine in Xi&#8217;an, China, on Oct. 19-20.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/NekudaAnderson.gif\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"picture disc.\"><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<TR><br \/>\n<TD><br \/>\n<font face=\"arial\" size=\"1\"><br \/>\nTina Anderson and Jayme Nekuda pose in front of a mannequin display depicting some of the costumes worn at the opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The display is in the Bird&#8217;s Nest, where track and field events were held. Anderson is a nurse anesthetist for the UNMC Department of Anesthesiology, while Nekuda is division director for UNMC&#8217;s benefits &#038; work life programs.<br \/>\n<\/FONT><br \/>\n<\/TD><br \/>\n<\/TR><br \/>\n<\/TABLE>BEIJING &#8211; It&#8217;s not every day that you get to witness one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a historical Olympic venue in the same day. <\/p>\n<p>But, such was the case Tuesday as the UNMC Chinese contingent toured the Great Wall of China and walked through the Olympic Village in Beijing.<\/p>\n<p>The work portion of the trip begins Wednesday, as the first symposium of the China-U.S. Research Center for Life Sciences kicks off. The symposium will focus on neuroscience and immunology. <\/p>\n<p>Don Leuenberger, UNMC vice chancellor for business and finance, will deliver the opening address and five UNMC faculty will make presentations or lead portions of the symposium. These faculty include: Dan Monaghan, Ph.D., professor, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience; Jeff Harrison, M.D., associate professor, family medicine; Kai Fu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, pathology and microbiology; Rod Markin, M.D., Ph.D., president and CEO, UNMC Physicians; and Jialin Zheng, M.D., professor, pharmacology and experimental neuroscience.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Zheng is director of UNMC&#8217;s Asia Pacific Rim Development Program (APRDP) and Dr. Fu serves as associate director. Both are natives of China and their connections have been invaluable in moving UNMC&#8217;s partnerships forward with three Chinese universities &#8212; the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong University Health Science Center. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We hear from these universities that UNMC is their best U.S. partner,&#8221; Dr. Zheng said. &#8220;They say Nebraska people treat their students and faculty better. When Nebraska people say they are going to do something, they do it.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, UNMC and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine initiated a joint M.D.\/Ph.D. program that would allow medical students from the Chinese university to come to UNMC to earn a Ph.D. degree after their M.D. training in China. It&#8217;s the first such program between a U.S. and Chinese university. <\/p>\n<p>It was a memorable day for all of us. 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