About the JI

The Joint Institute brings together researchers from Michigan Medicine and Peking University Health Science Center for high-impact research to advance medicine in the U.S. and China.

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2024 Request for Proposals

JI leaders are proud to announce the next call for joint proposals that advance robust collaborations between Michigan Medicine and PKUHSC.  Proposals should have the potential to lead to transformative science and future extramural funding and must be jointly put forth by Co-Principal Investigators who are full-time faculty at U-M Medical School (UMMS) and PKUHSC. 

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Featured Project: Predictors of Hepatitis C Progression

Drs. Anna Lok (Michigan Medicine) and Lai Wei (PKUHSC) describe their collaboration, which strives to identify genetic markers that predict the progression from chronic HCV infection to cirrhosis and HCC, and to identify and validate blood markers of liver fibrosis and early HCC in patients.

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Featured Project: Finding Genes for Myocardial Infarction and Blood Lipid Levels in a Chinese Sample

Drs. Cristen Willer (Michigan Medicine) and Ming Xu (PKUHSC) discuss their joint research project examining Chinese individuals with MI to test whether the same variants and genes identified in Europeans are also associated in Asian individuals.

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JI By the Numbers
Poster Session
77
JI projects awards to date
154
High-impact publications to date
$68M
Extramural funding to date
News
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Department News
After time at UMMS, visiting scholar publishes call for more leadership training in China
After completing a UMMS leadership program, a visiting doctor from China is encouraging healthcare leaders in her home country to launch similar training initiatives.
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Department News
Cross-Border Collaboration Fosters Future Leaders in Medicine
Three physician-researchers from China have completed a yearlong leadership development program at Michigan Medicine.
 XuJie Zhou Collaboration Scholar
Research News
Collaboration Scholar completes yearlong research experience at Michigan Medicine
A visiting physician’s experience studying kidney disease at Michigan Medicine is set to benefit his patients back home in China and has paved the way for future collaborations.
 Global Executive Education Training Program participants tour the Michigan Medicine campus.
Medical School News
Partners visit UMMS to learn US approach to medical education
Two dozen physicians and leaders from China spent much of October at Michigan Medicine in an immersive training program.
Research News
Visit to PKU bolsters gastric cancer collaboration
JI project refocused on gastric cancers after UMMS lab visit to Beijing. In-person meetings advanced research on ME1 enzyme as a treatment target for H. Pylori-induced ulcers.
Research News
Welcoming the first Joint Institute Collaboration Scholars to Ann Arbor
Two Chinese physician researchers join the JI Collaboration Scholars program at Michigan Medicine to enhance medical education and research with PKUHSC, focusing on cancer and autoimmune disorders.