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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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2025 JI Report
The past year saw the Joint Institute grow in important ways, with several delegation visits to both Beijing and Ann Arbor; robust training programs for visiting scholars; four new awards to support new research collaborations and more. These and other milestones are documented in the our most recent progress report.
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.
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.
JI By the Numbers
News
A night of two national titles for U-M, as scientists and basketball players both triumph
'A great opportunity for me': Collaboration Scholars begin year in Ann Arbor
Announcing four new research awards for 2025
After time at UMMS, visiting scholar publishes call for more leadership training in China
Cross-Border Collaboration Fosters Future Leaders in Medicine
