COVID-19 Response

Our hearts are with our friends in China. Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Trustees and staff of Yale-China Association have sent multiple letters to express our support and solidarity for our dear friends at Central South University; Xiangya Schools of Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health; the three Xiangya Hospitals; and Hunan Health Commission. Our friends in China distributed our letters to their colleagues and posted them on their official websites. They also replied to us to express their deep gratitude for our support, to brief us the current situation of COVID-19 in China and the work done by Xiangya, and to show their confidence of winning the battle.

Learn more about Yale-China and Xiangya’s response to COVID-19.

Fellowships

Empowering Women in Healthcare

Chia Fellowship at Yale

Female Chinese health professionals from Xiangya Schools of Public Health, Nursing, Medicine and affiliated hospitals, and Kunming Medical University come to Yale for six-month research fellowships. Meet our current Fellows.

Chia Fellowship at Xiangya

Women in medicine, nursing and public health from the Western Hunan counties of Fenghuang and Huayuan go to study and do research at Xiangya, the leading hospital in Hunan Province.

Hunan Initiatives

Raising Healthcare Standards Through Collaboration

Western Hunan Health Initiative to Improve Services at the Local Level (WHISL)

With an ambitious goal to improve healthcare delivery in underserved, rural Western Hunan, Yale-China has convened a Sino-American coalition: Hunan Health Commission, Central South University Xiangya Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, the Yale Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health, and Jishou University, as well as our Chia Fellows. The Initiative aligns with China’s efforts to alleviate poverty through health, and our immediate focus is on three of rural China’s most prevalent chronic diseases––hypertension, diabetes, and mental illness. Specific goals are to improve the skill levels of healthcare providers in preventing and treating chronic diseases, to enhance care coordination among all levels of healthcare organizations, improve health performance and outcomes on public health targets, and train care providers in the new model of chronic disease management. We are adjusting project elements to strengthen prevention and control of epidemics, as well. The long-term goal is a sustainable new model of healthcare delivery that can be applied to other rural locations in China and beyond.

Autism Training

Working with the Yale Child Study Center, the Center for Children with Special Needs, local Hunan NGO Ruijian, and health professionals at Xiangya Hospital, Yale-China facilitates workshops and online training for families of children with Autism.

Partnerships

Developing the Next Generation of Health Care Leaders

Medical Residency Training Program

Faculty at Yale and Xiangya Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health created a new residency training model custom-designed for China that is now effectively China’s national model for medical residency training.

Medical Student Exchanges

Yale-China helps to facilitate exchange programs between Yale Medical School and Xiangya School of Medicine where Yale and Xiangya students are able to do clinical rounds and work in labs at their counterpart’s hospital.

XYOAA Scholarship

Since 2014, Yale-China and the Xiangya Overseas Alumni Association (XYOAA) have administered 60+ scholarships each year for students with financial need at Xiangya School of Medicine, to enrich and develop students’ career goals, leadership skills, community service, and research opportunities. Learn more at XYOAA Scholarship.

Research Ethics Training

The Research Ethics Program, led by Yale School of Public Health faculty Kaveh Khoshnood, is a five-year program funded by the NIH Fogarty International Center. This program seeks to develop a Master’s level bioethics program, a Bioethics Institute, and a Human Research Protections Program (HRPP) at Central South University in Changsha, China.