AHMU (Anhui Medical University) held the Third International Forum on Environment and Health and the “Qiyuan” Graduate International Forum on December 16, 2024. Zhang Zhi, Academic Vice President of AHMU, attended the opening ceremony and addressed the forum.
Vice President Zhang Zhi extended sincere welcome to the experts and guests at the forum. He pointed out that AHMU, as one of the first national high-level School of Public Health construction units, has been committed to promoting the integration of academic research, education and teaching, and industry practice in public health. He added that the university, guided by the public health needs of the people, has been striving to develop superior scientific research. With the theme of “Environment, Health and Life”, this forum focuses on the interaction between such environmental factors as air pollution, climate change and chemical exposure, etc., and health risks, which is of great practical significance to the construction of Healthy China. He also hoped that the participating teachers and students would grasp the opportunity to fully exchange their views and spark new ideas. Thus, an inexhaustible motivation would be created to advance the discipline development of Environment and Health.
This international forum was sponsored by Graduate School and School of Public Health of AHMU, and co-organized by the Department of Public Health of Qinghai University, the co-building unit of the high-level School of Public Health of AHMU. Eleven distinguished experts and scholars from home and abroad were invited to deliver keynote speeches on topics of “Climate Change and Health”, “Environmental Factors and Biological Aging”, “Risk Identification of DNA Methylation and Environmental Epigenetic Hazards” and so on. They also shared their latest researches and achievements in the field of environment and health.