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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>. Li Zhanguo Elected Vice<br />

Chairman <strong>of</strong> APLAR<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2008--10—20<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=224560030<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Oct. 20, 2008: Li Zhanguo, pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> the Rheumatoid Immune<br />

Branch (RIB) <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> People's Hospital (<strong>PKU</strong>PH), was elected to be the<br />

new vice chairman <strong>of</strong> the Asia Pacific League <strong>of</strong> Associations for Rheumatology<br />

(APLAR) with recommendation by the Chinese Institute <strong>of</strong> Rheumatology in the 13th<br />

APLAR Academic Conference in Yokohama, Japan on September 27, 2008.<br />

Nearly 300 Chinese rheumatoid specialists participated in the conference, many <strong>of</strong><br />

them hosted the sessions or gave speeches in the conference. Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Li Zhanguo<br />

reported a research, which was led by the <strong>PKU</strong>PH, done by multiple international<br />

centers. In addition, eleven papers <strong>of</strong> the RIB <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>PH were exchanged or reported<br />

and eight academic backbones participated in the conference, ranking first both in<br />

the number <strong>of</strong> articles and number <strong>of</strong> participants <strong>of</strong> Chinese hospital. Mu Rong,<br />

associate pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>PH gave a speech entitled ―The role <strong>of</strong> citrullinatization in<br />

rheumatoid arthritis‖ as guest speaker, and won the praise <strong>of</strong> scholars at home and<br />

abroad.<br />

It is gratifying that thirteen young doctors at rheumatism won "Outstanding Clinical<br />

Research Award", "Outstanding Basic Research Award" and "Outstanding Young<br />

Researcher Award" for three categories. All three Chinese winners, including He<br />

Jing, Li Ru and Li Xia, were from RIB <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>PH. In addition, Dr. Mu Rong received<br />

the Travel Grant to attend the Conference.<br />

This APLAR conference would allow more close and extensive cooperation among<br />

scholars at rheumatism in the Asia-Pacific. It was an important symbol <strong>of</strong> the<br />

internationalization <strong>of</strong> the RIB <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>PH.<br />

Edited By : Yan Jiefei<br />

Translated By : Chen Zhenxia<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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