Berlin, Germany | October 20th - 22nd, 2013
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M8 Alliance Meeting 2012
Fruitful discussions and important decisions
The members of the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities met in Baltimore, USA in early April. Michael J. Klag, dean of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and President of the World Health Summit 2012 was the host of a very interesting and inspiring event.
We discussed “big picture” issues including mission, goals, membership and governance and had numerous lively debates about this year’s World Health Summit, including organizations, topics and speakers.
The M8 Alliance family has grown in Baltimore and the World Health Summit is reaching out to Asia.
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Starting at the top and working from left to right: James D. Yager, Felicity Turner, Clinton Rodgers, Albert Wu, Shunichi Fukuhara, Christina Mitchell, Sabine Kleinert, Steve Wesselingh, Jose Otavio Costa Auler, Jr., Jo Ivey Boufford, Khay Guan Yeoh, Ulrich Frey, Sophie Spangenberger, Mathias Bonk, Yee Weil Lim, Yao Seng Chong, Wen Bin Lai, Michael J. Klag, John Wong, Detlev Ganten, Mazda Adli, Jean-François Girard, Eduardo Krieger
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M8 Alliance – Scientific Symposium
Where do new drugs come from?
During the M8 Alliance meeting we had a scientific symposium, co-organized by the Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business. Representatives from the health economy, pharmaceutical industry, other stakeholders from the private sector and the M8 Alliance discussed about issues like the changing ecosystem of drug development, regulatory challenges, research capacity building and behavioral economics.
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Phil Phan - Professor and Interim Dean Johns Hopkins Carey School of Business
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New M8 Alliance Member
M8 Alliance welcomes the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Peter Piot as the director of one of the highest-rated research institutions in the UK, was very pleased to accept the membership in Baltimore during the M8 Alliance meeting.
The 13th member of the Alliance is a world-leading center for research and postgraduate education in public and global health, working in over 100 countries and was recently cited as one of the world’s top universities for collaborative research.
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Peter Piot - Director & Professor of Global Health London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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M8 Alliance Meeting
The M8 Alliance defines targets for the World Health Summit 2011
David de Kretser, Steve Wesselingh, Detlev Ganten (from the left)
The M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centres and Medical Universities met in Melbourne in March 2011 to prepare the third World Health Summit. Prof. David de Kretser, the Governor of the State of Victoria, and Prof. Steve Wesselingh, Dean of Monash University, Australia, hosted the meeting. Future projects of the M8 Alliance and the program of this year’s World Health Summit were the main topics discussed by the deans and other delegates from the M8 institutions. The third World Health Summit will take place in Berlin at the Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, October 23rd-26th October 2011. This year’s theme is: “Today’s Science – Tomorrow’s Agenda” – linking scientific and other evidence to shape tomorrow’s agenda in the field of global health. During their meeting, the M8 members set the agenda for the summit. Main topics will include vaccination and immunisation, mother’s and children´s health, non-communicable diseases, development of incentives for medical and pharmacological developments and climate change and health. Given the recent events in Japan, and following a suggestion of the M8 Alliance member, Kyoto University, a special session on “Health Prevention and Medical Responses after Mega Disasters” will be included into the program.
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New M8 Members
The M8 Alliance welcomes South-East-Asia and South America Sao Paulo University and National University of Singapore are the newest members of the M8 Alliance. Prof. Eduardo Krieger from Sao Paulo University and Prof. John Wong, the dean of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, were very pleased to accept the invitation by the M8 Alliance which now consists of members from five continents.
The University of Sao Paulo is the largest and one of the most prestigious research and higher education institutions in Brazil. With almost 90 000 students it is one of the largest universities in South America and It is composed of seven campuses, 40 research and learning units, five hospitals, five specialized institutes, laboratories and multiple scientific and cultural centers. The M8 Alliance is particularly delighted to welcome “Universidade de Sao Paulo” and extend the Alliance to Latin America.
In the previous meeting during the 2nd World Health Summit in October, the National University of Singapore was included into the M8 Alliance of Academic Health Centers and Medical Universities. Prof. John Wong, the dean of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, gladly accepted the invitation. NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine is one of the most important Academic Health Centres in South-East Asia. The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine was the first academic body in Singapore's history dedicated to tertiary education. Established in 1905, it is the foundation of what has now evolved into the National University of Singapore.
The School is a strong component in the University's Mission to advance knowledge and foster innovation, educate students and nurture talent in service of Singapore and society.
It is continually working toward its vision of being among the world’s leading medical schools. The main course of action lies in strengthening its clinical research work and linking it closely with the education of medical students and the clinical care of patients.
M8 Alliance Meeting April 2010
The M8 Alliance was gathering for the M8 Alliance Meeting in Berlin from April 12 through April 14, 2010. M8 Alliance File Center
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