CCOUC 10th Anniversary Webinar: Health-EDRM Education and Research in China: Commemorating the 512 Wenchuan Earthquake

 

Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) was established by the joint effort of Oxford University and The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a non-profit research centre to carry out research, training and community knowledge transfer in the area of disaster and medical humanitarian response in Greater China and the Asia-Pacific Region a decade ago on 19 April 2011.

 

To celebrate this milestone of CCOUC, we are organizing CCOUC 10th Anniversary International Webinar Series on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management, supported by various global partners. The international webinar series aims to allow participants to:

 

Details of the coming Webinar are as follows:

Title

Health-EDRM Education and Research in China: Commemorating the 512 Wenchuan Earthquake

(CCOUC 10th Anniversary International Webinar Series on Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management)

Format

Zoom

Date

12 May 2021

Time

19:00-20:00 (Hong Kong Time, GMT+8)

Organizer

Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC), The Chinese University of Hong Kong; IRDR International Centre of Excellence-CCOUC

Sponsors

  • GX Foundation
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine

Co-organizers

  • Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR)
  • CUHK Centre for Global Health (CGH)
  • CUHK JC School of Public Health and Primary Care (SPHPC)
  • GX Foundation
  • Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction of Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Programme

  • Presentations
    • Prof Kevin KC Hung

      Deputy Director, CCOUC

      Assistant Professor in Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

      CCOUC Ethnic Minority Health Project: A Case Study for Health-EDRM Initiatives to Improve Disaster Preparedness in a Rural Chinese Population

    • Prof Gretchen Kalonji

      Co-Chair, Alliance of International Science Organizations on Disaster Risk Reduction (ANSO-DRR)

      Dean, Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University

      Research and Education in Medicine and DRR in China since Wenchuan Earthquake

  • Discussion
  • Q&A

Target audience

  • Practitioners, policymakers, academics and students of health, DRR and Health-EDRM
  • Instructors and alumni of CCOUC International Croucher Summer Course 2013-2017

Language

English

Registration

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_xUoSzGTVQZi-ZKD-8hrI1w

webinar

Enquiries

Tel: +852 2252 8850

Email: ccouc@cuhk.edu.hk