The 1st Beihang International Symposium on Medical Photonics and the inauguration ceremony of Medical Photonics Institute of Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering (BAIC-BE) were held in Vision Building recently. The symposium was co-hosted by BAIC-BE, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering of Beihang University and Beihang Innovation Institute of Interdisciplinary Medicine-Engineering. Co-Chair Fan Yubo (Director of BAIC-BE and Dean of the School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering of Beihang University) and Co-chair Cheng Jixin (Director and Chief Scientist of the Medical Photonics Institute of BAIC-BE and a member of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering), as well as over 70 researchers from such universities and institutions as Boston University, Cornell University, Columbia University, Northwestern University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Chinese PLA General Hospital, and Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital attended the symposium.
Prof. Fan Yubo delivered the opening remarks and extended his warm welcome to all attendees. He then gave an introduction to the layout and fruitful achievements that Beihang had accomplished in the filed of interdisciplinary medicine-engineering, and described the bright prospect of future development of BAIC-BE in important fields such as the basic research and research in cutting-edge technologies, innovation of transforming medical engineering technology, and application and industrialization of clinical transformation. He also detailed on medical photonics, one of the key development directions of BAIC-BE, and praised the pioneering contribution made by Prof. Cheng Jixin in this field.
Prof. Cheng Jixin gave a detailed introduction to the development and overall planning of the Medical Photonics Institute. According to him, the Institute is oriented by the major demands in such areas as photonics, medical treatment and health care, and will conduct in-depth research on key scientific issues in the development and application of advanced biophotonics by bringing together leading scientists from all around the world. It aims to form a research team with great influence in academia and industry and build a world-class research and transformation center for medical photonics by breaking through key technologies constraining industrial development, laying a good foundation for scientific and technological development, medical security, and social and economic development.
During the symposium, academic board members were announced. The members will make constructive suggestions on the development of medical photonics, help introduce and cultivate young researchers of this field, assist Beihang in applying for domestic and foreign major scientific research projects and related personnel projects, and provide clinical guidance and resources for specific study of interdisciplinary medicine-engineering.
Then, keynote reports were given by Academician Gu Ying on the topic of The Application of Laser Medicine in Clinical Medicine and other 36 professors and clinicians on the development of photonics and its application and transformation in the fields of biology and medicine.
The 1st Beihang International Symposium on Medical Photonics provides a platform for communication and cooperation among experts in the fields of medical photonics, life sciences and clinical medicine.
Reported by Yue Shuhua
Translated by Lyu Xingyun
