The Tsinghua Medicine International Advisory Council (TMAC) 2025 Meeting was recently held at the University¡¯s Main Building. Tsinghua University President Li Luming, Vice President Wang Hongwei, Director of the China Association of Higher Education Lin Huiqing, and Li Yan, Chair of ZGC Group, attended the meeting.
Venue of TMAC 2025 Meeting
Li Luming extended a warm welcome and sincere appreciation to all participants. He emphasized that the development of medicine has been a century-long aspiration of Tsinghua and an essential mission for building a world-class university. In recent years, Tsinghua has drawn on its comprehensive strengths to empower cross-disciplinary innovation in medicine, develop physician-scientists and scholar-physicians with strong humanistic values, and advance international cooperation, steadily exploring a path of medical development with both Chinese distinctiveness and Tsinghua characteristics. He expressed his hope that Council members will continue to offer valuable guidance and support, enabling Tsinghua Medicine to make new breakthroughs in intercultural medical education, high-level talent development, and AI-driven innovation in healthcare, and to contribute further to the Healthy China Initiative and to the building of a global community of health for all.
Li Yan congratulated Tsinghua Medicine on the successful convening of the Council¡¯s first on-site meeting and affirmed the commitment of ZGC Group to be a steadfast and professional partner on the road of innovation. She expressed confidence that this collaboration will foster an internationally competitive medical innovation ecosystem, accelerating the translation of cutting-edge medical advances to benefit people¡¯s lives.
Li Luming presents letters of appointment
At the appointment ceremony, Li Luming presented letters of appointment to Victor Dzau, President of the U.S. National Academy of Medicine and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering; Ivy Ng, Senior Advisor of SingHealth; Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh; John Savill, Executive Director of the Melbourne Academic Centre for Health and Fellow of the Royal Society; and Joseph Sung, Senior Vice President of Nanyang Technological University and Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He also conferred Tsinghua University Honorary Professorships on Peter Mathieson and Ivy Ng.
Council Chair Victor J. Dzau praised Tsinghua¡¯s commitment to advancing the integration of medical education, research, and clinical service. He underscored the urgency of strengthening interdisciplinary and international collaboration in response to the dual challenges of global infectious disease threats and the growing burden of chronic illness. He encouraged Tsinghua Medicine to continue developing a modernized medical system and to develop a new generation of physician-scientists who combine clinical expertise with cutting-edge knowledge in fields such as artificial intelligence and genomics so as to better serve human health.
Vice-Provost and Senior Vice-Chancellor Wong Tien Yin provided an overview of Tsinghua Medicine¡¯s history, distinctive strengths, major achievements, and future development strategies.
Participants of TMAC 2025 Meeting assemble for a group photo
Established in 2023, the Tsinghua Medicine International Advisory Council brings together internationally renowned leaders in medicine and health from Singapore, the U.K., the U.S., Australia, and beyond. The Council provides high-level strategic advice on medical education, research translation, clinical application, and campus development, aiming to further strengthen Tsinghua Medicine¡¯s global role in advancing human health.
Editor: Li Han
