History | 中心历史

The U.S.-China Center for Animal Health was established in 2010 at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. Its mission is to improve the veterinary training system in China to meet American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) accreditation standards and promote U.S.-China research collaboration in combatting emerging and major infectious animal diseases. The center was also a product of the increasing business and cultural exchanges between the U.S. and China at that time.

The concept for the center started when Dr. Jishu Shi, a faculty member at Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine, attended a Midwest China Hub Commission meeting in St. Louis, Missouri as the university’s representative in December 2009. The commission was exploring ways to export Midwest goods and services to China, which gave him the idea to establish a center for exporting U.S. veterinary education to China. Dr. Shi’s initiative for the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health gained strong support from Dr. Frank Blecha, Head of the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Dean Ralph Richardson, College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Daniel Richardson, Chief Executive Officer of K-State Olathe Innovation Campus, as well as the university leadership, and it quickly became a reality in May 2010.

One important goal of the center was to train the “trainers” for Chinese veterinary medicine by bringing top Chinese students to the U.S. to study veterinary medicine. The idea was for these Chinese DVMs to teach the next generations of veterinarians in universities after their return to China. To achieve this goal, the center worked closely with China Scholarship Council, Pfizer Animal Health (now Zoetis), Chinese Veterinary Medical Association, and China Agricultural University in seeking conceptual support and resources for this initiative. In 2012, the U.S.-China Joint DVM Scholarship Program was established. When the first group of Chinese students entered the program in the fall of 2012, Dr. Lei Wang, then a faculty member of the Department of Anatomy & Physiology, was appointed by Dean Richardson to join the center and manage this education program.

The U.S.-China Center for Animal Health administers the U.S.-China Joint Scholarship program daily, including program promotion in China, student selection, assisting students with their DVM application, summer internships, and tuition payment. In addition, the center organizes annual homecoming events and secures funding support for the program.

美-中动物卫生中心（USCCAH）于2010年在堪萨斯州立大学兽医学院成立。中心的使命是提高中国的兽医教育水平以达到美国兽医协会（AVMA）的认证标准，并促进中美两国在防控突发和重大动物传染病方面的研究合作。中美两国日益增多的经济和文化交流也是中心成立的原因之一。

创立中心的最初构想是堪萨斯州立大学兽医学院的史记暑教授在2009年12月产生的，当时史教授正作为学校的代表参加美国中西部与中国战略经济发展委员会在密苏里州圣路易斯市举办的第一次会议。该委员会致力于寻求将美国中西部的产品与服务出口到中国的机会，这让史教授有了将美国的兽医教育引入中国的想法。他的这一构想随后得到了堪萨斯州立大学生理解剖系系主任Dr. Frank Blecha、兽医学院院长Dr. Ralph Richardson、堪萨斯州立大学Olathe创新学院首席执行官Dr. Daniel Richardson以及学校领导等多方的大力支持。美-中动物卫生中心开始迅速筹建，并于2010年6月正式成立。

让优秀的中国学生来美国接受兽医教育，并将他们培养为中国兽医教育的未来领导者是中心的一个重要目标。中心希望这些中国的DVM学生回国后在高校内担起培养下一代执业兽医的重任。为此，中心与中国国家留学基金委、辉瑞动保（现为硕腾）、中国兽医协会，和中国农业大学紧密合作，以寻求理念和资源支持。2012年，中美联合培养DVM奖学金项目正式成立，第一批中国学生于同年秋季进入该项目。与此同时，任教于堪萨斯州立大学生理解剖系的老师王蕾博士接受兽医学院院长Richardson邀请，加入美-中动物卫生中心管理该教育项目。

美-中动物卫生中心负责中美联合培养DVM奖学金项目的日常管理工作，包括在中国的项目推广、学生选拔、协助学生的DVM申请、暑期实习和支付学费等。此外，中心还组织一年一度的年会，并为该项目争取资金支持。

More Information about the history of the USCCAH 更多有关中心的历史信息 K-State College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Working on Animal Health Partnership with China May 28, 2010 Dr. Jishu Shi, veterinarian and associate professor of anatomy and physiology in K-State's College of Veterinary Medicine, visited China in late March and early April to advance his idea for the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health, a K-State-based training center for the improvement of Chinese animal health education, research, government and industrial work force. Bridging the Pacific Summer, 2011 Jishu Shi’s office is filled with memories of his time as a student at Kansas State University. On the wall hang plaques for five patents that he and mentor Frank Blecha, university distinguished professor of immunophysiology, received from research during Shi’s time as a doctoral student nearly 20 years ago.

More Information about the history of the U.S.-China Joint DVM Scholarship Program 更多有关中美联合培养DVM奖学金项目的历史信息 Dr. Jishu Shi talked about the history of the U.S.-China Joint DVM Program August 25, 2013 Dr. Jishu Shi, Director of the U.S.-China Center for Animal Health at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University, introduces the center's U.S.-China Joint DVM Program. This presentation was recorded on August 25, 2013, as part of a celebration of the Center's Pre-Vet-DVM scholarship program.