The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford formally unveiled the CAMS Oxford Institute (COI), a joint institute base in Oxford and supported by Oxford University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical school. The Institute will deliver outstanding science and help to develop innovative medicines to tackle infectious diseases and cancer. The COI was up running at the beginning of 2019, and it was China’s first overseas medical sciences institute in the UK. Professor Louise Richardson, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, said: ‘Since the foundation of the COI it has grown quickly to play an ever more important role in health research. Today’s cooperation agreement will lay the ground for continued growth of this important research institute.
