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CCOUC for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response

The Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) is an academic research organization based in Hong Kong. It was founded as a partnership between the University of Oxford and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and is housed at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Medicine.

History

CCOUC Director Emily Chan was invited to participate in a February 11-12, 2020 event titled “2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap” co-hosted by the World Health Organization's R&D Blueprint and the Global Research Collaboration for Infectious Disease Preparedness (GloPID-R). She and Nina Gobat presented on the topic of “Integrating social sciences in the outbreak response”.[1]

Partners

CCOUC's partners include:[2]

  • Asia-Pacific Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (AP-STAG)
  • Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)
  • Beijing Normal University
  • Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)
  • Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Chinese Society of Disaster Medicine
  • Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation
  • Croucher Foundation
  • Dhulikhel Hospital
  • Education Bureau
  • Francois-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights
  • GNH Centre Bhutan
  • GX Foundation
  • Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI)
  • Hong Kong Academy of Medicine
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
  • Hong Kong Jockey Club Disaster Preparedness and Response Institute
  • Hong Kong Observatory
  • Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR)
  • Integrated Risk Governance Project (IRG)
  • Jilin Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Jinpa Project
  • Karolinska Institute
  • Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan
  • Marie Stopes Nepal
  • National Health and Family Planning Commission
  • National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET)
  • Nuffield Department of Medicine
  • Partners in Hope
  • Public Health England (PHE)
  • Qinghai Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Royal Government of Bhutan
  • Sphere Project
  • Thematic Platform for Health-EDRM Research Network (TPRN)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • World Green Organisation
  • Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation
  • Yunnan Health and Development Research Association (YHDRA)
  • Yunnan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • ZeShan Foundation

  1. 2019 novel Coronavirus Global research and innovation forum: towards a research roadmap AGENDA. (2020). GLOPID-R. https://web.archive.org/web/20230208185417/https://www.glopid-r.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/covid-19-global-research-and-innovation-forum-2020-program.pdf ↩︎

  2. Our Partners. Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response. Retrieved April 24, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230424005048/http://ccouc.org/our-partners ↩︎