{"id":9155,"date":"2011-10-19T09:18:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T09:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.semmelweis-univ.hu\/?p=2286"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T11:55:36","slug":"university-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-university-of-massachusetts-medical-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/en\/2011\/10\/19\/university-signs-memorandum-of-understanding-with-university-of-massachusetts-medical-school\/","title":{"rendered":"University signs memorandum of understanding with University of Massachusetts Medical School"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chancellor Collins and Vice-Rector Sz\u00e9l<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Semmelweis University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), opening the door to opportunities for exchange and collaboration in education, training and research.<\/p>\n

UMMS Chancellor Michael Collins and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Services Gy\u00f6ngyi Szab\u00f3 visited Budapest on October 11-12 in order to formalise the agreement and discuss potential collaborative projects between the two institutions. The delegation was received by members of Semmelweis University\u2019s senior leadership, namely Vice-Rector \u00c1goston Sz\u00e9l, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Hunyady, Dean of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences B\u00e9la Nosz\u00e1l, President of the Doctoral Council K\u00e1roly R\u00e1cz, and Director of International Relations Marcel Pop.<\/p>\n

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Professor Szab\u00f3 and Chancellor Collins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The introductory meeting preceding the signing ceremony featured a series of presentations, which provided an overview of each university\u2019s educational, research and health care activities. Chancellor Collins emphasised that his hope is for this formal agreement to result in a meaningful exchange for both sides, allowing them to \u201cassure that the science and art of medicine actually impacts our population and makes a difference in our world\u201d. At the end of the meeting, Chancellor Collins and Professor Szab\u00f3 had the opportunity to speak with some of the University\u2019s medical and Ph.D. students as well.<\/p>\n

 
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Meeting with Hungarian medical students<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

The second day of the UMMS delegation\u2019s visit consisted of a tour of some of the University\u2019s institutes and clinical departments, including the 1st Department of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research where Director Andr\u00e1s Matolcsy presented its 3D microscopy system and newly renovated lecture hall and autopsy room, the 2nd Department of Internal Medicine where the delegation was given an overview of some of its research and health care activities, and the Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology\u2019s Nanobiotechnology and In Vivo Imaging Centre where Assistant Professor Szabolcs Osv\u00e1th presented its cutting-edge imaging equipment.<\/p>\n

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The present agreement was preceded by over ten years of informal collaboration between UMMS\u2019s Dr. Gy\u00f6ngyi Szab\u00f3 and Drs. Zsolt Tulassay and B\u00e9la Moln\u00e1r, both from Semmelweis University\u2019s 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, who worked together in the field of gastroenterology and Ph.D. training. Dr. Szab\u00f3 has additional ties to Semmelweis University, having received the University\u2019s Doctor Honoris Causa title in 2005.<\/p>\n

Gina G\u00f6nczi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Semmelweis University has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), opening the door to opportunities for exchange and collaboration in education, training and research. UMMS Chancellor Michael Collins and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Services Gy\u00f6ngyi Szab\u00f3 visited Budapest on October 11-12 in order to formalise the agreement …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":362,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,190],"tags":[210],"class_list":["post-9155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hirek-en","category-partnership","tag-partnership"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34635,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9155\/revisions\/34635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semmelweis.hu\/nki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}