Engineering Research Center of “Bone and Joint Precision Medicine”, Ministry of Education

The orthopedic department of Peking University Third Hospital was firstly founded in 1958. With more than 60 years of experience, it has become a leading national key disciplinewith international influence. Based on that, in October 2019,Engineering Research Center of “Bone and Joint Precision Medicine” (hereinafter referred to as “the Center”)was established with the approval of Ministry of Education. The Center, directed by Professor Li Weishi of orthopedic department of Peking University Third Hospital, was the first engineering research center of bone and joint in China. It has a number of first-class research teams in orthopedics, imaging, rehabilitation and other disciplines. By building aninterdisciplinary platform,it becomes a professional comprehensive research center integrating precision medicine, scientific research innovation and clinical application.

The main goal of the Center is to build a research platform for interdisciplinary integrationfocusing on the precision medicine of bone and joint. Training clinical and basic medicinecomposite talents inbiomedical engineering, R&D and application of medical equipment; researching and developing innovative medical equipment to replace and surpass imports; doing clinical research and innovation with practical effect; and exploring a new mode of engineering research center of precision medicine.

The Center has first-class research teams. The director is Professor Li Weishi, and the technical leaders are respectively Professor Li Weishi, Professor Liu Zhongjun, Professor Han Hongbin of Peking University Third Hospital and Professor Wang Tianmiao of Beihang University. The Center has a number of research teams in orthopedics, imaging, rehabilitation and other bone and joint related disciplines. Besides, it hasa sound platformfor scientific research innovation and transformation, strong scientific research strength and firm achievements transformation foundation. At present, it undertakes more than 30 state, provincial and ministerial scientific research projects including National Science and Technology Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and NSFC, and has completed over 100 state, provincial and ministerial research projects. More than 500 SCI papers in related fields have been published, and more than 150 invention patents have been authorized.

The following are major achievements and contributions of the Center in recent years. In 2006, “Research on Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Tissue Engineering” won the second class prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Chinese Medical Association and the third class prize of Science and Technology Award of Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. In 2011, “Research on Surgical Diagnosis and Treatment of Spinal Tumor” won the second class prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of the Ministry of Education. In 2012, “Establishment and Application of Key Diagnosis and Treatment Technology of Thoracic Spinal Stenosis” won the second prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award. In the same year, “Surgical treatment of severe kyphosis of thoracolumbar spine and related technical research” won the “(Innovative Scientific and Technological Achievements Award of) Scientific and Technological Research Project on Capital Top Ten Diseases”. And the orthopedics department was awarded “Beijing Clinical Medical Research Center in Orthopedics” by Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission. In 2019, “Clinical Application and Key Technology Research of 3D Printing Titanium Alloy for Orthopedic Implants” won the first prize of Beijing Science and Technology Progress Award. The Center takes the lead in applying 3D printing technology to bone and joint in China, and its 3D printing products have been registered and approved by FDA and CFDA.

Director: Weishi Li

Contact: Yanli Yang

Email: bjpm-pku@bjmu.edu.cn

TEL: +86（10）82267368

Address: Peking University Third Hospital, No.49 North Garden Rd, Haidian District, Beijing , China(100191)