Department profile

The Department of Child Health and Maternal and Child Health at Tianjin Medical University was established in 2023, evolving from the Teaching and Research Section of Children's Health and Maternal and Child Health founded in 1998. This section itself was formed through the integration of the Teaching and Research Section of Children's Health, established in 1978, with the Teaching and Research Section of Maternal and Child Health, which was created in 1994. The department comprises nine faculty members: one professor, one associate professor, six lecturers, and one newly appointed instructor. Additionally, it includes one doctoral supervisor and two master's supervisors.

Professor Zhang Xin is the current head of the department, the leader of the discipline of children and children, and the doctoral supervisor; Won the Tianjin May 1st Labor Award, Tianjin colleges and universities teaching teachers and other titles. Professor Zhang Xin has accumulated rich experience in teaching management and has been employed as a member of three education advisory committees of the Ministry of Education. At the same time, she also holds positions in a number of social academic professional organizations, and gives back to the society based on professionalism. Professor Zhang Xin is rigorous and practical, leading the team of teachers to advance in the fields of teaching, research and social service.

The department undertakes the teaching work, including 6 compulsory courses for undergraduates, 5 elective courses for the whole school, 2 postgraduate courses, 3 courses for international students and 5 other courses. The professional course Child and Adolescent Hygiene of Professor Zhang Xin as the course leader was rated as the excellent course of Tianjin in 2009, the first-class undergraduate course of Tianjin in 2019, and the national first-class undergraduate course in 2023. The department insists on promoting morality and cultivating people as its fundamental task. In the past five years, it has guided 71 undergraduate students to graduate from internships, 18 graduate students and 6 doctoral students. There are 2 doctoral students and 5 master students.

In recent years, the faculty of the department has presided over 6 teaching reform projects (3 above provincial and ministerial level). The chief editor and deputy editor have published 7 textbooks, including 3 national planning textbooks and 1 monograph. Professor Zhang Xin edited the first and second editions of Child and Adolescent Health. As deputy editor, Professor Zhang Xin wrote the eighth and ninth editions of Child and Adolescent Health and the first edition of Maternal and Child Health Education.

The main research directions of the department are: one is research on the causes of autism in children, the other is research on the physical and mental health of children and adolescents and its influencing factors. We have received 6 National Natural Science Foundation projects and 2 National Natural Science Foundation youth projects. Completed 1 key support project of Tianjin Science and Technology Commission, 1 project of Tianjin Natural Science Foundation, 1 special research project of health industry, and won the third prize of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress and 1 software copyright.

According to the characteristics of the discipline, the department actively performs the social service duties of the university and gives back to the society. Cooperated with Tianjin Education Commission and Tianjin Preventive Medical Association to train school doctors in primary and secondary schools in Tianjin. Using the characteristics of scientific research, we provide professional services for autistic children and students in special education schools in Tianjin.