MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING
ACADEMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO, HEALTH SCIENCES, AND
UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA, LIMA, PERÚ
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into this……..day of……………....2012,
by and between, the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the University
of California, San Diego Health Sciences, located in La Jolla, California, USA
("UCSD"), and the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, located in Lima, Peru, and
its faculties of Medicine, Science and Philosophy, and Public Health ("UPCH") with
respect to the following:
Whereas UCSD and UPCH seek to establish a closer relationship in order to foster
collaboration between both educational institutions with the goal of participating in
academic, scientific and cultural activities in areas of common interest, and;
Whereas the objective of this agreement is to promote a cooperative spirit which will
enhance the goodwill which characterizes the relationship between our two countries,
and;
Towards achieving these objectives, UCSD and UPCH agree to the following goals:
a.
b.
c.
d.
To improve educational and instructional opportunities between the two
institutions to create education, training and research collaborations of mutual
interest in diverse areas of science, medicine and public health towards the
global improvement of human health.
To create opportunities for intellectual and professional advancement of our
faculties.
To increase the quality of our curricula and to develop projects and facilities for
teaching, research and patient care.
To share expertise and experience to further scientific and academic interaction
between the two institutions, to complement their respective areas of expertise,
and to enhance their respective missions to deliver the very best in translational
research toward the goal of improving human health.
The parties propose to take the following steps in working toward these goals and
objectives:
Exchange information to develop and seek support for:
1.
Exchanges of faculty
2.
Exchanges of medical and graduate students, and clinical and research trainees
3.
Exchanges of ideas, joint research projects and publications
4.
Exchanges of publications, materials, and information
5.
Organizing and sponsoring joint conferences and workshops
6.
Special short-term programs and visits
7.
Develop more precise objectives and programs in keeping with the spirit of this
affiliation and enter into specific agreements to address the details of such
endeavors.
The terms of this agreement
through……………..2017.
is
for
the
period
from…………….2012
This Memorandum of Understanding may be renewed upon the mutual written
agreement of both parties. This agreement may be terminated without cause, for a
reason, at any time by either party upon ninety (90) days prior written notice provided,
however, no termination should adversely interrupt or impair a program or course of
study or its participants commenced prior to such termination.
The parties have executed this Agreement as set forth below.
University of California San Diego
Health Sciences on behalf of
The Regents of the University of California
Universidad Peruana
Cayetano Heredia
By: ____________________________
David Brenner, M.D.
Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences
Dean, School of Medicine
By:____________________________
Fabiola Leon Velarde, Ph.D.
Dean
By: ____________________________
Wolfgang Dillman, M.D.
Chair, Department of Medicine
Helen M. Ranney Professor of Medicine
By:____________________________
Abraham J. Vaisberg, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Laboratories
for Research and Development, Facultad
de Ciencias y Filosofia
By: ____________________________
Robert T. Schooley, M.D.
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine
By:____________________________
Eduardo Gotuzzo, M.D.
Professor and Director, Alexander von
Humboldt, Institute of Tropical Medicine
By:_____________________________
Joseph M. Vinetz, M.D.
Director, Global Infectous Disease Training
Program
Professor of Medicine
By:____________________________
Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, M.D., Ph.D.
Principal Professor, Faculties of Medicine
and Public Health and Administration
Date:………………………………………..
Date:……………………………………….