With an improved understanding of the morbidity, mortality, and social burden associated with pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension, public awareness and interest in pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) has gradually increased.

Chinese Student Association on PVD Prevention (CSAPP), established officially in the Peking University Health Science Center (PUHSC) on March 8^th, 2013, is the first academy-based and public-minded student association on PVD in China. Guiding by Peking University Center on PVD Prevention, CSAPP has formulated tissue regulations and established four departments to ensure its healthy development.

CASPP has made great progress by holding their commitments in aiming to strengthen PVD education of the undergraduates and help improving PVD prognosis. In 2012, it was the young and excellent students from CSAPP who performed the first large sample survey on PVD education and cognition in Chinese medical university. It had spurred reforming student education on PVD in Peking University. And then, CSAPP actively participated in reviewing and editing Chinese development history on PVD discipline, which helping the world to reknow China. In addition, CSAPP holds the case discussion and runs the club to provide consultation for PVD patients. Furthermore, since 2012, CSAPP members have been assisting Peking University Center on PVD in building the first online bilingual platform in Chinese and English, namely “Peking University PVD Pioneer Forum” (http://www.pkupv.lingw.net). It has been collecting many valuable information as well as innovative PVD research findings of Peking University and thus becomes a bridge between China and the world.

What CSAPP had done attracted more attentions both domestically and internationally to this field. Professor Ghazwan S. Butrous, famous expert and leader in PVRI, once showed strong interest in CSAPP. He sincerely hoped that CSAPP would build itself into an outstanding example of students’ education in the international community. Encouraged by PVRI, CSAPP had been devoting itself to promote collaborating of Peking University with international organizations in education by designing a series of innovative experiments, introducing professional knowledge to the public, applying for research fund, carrying out social practice projects, and providing patients with sharing and caring methods.

CSAPP is growing healthily and rapidly together with the hope of improving Chinese PVD prevention. It is no doubt that CSAPP will hold a bright future tomorrow.

Anyone interested in it is welcome to join CSAPP.

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More information on website: www.pkupv.lingw.net