On September 13, 2023, Prof. Domenico V. Delfino, from Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia (Italy) visited USTH and held a seminar “Medicine between East and West”.
At the beginning of the seminar, on behalf of USTH, Dr. Vu Thi Thu – Deputy Director of Direction of Research, Innovation and Technology Transfer extended her warm welcome to Prof. Domenico V. Delfino and expressed the desire to develop a strong long-term cooperation relationship between USTH and University of Perugia in the future.
Prof. Domenico V. Delfino is currently the Director of Master of Physiotherapy in Musculo-skeletal and rheumatologic area, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia. In 2023, he was elected the President of the International Society of Ethnopharmacology (ISE).
The University of Perugia was founded in 1308. Today, research, education and consulting activities in the various disciplines are organized in 14 Departments, with about 25,000 students, 1,100 professors and researchers and 1,100 staff members. The European Commission has recently awarded the University the prestigious ECTS label for excellence in the application of the European Credit Transfer System in all of its degree programs – first and second cycles and single cycle – confirming the high quality of our expanded international endeavors. The university’s commitment to internationalization has been given concrete form through the establishment of working agreements with more than 450 institutions of higher learning throughout the European Union eligible for participation in the Erasmus program, and more than 180 cooperation agreements with European and extra-European universities for the development of collaborative initiatives in research and education. The scientific research and education conducted in the University Departments is amplified by the activities of numerous specialized institutes and centers, the Teaching Hospital in Veterinary Medicine, and three internationally recognized centers of excellence: the Center for Innovative Applied Nanostructural Materials in Chemistry, Physics, and Biomedicine (CEMIN), the Beer Research Center (CRB), and the Center for Innovative Applied Scientific Technologies in Archaeological and Art Historical Research (SMAart).
Prof. Domenico V. Delfino and his research team has developed collaborations with Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology since 2006 on Pharmacology. The phytochemical composition and the pharmacological properties of natural extracts from Vietnamese traditional medicines have been investigated to better understand the working mechanism of these products. For instance, Artocarpus tonkinensis leaf (lá chay) decoction – a traditional remedy prepared by Hmong ethnic group – is rich in bioactive compounds that have therapeutic effects in osteoclastogenesis. “Dai trang hoan Ba Giang” – one of the most famous herbal remedies for ulcerative colitis and diarrhea was demonstrated to have insignificant toxic effect in mice and can be utilized for pharmaceutical formulations.
Since 2018, University of Science and Technology of Hanoi and University of Perugia have got a mutual agreement for exchange activities. In 2023, three Italian students from the Perugia University were sent to the Department of Life Sciences and the Department of Advanced Materials Science and Nanotechnology at University of Science and Technology of Hanoi for a two-month internship. In near future, the collaboration between the two universities will be continued via Erasmus exchange program KA1 and other collaborative projects.
Some photos of the seminar:
