On May 7th, Shanghai Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Gynecologic Oncology Research Institute was established at Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital affiliated to Tongji University.

The newly established research institute will build a translational medical platform for maternal-fetal medicine and gynaecological oncology, with focus on clinical diseases and cutting-edge issues in female reproductive health. It will be committed to reducing morbidity and mortality in maternal reproductive system, lessoning the economic burden of female reproduction and maternal and infant health, improving the prevention of reproductive diseases and birth defects, and providing scientific and technological support to ensure women's healthy reproduction and infant quality at birth through research in public health, basic medicine, and clinical translational medicine related to maternal-fetal medicine and gynecological oncology.