On 5 July, Michael Lim Tan, chancellor of University of Philippines Diliman, gave a lecture on the topic-- “Why Medical Anthropology?” at “Nan Qiang Forum”, the most authoritative academic forum of Xiamen University. His speech dealt with the effects of social perceptions formed within families, communities on the diseases, as well as interactivity between traditional local Chinese perception of diseases and the western biological perception of diseases.

Michael Lim Tan, DVM, PhD (born 1952) is a Filipino medical anthropologist, writer, and academic who is the current Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Diliman.