TMU INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PILOT PROGRAM

WHAT IS TMU INTERNATIONAL INTERNSHIP PILOT PROGRAM?

The NSTC International Internship Pilot Program (IIPP) aims to attract global talents seeking internships in key scientific research fields in Taiwan for up to 3 months. International students will have the opportunity to shadow researchers and participate in professional training at academic and research institutions.

MENTORS

Alphabetically sorted by last name.

Che-Chang Chang, Associate Professor

The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Post-translational modification
Signal transduction in cancer
Gene transcriptional regulation
Molecular cell biology

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Ching-Wen Chang, Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Identification and Characterization of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
Underlying Mechanisms of Metabolic Reprogramming in Liver Disease
Big Data Analytics
Understanding the Intersections between Metabolism and Cancer Biology
Establishing Animal Models for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Shu-Chun Chang, Associate Professor

The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

A. BZDRs promote breast cancer progression through GABRA3-ECM signaling.
Clarify PBMCs-associated tumorigenic microenvironment mediated by Musa Sapientum extracts.

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Susan Jung-Su Chang, Professor

Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Iron metabolism
Metabolic syndrome
Dietary pattern and disease risk
Inflammation and infection

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Jane C.-J. Chao, Professor

School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Applications of plant extracts/active components such as Lycium barbarum polysaccharides extract and probiotics to health foods and adjunctive therapy for chronic diseases (IBD, sarcopenia, ulcer, stroke, or hepatitis) and cancers (cell, animal, or human study)
Precise prediction model of the recovery in hip fracture patients after surgery (human study)
Evaluation of functional foods (animal or human study)
Association between dietary patterns and chronic diseases (data analysis)

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Hsin-Yi Chen, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Identify the roles of interested lncRNAs in tumor progression and their impact on tumor microenvironment in various cancer types.
Investigate the molecular mechanism conducted by interested lncRNAs in tumor progression.
Investigate the preclinical significance of interested lncRNAs via animal mode.
Development the therapeutic strategy of interested lncRNAs.

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Tuo-Yu Chen, Assistant Professor

Global Health and Health Security, College of Public Health

Research Interests

Sleep health
Geriatric syndromes (e.g., falls, pain, frailty, depression)
Disability in late life
Aging and health disparity
Cross-country comparisons on aging and health

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Yi-Fan Chen, Associate Professor

International Master Program for Translational Science, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Gerontology
Mouse genetics

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Ching-Feng Chiu, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Cancer biology
Cancer metabolism
Metastasis; Drug resistance
Epigenetics

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Kuei-Ru Chou, Professor

School of Nursing, College of Nursing

Research Interests

Mental Health Nursing
Translational Research
Long-term Care
Cognitive Therapy
Meta-Analysis
Counselling
Elderly Care
Scale Development

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Jian-Ying Chuang, Professor

International Master Program in Medical Neuroscience, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Investigating nerve regeneration following traumatic brain injury
Investigating the glioblastoma microenvironment and developing novel therapeutic strategies

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Kai-Jen Chuang, Professor

Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine

Research Interests

Air pollution sampling and analysis
Environmental epidemiology
Workplace monitoring

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Tuyen Van Duong, Assistant Professor

School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Dietary intake, nutritional markers, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular risks, and mortality in hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis patients.
Epidemiology studies on hypertension, chronic kidney diseases, diabetes, stroke, COVID-19.
Evaluation of research instruments.
(e-) Health literacy, (e-) healthy diet literacy.
Lifestyles, mental health, health-related quality of life research.
Other epidemiology studies in people with stroke and hemodialysis.

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Kai-Cheng Hsu, Professor

Master Program in Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Structure-based drug discovery and design
AI-driven drug design
Kinase inhibitors
Bioinformatics
Cheminformatics

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Chi-Chen Huang Associate, Professor

Ph.D. Program in Medical Neuroscience, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Neurodegenerative disease
Neuromolecular biology
Post-translational modification

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Chih-Wei Huang, Associate Research Fellow

College of Medical Science and Technology

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Wei-Chun HuangFu, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Cancer Biology
Signal Transduction
Molecular Toxicology

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Yi-Chen Hsieh, Professor

Ph.D. Program in Medical Neuroscience, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Molecular epidemiology on stroke and cancer
Genetic epidemiology on stroke and cancer

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Shu-Huei Kao, Professor

School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Reproductive Medicine
Mitochondrial Medicine

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Jiunn-Horng Kang, Professor

Graduate Institute of Nanomedicine and Medical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Rehabilitation
AI in Medicine
Pain Medicine
Neuromodulation
Assistive Medical Technologies

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Nai-Wen Kuo, Professor

School of Health Care Administration, College of Management

Research Interests

Barrier-Free Access in Hospitals and Clinics
Healthcare Quality Management
Healthcare Marketing
Strategic Management in Healthcare Organizations
Healthcare Facility Design
Patient Safety

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Shu-Yu Kuo, Professor

School of Nursing, College of Nursing

Research Interests

Maternal and Child Health
Epidemiology
Women Health
Perinatal Health
Breastfeeding
Nursing Education
Mental Health

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Kuei-Hung Lai, Assistant Professor

Ph. D. Program in the Clinical Drug Development of Herbal Medicine, College of Pharmacy

Research Interests

Natural product chemistry on fungi, plants, and marine organisms.
Comparative mass spectrometry-based metabolomics strategies for the investigation of natural products secondary metabolites.
Functional and healthy food, new drug development.

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Carlos Shu Kei Lam (Shu-Kee Lin), Associate Professor

Department of Emergency, College of Medicine

Research Interests

Road traffic injury
Motorcycle injury
Spinal cord injury
Injury prevention
Emergency medicine

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Quoc Khanh Le Nguyen, Associate Professor

Professional Master Program in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence (Machine Learning & Deep Learning)
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Genomics, Proteomics, Radiomics
Biomedical informatics

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Cheng-Chung Lee, Associate Research Fellow

The Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Study of the prodigiosin biosynthesis pathway and enzyme engineering.
Antibody-drug conjugation for the treatment of cancer.
Development of cytokine-specific antibodies for the treatment of inflammatory diseases.
Investigation of anti-ANA antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

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Chia-Hwa Lee, Professor

School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Cancer Research
Molecular Oncology
Gene Editing
Thyroid Cancer
Breast Cancer
Thyroid Cancer
Leukemia

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Kuen-Haur Lee, Professor

Ph.D. Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Signal transduction of tumor biology
Drug repurposing of cancer
The roles of miRNAs in cancer

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Shu-Chun Lee, Associate Professor

School of Gerontology & Long-Term Care, College of Nursing

Research Interests

Balance and gait
Sarcopenia and frailty
Falls and fear of falling
Physiotherapy rehabilitation

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Sung-Bau Lee, Associate Professor

Ph.D. Program in Drug Discovery and Development Industry, College of Pharmacy

Research Interests

Drug discovery
Genomic instability
Chromatin replication

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Yi-Chao Lee, Associate Professor

Ph.D. Program in Medical Neuroscience, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Therapeutic strategies against epileptic seizures and neuropsychiatric disorders in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)

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Sing-Chung Li, Associate Professor

School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Nutrigenomics
Nutrition and Metabolism
Nutrition and Food Science Technology
Infant Nutrition
Nutrition and Brain Health

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Chung-Kwei Lin, Professor

School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine

Research Interests

Nanomaterials
Amorphous materials
Biomedical materials
Surface modification

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Hung-Yun Lin, Professor

Master Program in Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Signaling induced by thyroid hormones and steroid hormones and their impact on cancer development
The role of resveratrol and other natural products in cancer prevention Application
Nanomedicine

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Liang Tzung Lin, Professor

Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology, College of Medicine

Research Interests

Emerging Viral Infectious Diseases (EVID)
Oncolytic Viro-Immunotherapy (OVI)
Molecular Virology
Viral Entry
Antiviral Strategies
Vector Engineering

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Shyh-Hsiang (Sean) Lin, Professor

School of Food Safety, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Food components and neurodegenerative diseases
Food analysis – instrumental and sensory analyses
Meta-analysis

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Ya-Tin Lin, Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Metabolism and Obesity Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

• Central regulation of metabolism
Neural control of feeding behavior
Pain regulation
The release of neurotransmitters

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Yung-Feng Lin, Associate Professor

School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Neuropathologic biomarkers
Aging & degeneration
Cellular detoxification

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Chao-Lien Liu, Professor

School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Immunotherapy
Oncology

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Yen-Nien Liu, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Immunotherapy
Oncology

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David J. Lundy, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Biomedical Materials and Tissue Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

We are researching new therapies using biomaterials, cells, and cell components (growth factors, cytokines, extracellular vesicles) as treatments. In particular, we are interested in combining these approaches; i.e. biomaterials to improve cell retention and activity, or methods to improve the cargo and function of extracellular vesicles.

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Jihwan Myung, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Mind, Brain and Consciousness, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Interests

Mind Brain and Consciousness
Physiology
Renal Physiology & Nephrology
Soft Matter and Biophysics－Simulation
Neuroendocrinology
Physiology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology – Medicine
Biological Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Dementia
Biological Psychiatry
Molecular Biology
Computational Biology
Soft Matters and Biophysics－Experiment

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Kunal Nepali, Associate Professor

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy

Research Interests

Natural product chemistry
Organic synthesis
Medicinal chemistry
Drug design

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Shiow-Lin Pan, Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Drug Discovery and Development
Molecular Pharmacology
Disease Animal Model

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Anup Pandith, Assistant Professor

International Ph.D. Program in Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Bioanalytical Chemistry
Chemical Biology
Supramolecular Chemistry
Molecular Diagnostics
Phototheranostics

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Dana E. Powell, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Research Interests

Sociocultural environmental anthropology
Indigenous and feminist political ecology
Infrastructures and extractivism
Critical Native American/Indigenous Studies
Science and technology studies (STS)
Environmental justice, ethics, and Epistemologies
Decolonial theory
Ethnographic, collaborative, and Ambulatory research methods
Navajo (Diné) Nation (USA)
Eastern North Carolina (USA)
Austronesian Taiwan

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Mattia Sanna, Assistant Professor

Master Program in Global Health and Health Security, College of Public Health

Research Interests

Tobacco control
Environmental Health
Mental Health
Infectious disease modelling

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Syed Abdul Shabbir, Professor

Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Digital Health
Social Networking in Healthcare
Health Ageing Technologies

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Jing-Wen Shih, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

RNA biology, metabolism & clinical translation
RNA-mediated stress response signaling and network
Adaptation of cancer cells to microenvironmental stresses
RNA-based biomarker & therapeutics

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Cheng-Yu, Tsai, Assistant Professor

School of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests

Applied Machine Learning
Medical Tech Development
Sleep & Chest Medicine
Cognitive Neuroscience
Environmental Effects
Transportation Safety

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Pei-Shan Tsai, Professor

School of Nursing, College of Nursing

Research Interests

Psychophysiology
Biofeedback
Stress Management
Biobehavior Research
Sphygmacocardiography (Pulse Wave Analysis)
Stress Reactivity Protocol
Blood Pressure Biofeedback
EMG Biofeedback
Heart Rate Variability
HRV Biofeedback
Neurofeedback
Chronic Pain
Sleep

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Chih-Yang Wang, Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Program for Cancer Molecular Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Pharmacology
Cell Metabolism
Herbal Genomics
Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Chang-Wei Wu, Professor

Graduate Institute of Mind Brain and Consciousness, College of Humanities and Social Science

Research Interests

Cognitive neuroscience in sleep
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
Medical imaging and signal processing

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Ho-Cheng Wu, Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy

Research Interests

Natural Product Chemistry
Pharmacognosy
Medicinal Botany

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Ming-Heng Wu, Associate Professor

International Ph.D. Program for Translational Science, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Cancer glycobiology
Antibody-drug conjugate (ADC)
Galectin roles in inflammatory and fibrotic diseases
Risk assessment of oral premalignant lesions
Cell therapy for Acute lung injury

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Kai-Chiang Yang, Professor

School of Dental Technology, College of Oral Medicine

Research Interests

Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Cell therapy
Biomaterials

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Pei-Ming Yang, Associate Professor

Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology

Research Interests

Polypharmacology and drug repurposing for cancer therapy
Role of autophagy in cancer treatment
Integrative bioinformatics

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Suh-Ching Yang, Professor

School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, College of Nutrition

Research Interests

Alcoholic liver diseases
The evaluation of healthy food

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ELIGIBILITY & DETAILS

Eligibility
- Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at foreign colleges and universities
- Foreign nationality
- Academic focus aligns with Taiwan’s national key science & Technology fields including humanities and social sciences.
Durtation
3 months max
Subsidies

NT$30,000 per month/ intern (3 months max)
Required documents
Online Application Form

Head-shot Photo (360×480 pixel)

Photocopy of Student ID

Official offer letter or certificate of enrollment

Department Recommendation Letter.

Curriculum Vitae (in English or/and Chinese; limited to two A4 pages)
Accommodations, hostels & short-term rentals
- Formosa101: http://www.hostelformosa.com/index.html
- Borderless House: https://www.borderless-house.com/tw/

Application process

Apply
Register your profile and complete your application:

https://iipp.tw/account/toReg
Application review
Accepted students will receive an offer letter from the Program Office.
Admissions
Confirmation of acceptance.

The IIPP Program Office will assist to contact embassies or Offices in your country regarding VISA-related matters (if necessary).
Pre-internship
- Inform hosting PI flight information
- Travel or overseas medical insurance
- Accommodation
Internship
Submit monthly progress and final report on the system.
Post-internship
Complete the questionnaire from the Program Office.

The program information is subject to change without notice. For the latest news and regulations, please visit the IIPP website: https://iipp.tw/

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ABOUT TMU

Taipei Medical University (TMU), established in 1960, is home to 11 colleges, one general education center, and over 6,000 students, with more than 49,000 alumni around the world. TMU boasts six affiliated hospitals, including TMU Hospital, Taipei Municipal Wanfang Hospital, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Cancer Center, Taipei Neuroscience Institute, and Hsin Kuo Min Hospital. Together, the hospitals host 3,000 beds and over 9,000 faculty and staff members.

Our mission at TMU is to educate biomedical talents with humanity, innovation, and global vision. We strive to develop a comprehensive education system integrating teaching, research, industrial collaboration, and medical care.

ABOUT TAIPEI

Beautiful Landscape And Cityscape Of Taipei 101 Building And Arc

Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. With its busy shopping streets and contemporary buildings, Taipei serves as the island’s financial, cultural and governmental center. The skyline is crowned by the bamboo-shaped Taipei 101 skyscraper, with upscale shops at the base and a rapid elevator to an observatory near the 508-meter top.

The downtown area offers enjoyable contrasts, with the west side’s narrow streets and street vendors showing Taipei’s past. The city’s east side is now its financial and commercial center, with the Xinyi District’s malls and nightlife representing the city’s metamorphosis into a modern international city.

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