Key Academic Alliances

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Case Western Reserve University

Current Status

Promote and updated of TMU-CWRU pilot program (5^th Year)
Joint execution of the Taiwan-USA bilateral research projects
Joint research symposium
Student exchange: three students from College of Biomedical Engineering
Co-hiring researchers and lure chair professor

Funded List

Year	TMU PI List	CWRU PI List	Research Theme
2016	Dr. Hsueh Yun Lee	Chris Dealwis	Development of RR modulators for the treatment of cancer
	Dr. Chih-Wei Peng	Ken Gustafson	Translation of afferent stimulation for inhibition of bladder incontinence
	Dr. Wei-Jen Chang	Aaron Weinberg	HBDs: A novel early diagnostic biomarker for betel-nut associated OSCC
2017	Dr. Liang Tzung Lin	Nicole Steinmetz	Development of Measles Virus-Like Particles for Targeted Therapy Against Breast Cancer
	Dr. Hsueh Yun Lee	Chris Dealwis	Development of RR modulators for the treatment of cancer
	Dr. Chih-Hwa Chen	Eben Alsberg	Critical-size Bone Defects in a Rat Model
	Dr. Gong-Yau Lan	Anant Madabhushi	Computerized Histologic Risk Predictor (CHiRP) for early stage Lung Cancers
2018	Dr. Tai-Tong Wong	Huang Alex	Refining new molecular targets to enhance immune sensitivity in pediatric brain tumors
	Dr. Chaur-Jong Hu	Ramos Estebanez Ciro	Oxygen-17 MRI MCAO mouse model to determine response to hypertonic saline in post-stroke brain edema
	Dr. Yun Yen	Willis Joseph	Identification of the Chinese Colon Cancer Mutation Landscape
2019	Dr. Liang Tzung Lin	Quintin Pan	Tumor Targeting Ability of Paramyxovirus-Based Oncolytic Vectors against Human Head and Neck Cancer
	Dr. Sung-Bau Lee	Stanton Gerson	Targeting replication stress in cancer therapy
	Dr. Yung-Hsiao Chiang	Jonathan Miller	Neural protection and regeneration by inhibition of cholinesterase in stroke animals
	Dr. Shang-Ying Tsai	Martha Sajatovic	Inflammatory markers and clinical indicators associated with brain alteration and silent stroke in older patients with severe mental illness
2020	Dr. Chun-Jen Huang	Mark Aronica	Effects of co-delivery of hydrogel-encapsulated caveolin-1 peptide plus exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells against allergen-induced airway remodeling
	Dr. Er-Yuan Chuang	Sam Senyo	Microfluidic Blood-brain Barrier for Determination of Permeability during Health and Disease
	Dr. David-Jon Lundy	Umut Gurkan	A bio-inspired micro-plasma-enhanced polymeric crosslinking technology with sustainable release of encapsulated insulin for healing diabetic wounds and multifunctional, level glucose control
	Dr. Sung-Bau Lee	Stanton Gerson	Targeting replication stress in cancer therapy
	Dr. Chih-Wei Peng	Ken Gustafson	Chronic afferent stimulation for inhibition of bladder incontinence

Joint Symposium

2020 TMU-CWRU Joint Symposium
Time: 0900-1330, Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
Venue: International Conference Hall 16F, Comprehensive Medical Building(rear building), Taipei Medical University.
Agenda
09:00-09:30	Registration
09:30-09:35	Opening Remarks
09:35-09:55	Achievement Sharing (Speaker: Chih-Wei Peng)
09:55-10:25	Keynote Speech (Speaker: Yung-Hsiao Chiang)
10:25-10:35	Coffee Break
10:35-11:30	10-minute Brief for the Year-5 Project
11:30-11:40	Closing Remarks
11:30-13:30	Lunch and Poster Exhibition
Press Release

2019 TMU-CWRU Innovation Symposium

Date: May 23th, 2019

Venue: Linsalata Alumni Center, Case Western Reserve University

Delegations from TMU

Chieh-Hsin Wu, Vice President
Hsing-Jien Kung, Academician
Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Professor
Chih-Wei Peng, Professor
Tai-Tong Wong, Professor
Sung-Bau Lee, Assistant Professor
Yao-Ching Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow (present on behalf of Dr. Hu, Chaur-Jong)
I-Hsuan Lin, Assistant Research Fellow(present on behalf of Dr. Yun Yen)
Wei-Chun HuangFu, Chief of International Research Section
Chun Yang, Program Manager

Photos

TMU Today Article

Visits

Inbound

Date	CWRU Delegates	Purpose
2016.02.14-2016.02.18	David Fleshler/Associate Provost for International Affairs	Academic Cooperation
	Ye-Fan Wang/School of Medicine and University Hospitals, Clinical Faculty
2016.04.30-2016.05.05	Aaron Weinberg/Professor, Chair Associate Dean for Research	Academic Cooperation
	Santosh Ghosh/Instructor
2016.11.30-2016.12.02	David Fleshler/Vice Provost for International Affairs	Academic Cooperation
	Aaron Weinberg/Associate Dean for Research
	Mohammed Faiz Ahmad/Senior research scientist in the department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
	Dennis Bourbeau/Research Investigator, Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center
	Chun Li/Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
	Xu Rong/Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Institute Computational Biology
	Cheryl Thompson/Assistant Professor at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
	Ye -Fan Wang/School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine /CWRU and TMU Collaboration, Visiting Professor /Coordinator and Advisor
2017.01.09-2019.01.13	Mark Chance/Director of the Center for Proteomics and Bioinformatics (CPB) /Vice Dean for Research at the School of Medicine	Review of Research Cases
	Ye -Fan Wang/School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine /CWRU and TMU Collaboration, Visiting Professor /Coordinator and Advisor
2017.06.30	Alex Y. Huang/Professor, School of Medicine	Academic Speach
2017.07.29-2017.08.02	David Fleshler/Vice Provost for International Affairs	Academic Cooperation
2018.04.30-2018.05.04	William E. Harte/Chief Translational Officer	Review of Research Cases
	Cheryl L. Thompson/Director of Master’s Programs
2019.02.24-2019.02.28	Mark Chance/Vice Dean for Research at the School of Medicine	Review of Research Cases
	Stephen Fening/Director for the Case-Coulter Translational Research Partnership

Outbound

Date	TMU Delegates	Purpose
2017.08.30-2017.09.05	Dr. Chih-Hwa Chen, Dean of College of Biomedical Engineering	Visit to Cleveland Clinic
2017.11.25-2017.11.28	Hsing-Jien Kung, Academician Yun Yen, Professor	Academic Cooperation
2018.02.27-2018.03.02	Chien-Huang Lin, President Chieh-Hsin Wu, Vice President Pei-Shan Tsai, Dean of Office of Global Engagement Hsing-Jien Kung, Academician Chaur-Jong Hu, Professor	Signed 2018-2023 sister school contract
2019.05.21-2019.05.24	Chieh-Hsin Wu, Vice President Hsing-Jien Kung, Academician Yung-Hsiao Chiang, Professor Chih-Wei Peng, Professor Tai-Tong Wong, Professor Sung-Bau Lee, Assistant Professor Yao-Ching Fang, Postdoctoral Fellow (present on behalf of Dr. Hu, Chaur-Jong) I-Hsuan Lin, Assistant Research Fellow(present on behalf of Dr. Yun Yen) Wei-Chun HuangFu, Chief of International Research Section Chun Yang, Program Manager	Joined TMU-CWRU Joint Symposium

International Co-Authorship Paper

The Johns Hopkins University

Current Status

Joint research team for Women Cancer
Co-hiring researchers
Hiring Chair Professor
Establish a long-term laboratory and exchange training mechanism
Joint execution of the Taiwan-USA bilateral research projects

International Symposium

Student Exchanges

Imperial College London

Current Status

University-level for education and research cooperation agreement.
Collaborate with National Heart & Institute to demarcate bilateral joint research themes and PIs, and proposed bilateral research fund
The exchange of personnel is mainly for young scholars and doctoral students

International Symposium

Students / Researchers Exchanges

International Co-Authorship Paper

Université de Lille

Current Status

TMU-ULille Neuroscience Program
Joint Fund to Advance Neuromedicine Research
Established Neuro TMUlille Joint Lab to Enhance the Link with INSERM Lab
Dual PhD Program
Joint Execution of the Taiwan-France Bilateral Research Projects

Research Project Request

Visits

來訪

Dates	Delegations	Purpose
2018.11.13-11.15	Prof. François-Olivier SEYS/Vice President International Relationships Prof. Luc Buée (CNRS Research director)/Vice-Dean of Research Prof. David DEVOS/Professor of Medical Pharmacology, Neurologist Prof. David BLUM/Research Director at INSERM	Academic Cooperation
2019.09.25-09.26	Prof. Luc Buée (CNRS Research director)/Head of INSERM Lab Dr.Olivier Outteryck/Neuroradiologist	Academic Cooperation
2019.11.15-11.16	Dr.Luc Buée/Head of INSERM Lab Prof. David BLUM/Research Director at INSERM	Academic Cooperation Meeting

International Co-Authorship Paper

Hokkaido University

Current Status

Joint execution of the Taiwan-Japan bilateral research projects
Establish exchange training mechanism
Joint Research Symposium

International Symposium

Students Visits

International Co-Authorship Paper