高雄醫學大學精準環境醫學研究中心

2025

Wednesday, September 24~December 03, 2025

Talent Cultivation: The center offered an advanced course “MS-based analysis from bench to precision medicine” that integrates lectures and hands-on training on advanced analytical instruments to enhance students’ analytical skills and critical thinking in research methodology

Saturday, November 16, 2025

International Linkage: During the 2025 International Symposium of Precision Environmental Medicine, our research team engaged in discussions with Dr. Yu Ait Bamai from the Center for Environmental and Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, to exchange views on current research outcomes and explore future collaborative plans

Tuesday, November 04, 2025

International Linkage: Our research team visited the faculty of Respiratory Medicine , Medical Department at Hokkaido University Hospital in Japan for an academic exchange. In addition to sharing their respective research findings, the two sides engaged in discussions on potential directions for future collaboration

Friday, October 10, 2025

International Linkage: The center organized a session at the 2025 KMU International Conference on BioMedicine (ICOBM), hosted by Kaohsiung Medical University, focusing on “AI Application in Air Pollution and Health Promotion,” with invited scholars sharing research outcomes and engaging in discussions

Thursday, October 09, 2025

International Linkage: Dr. Yuji Fujitani from the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan, visited the center to exchange views on research topics and future collaboration

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Collaboration X Talent Acquisition : The center hosted a matching session to present our research development and achievements and to promote interdisciplinary engagement in environmental medicine

Tuesday~Thursday, July 15~24, 2025

International Linkage: The center collaborated with Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard University, to offer a summer training program on research methodologies in precision environmental medicine for graduate students and clinicians

Thursday, March 14, 2025 (PART II)

International Linkage: The center invited Prof. Yuanpu Peter Di from the University of Pittsburgh and Prof. Pei-Song Gao from Johns Hopkins University to visit Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital to share their research experience on air pollution and health and promote the integration of clinical practice and basic research

Wednesday, March 13, 2025 (PART I)

International Linkage: The Center hosted the 2025 International Conference on Air Pollution and Health Promotion, bringing together experts to discuss the health impacts of air pollution and potential response strategies

2024

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 07, 2024

Visitation by the Military Hospital 175, Vietnam

TUESDAY~THURSDAY, AUGUST 06~08, 2024

Visit to the Center for Healthy and Environmental Risk Research at Hokkaido University Hospital at Japan (PART 2: Round Table Discussion)

TUESDAY~THURSDAY, AUGUST 06~08, 2024

Visit to the Center for Healthy and Environmental Risk Research at Hokkaido University Hospital at Japan (PART 1: Scientific Seminar)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 2024

2024 Harvard Summer Program in KMU_Training Workingshop Project Presentation

MONDAY~TUESDAY, JULY 01~30, 2024

2024 Harvard Summer Program in KMU_Intensive Training Workingshop on Precision Environmental Medicine (Counselor: Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu from Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School)

WEDNESDAY~THURSDAY, MAY 01~09, 2024

Individualized Career Development for Overseas Study (Curriculum Planner by Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu from Brigham and Women's Hospital at Harvard Medical School)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2024

Guest Lecture by Dr. Kenneth J. Lim from the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine
[Title: Challenges and Solutions to Diagnosing Cardio-renal Disorders]

TUESDAY, MARCH 05, 2024

Visitation by the Center for Environmental and Health Sciences at Hokkaido University (at KMSH)

TUESDAY, MARCH 05, 2024

Visitation by the Center for Environmental and Health Sciences at Hokkaido University (at KMU)

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Guest Lecture by Dr. Cheng-Ming Chiang from the Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology in the Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
[Title: BRD4 in Transcription Programming and Cancer Therapy]

2023

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Che-Hong Chen from the Department of Chemical and System Biology of the Stanford University
[Title: Translation of ALDH2 Deficiency to Public and Community Health]

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Che-Hong Chen from the Department of Chemical and System Biology of the Stanford University
[Title: Taiwan at the Epicenter of Alcohol Flushing]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu from the Department of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
[Title: Application of Omic Tools in Network Medicine: The Studies in Kidney Disease]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Howard Hu from the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences in the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
[Title: Global Climate Change: The Healthcare Industry’s Efforts to meet the Decarbonization Agenda]

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Wei-Chung Su from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2023

Visit to the Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica

August 14 – August 15, 2023

2023 Meeting of the Research Center's Domestic Advisory Committee Members

WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023

2023 International Colloquium on Environmental Changes and Healthcare (I): Fresh Perspectives

April 24 – April 28, 2023

2023 Advanced Institute - Air Pollution and Health Impacts in South-East Asia
(Organized by IRDR ICoE-Taipei, Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

THURSDAY, March 30, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Sin-Hua Moi from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine at KMU

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Ching-Ping Liang from the Department of Nursing at Fooyin University

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Visit to the Center for High Entropy Materials Center at National Tsing Hua University

MONDAY, FEBRUARU 6, 2023

Guest Lecture by Dr. Der-Ming Yeh from the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at National Taiwan University

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2023

"Taiwan Experience Education Program", an academic visit and exchange program for Indian students supported by the Ministry of Education

2022

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Jiu-Chiuan Chen from University of Southern California, USA
[Title: Outdoor Air Pollution, Alzheimer's Disease, and Related Dementias: What Have We Learned from the Epidemiologic and Animal Studies?]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Jien-Wei Yeh from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at NTHU
[Title: High-Entropy Materials Technology]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2022

Visit to the Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society at National Chung Cheng University

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Mei-Lien Chen from NYCU
[Title: Endocrine Disruptors Exposure and Children Health Research Milestone and Findings]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Visitation by Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research at National Central University

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Shih-Shin Liang from KMU
[Title: Utilization of Chemical Modification for Medicinal and Bio-molecules by Mass Spectrometry Quantification]

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2022

Visit to the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research at National Central University

THURSDAY, July 07, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Ming-Ju Tsai from Harvard Medical School
[Title: Pathogenicity computation methods for coding variants]

THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Tsun-Jen Cheng from the College of Public Health at NTU
[Title: My journey in Inhalation toxicology of ambient particles cardiovascular toxicities and beyond]

FRIDAY, MAY 13, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Tzung-Hai Yen from the Clinical Poison Center at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
[Title: Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin]

MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Yi-Ting Lin from the Department of Medicine at KMU
[Title: PhD in Uppsala University to Karolinska Institute]

TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Tang-Huang Lin Chen from the Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research at National Central University
[Title: Remote Sensing of 3D PM_2.5 with Major Components for Exposure Risk Analysis in Regional and/or Global Scales]

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Guest Lecture by Dr. Chu-Chih Chen from the Institute of Population Health Sciences at NHRI
[Title: Improvement in ambient PM2.5 concentrations from 2005 to 2019 and estimated impacts on burden of disease in Taiwan]

2021

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2021

(Online) Guest Lecture by Dr. Kumar from the Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry at KMU
[Title: Green Analytical Methodologies for Rapid Environmental and Bio-Monitoring]

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2021

(Online) Guest Lecture by Dr. Lee, Chien Hung from the Department of Public Health at KMU
[Title: The intake of sugar-sweetened beverage and adolescent cardiometabolic disorder]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

2021 International Symposium of Precision Environmental Medicine

TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2021

Visitation by National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at NHRI

FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2021

Guest Lecture by Dr. Wu, Yee Lin from the Department of Environmental Engineering at NCKU

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021

Guest Lecture by Chair Professor Yu, Hsin Yu from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine at KMU

THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 2021

Guest Lecture by Dr. Huang, Chao-Ching from National Cheng Kung University Hospital

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Guest Lecture by Dr. Chen, Szu-Chia from Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2021

Guest Lecture by Dr. Yang, Yu-Liang from Agricultural Biotechnology Research Center at Academia Sinica
[Title: Dissection of the metabolic communication in microbial interactions]

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2021

Visit to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the NHRI

2020

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2020

Guest Lecture by Dr. Chen, Che-Hong from Stanford University, USA
[Title: Alcohol Intolerance: From Bench to Bedside and Bar]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Guest Lecture by Dr. Chen, Pau-Chung from National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at National Health Research Institutes

MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2020

Guest Lecture by Dr. Shih-Chun Candice Lung from Research Center for Environmental Changes at Academia Sinica

THURSDAY, JULY 09, 2020

Guest Lecture by Professor Chen, Hauh-Jyun from Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at National Chung Cheng University

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2020

Guest Lecture by Director Lin, Yuan-Chung from Center for Emerging Contaminants Research at National Sun Yat-sen University

MONDAY, JUNE 08, 2020

Guest Lecture by Professor Chen, Ming-Jen from Department of Occupational Safety and Hygiene at Fooyin University

FRIDAY, MAY 22, 2020

Guest Lecture by Associate Investigator Chen, Yu-Cheng from National Institute of Environmental and Health Sciences atNational Health Research Institutes

MONDAY, MAY 18, 2020

Intelligent Center for Health Industry Technology Development and Professional Cultivation at Chia Nan University visit the Center

THURSDAY, MAY 05, 2020

Visit Super Micro Mass Research and Technology Center at Cheng Shiu University

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2020

Guest Lecture by Assistant Professor Chen, Jein-Wen from Cheng Shiu University

THURSDAY, APRIL 09, 2020

2020 Meeting of the Research Center for Environmental Medicine's Domestic Advisory Committee Members
[Dr. Lee, Te-Chang; Dr. Yu, Hsin-Su; Dr. Wang, Hsiang-Chen; Dr. Yuan, Chung-Shin]

TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020

Guest Lecture Entitled "Introduce the Research Center for Environmental Medicine and Taiwan Biobank Dataset" Presented by Director Wu, Ming-Tsang from KMU

MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2020

Opening Ceremony of Top 10 Research Centers of Kaohsiung Medical University, including Research Center for Environmental Medicine

FRIDAY, MARCH 06, 2020

Panel Discussion: What did we learn from the 2003 SARS global outbreak? Taiwan's Quick Response to COVID-19
[The second one from the left: Director Wu of Research Center for Environmental Medicine]

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2020

Guest Lecture Entitled "Noise and Acoustics in Taiwanese Kindergartens - Summary of Study Results and Solutions" Presented by Stuart McLaren from Massey University, New Zealand

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2020

The Symposium at Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 08, 2020

Experience Sharing on Overseas Training Program

2019

6th: 2019 International Symposium on Environmental and Air Pollution Health Care

5th: Guest Lecture by Dr. Chien-Kai Wang from National Chung Hsing University

6th: The Center’s International Advisory Committee Members visit to Kaohsiung Municipal Siaogang Hospital

6th: Round Table Discussion with Distinguished Scientist Dr. Robert Turesky from the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center

5th: Round Table Discussion with Distinguished Scientist Dr. Stephen Hecht from the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center

5-6th: 2019 Meeting of the Research Center of Environmental Medicine’s International Advisory Committee Members

14-18th: 2019 Exhibition of Research Projects of the Center for Environmental Medicine

15th: Round Table Discussion with Distinguished Scientist Dr. Yu-Tzu Tai from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

14th:Guest Lecture entitled "Novel Advanced Mass Spectrometry Technology Development and Its Medical Applications" presented by Dr. Chung-Hsuan Chen from Academia Sinica

27-28th: The 5th Annual International ALDH2 STAR Research Symposium on Human Disease and Public Health (2019 ALDH2 STAR)

26th: Round Table Discussion with Distinguished Scientist Dr. Silvia Balbo from from the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center

2nd-5th: Visit to Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the MIT's Board Institute

16th: Guest Lecture entitled " Systems Genetics for Therapeutic Target Identification: Deep Learning and Data Science Applications for Genomics Medicine" presented by Dr. Yi-Hsiang Hsu from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

12th: Guest Lecture entitled "Genomic Technology Applications to Clinical Studies" presented by Dr. Yao-Yu Wang from Quantitative Biomedical Research Center (qBRC) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

10th: Guest Lecture entitled "The Mystery of Matrix-Assisted Ionization in Mass Spectrometry" presented by Dr. I-Chung Lu from National Chung Hsing University

13th:Guest Lecture entitled "Assessing Drug Health Effects with Real World Evidence" presented by Dr. Glen Cheng

10-14th:Visit to the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota

1st-6th: Attend the 67th ASMS Conference in Atlanta

29th: Guest Lecture entitled "Identification of genes and microbiota contributing to colorectal adenoma to carcinoma progression" presented by Associate Research Scientist Ling- Hui Li from Academia Sinica

25th: GC-MS/MS Workshop at RCEM

23th: Guest Lecture entitled "Effects of Noise in Early Education" presented by Dr. Stuart McLAREN (also our Center's visiting scholar) from Massey University

11-12th: Conference of Taiwan Maternal and Infant Cohort Study (III)

5-14th: Dr. Frances Yange from the Augusta University Visit to RCEM and Give a Special Lecture

19-22th: Dr. Jingshu Guo from the Masonic Cancer Center under University of Minnesota Visit to RCEM and Give a Special Lecture

11th: Visit to the Aerosol Science Research Center at the National Sun Yat-sen University

1st: Visit to the Lipid Science and Aging Research Center (LSARC) at the Kaohsiung Medical University

23th: Visit to the Center for Infectious Disease and Cancer Research (CICAR) at the Kaohsiung Medical University

15th: GC-MS/MS Workshop at RCEM

14th:Visit to the Computational Biology Lab of the Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology at the National Sun Yat-sen University

2018

20th: Guest Lecture entitled "Photonics Technologies for Neuroscience and Biomedical Applications" presented by Dr. Yen Yin Lin from the Brain Research Center at NTHU

28th: 2018 Meeting of the Research Center of Environmental Medicine’s Domestic Advisory Committee Members

12th & 16th: Symposium on Prevention for Occupational Diseases

13th: Visit to the Decision Support Center of Taiwan Food and Drug Administration at MOHW

09th: Symposium on Molecular Mechanism of Common Hazards and Health in General Environmental

23th: Round Table Discussion with Distinguished Scientist Dr. Che-Hong Chen from Standford University

15-19th: 2018 Exhibition of Research Projects of the Center for Environmental Medicine

12th: Visit to the Brain Research Center of National Tsing Hua University (Academician Ann-Shyn Chiang)

09th:Round Table Discussion & Special Lecture with Professor David Christiani from Harvrd T.H. School of Public Health

01st: International Academic Exchange with Professor Andrew Lawrence & Peter Osborne from the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health

28-29th: 2018 International Conference on Emerging Health Policies and Smart Medical Care (Day 2)

28-29th: 2018 International Conference on Emerging Health Policies and Smart Medical Care (Day 1)

11th: Report of Taiwan Experience Education Program

13th: Guest Lecture entitled "From Dose-response Relationship of Environmental Epidemiological Study Outcome to Derivation of Tolerable Daily Intake of Exposure" presented by Dr. Chu-Chih Chen from NHRI