Principal Investigator
Szu-yuan Li
Education: MD, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Position: Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
Education: MD, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Position: Professor, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Member, Renal Pathology Committee, International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
Member, Academic Committee, Taiwan Society of Nephrology
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Clinical expertise: Diabetic kidney disease, proteinuria, acute and chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Clinical expertise: Diabetic kidney disease, proteinuria, acute and chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
Consultant and Division Chief
Chih-Ching Lin
Education: MD, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Position: Chief and Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
Clinical expertise: Renal failure, urinary abnormalities, dialysis therapy, dialysis vascular access dysfunction
Education: MD, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine
Position: Chief and Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Professor of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University
Clinical expertise: Renal failure, urinary abnormalities, dialysis therapy, dialysis vascular access dysfunction
Attending Physician
Ming-Tsun Tsai
Education: MD, Chung Shan Medical University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Education: MD, Chung Shan Medical University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher,Vanderbilt University, USA
Clinical expertise: Acute and chronic kidney disease care, glomerulonephritis, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, renal nutrition
Clinical expertise: Acute and chronic kidney disease care, glomerulonephritis, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, renal nutrition
Attending Physician
Shuo-Ming Ou
Education: MD, Taipei Medical University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Education: MD, Taipei Medical University; PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher,National Institutes of Health, USA
Clinical expertise: Kidney transplantation, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, acute and chronic kidney disease care, renal immunology
Clinical expertise: Kidney transplantation, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis, acute and chronic kidney disease care, renal immunology
Attending Physician
Tz-Heng Chen
Education: School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Adjunct Lecturer of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Clinical expertise: General internal medicine, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis
Education: School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Attending Physician, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Adjunct Lecturer of Internal Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Clinical expertise: General internal medicine, acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, hemodialysis/peritoneal dialysis
Attending Physician
Fu-Pang Chang
Education: School of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Position: Attending Physician, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Resident, Chief Resident, and Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Renal pathology training, Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA
Clinical expertise: Renal pathology, Surgical pathology
Education: School of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Position: Attending Physician, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Resident, Chief Resident, and Research Fellow, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Renal pathology training, Department of Pathology, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, USA
Clinical expertise: Renal pathology, Surgical pathology
Attending Physician
Yang, Shang-Feng
Education: PhD in the Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Position: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Cheng-Hsin General
Experience: Nephrology, Veteran General Hospital, Taipei
Clinical expertise: Cardiorenal syndrome, CKM syndrome
Education: PhD in the Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Position: Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Cheng-Hsin General
Experience: Nephrology, Veteran General Hospital, Taipei
Clinical expertise: Cardiorenal syndrome, CKM syndrome
Assistant Professor
Tsung-Han Hsieh
Education: School of life Sciences, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Department of Medical Laboratory and Regenerative Medicine, MacKay Medical University
Experience: Associate Research Fellow, Join Biobank, Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University. Associate Research Fellow, Precision Health Center, Taipei Medical University
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology, precision medicine, next-generation sequencing
Education: School of life Sciences, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Department of Medical Laboratory and Regenerative Medicine, MacKay Medical University
Experience: Associate Research Fellow, Join Biobank, Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University. Associate Research Fellow, Precision Health Center, Taipei Medical University
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology, precision medicine, next-generation sequencing
Senior Software Engineer
Yuan-Chia Chu
Education: Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University
Position: Senior Software Engineer, Department of Information Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Experience: Senior Software Engineer, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Clinical expertise: Healthcare AI, Big Data Analytics, Cancer Informatics, Clinical Data Governance, and Smart Healthcare
Education: Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics, National Taiwan University
Position: Senior Software Engineer, Department of Information Management, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Experience: Senior Software Engineer, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Assistant Professor, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Clinical expertise: Healthcare AI, Big Data Analytics, Cancer Informatics, Clinical Data Governance, and Smart Healthcare
Postdoctoral Researcher
YC Tsai
Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry (U of Del)
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher / VGHTPE
Experience: VGHTPE
Clinical expertise: molecular biology / epigenetics
Education: Ph.D. in Biochemistry (U of Del)
Position: Postdoctoral Researcher / VGHTPE
Experience: VGHTPE
Clinical expertise: molecular biology / epigenetics
Postdoctoral researcher
Shih-Han, Hsieh
Education: Ph.D., Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology, Molecular Virology
Education: Ph.D., Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology, Molecular Virology
Postdoctoral Researcher
Hsiao-Ya, Tsai
Education: PhD in the Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher in the National Defense Medical Center
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology / Cardiovascular research
Education: PhD in the Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming University
Position: Postdoctoral researcher
Experience: Postdoctoral researcher in the National Defense Medical Center
Clinical expertise: Molecular biology / Cardiovascular research
Research Assistant
Yu-Hao Chen
Education: B.S. in Life Science, Chinese Culture University; M.S. in Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital
Experience: Preventive Medicine Research Institute, National Defense Medical Center; Taipei City Hospital; Cheng Hsin General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Uremic Cardiomyopathy, Gene and Protein Expression Analysis, Establishment and Characterization of the 5/6 Nephrectomy Mouse Model
Education: B.S. in Life Science, Chinese Culture University; M.S. in Biotechnology, National Dong Hwa University
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Cheng Hsin General Hospital
Experience: Preventive Medicine Research Institute, National Defense Medical Center; Taipei City Hospital; Cheng Hsin General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Uremic Cardiomyopathy, Gene and Protein Expression Analysis, Establishment and Characterization of the 5/6 Nephrectomy Mouse Model
Clinical Research Nurse
Elsa Chen
Education: Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management; Applied Foreign Languages, National Taipei University of Business
Position: Clinical Research Nurse
Experience: Clinical research experience since 2016 in medical center. Clinical nursing background with more than 10 years of experience including the emergency room.
Clinical expertise: Responsible for the implementation of research protocols. Including case management of study subjects, laboratory samples processing, documentation and data collection; Prepared and submitted data for review by Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Education: Nursing, Kang-Ning Junior College of Medical Care and Management; Applied Foreign Languages, National Taipei University of Business
Position: Clinical Research Nurse
Experience: Clinical research experience since 2016 in medical center. Clinical nursing background with more than 10 years of experience including the emergency room.
Clinical expertise: Responsible for the implementation of research protocols. Including case management of study subjects, laboratory samples processing, documentation and data collection; Prepared and submitted data for review by Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Research Assistant
Hung Chi-Hsuan
Education: B.S. , Department of Life Sciences ; M.S. in Marine Biotechnology
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica ; Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Tissue embedding ; Histopathological sectioning / Pathological slicing ; staining techniques ; Whole slide imaging & Image analysis
Education: B.S. , Department of Life Sciences ; M.S. in Marine Biotechnology
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica ; Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Tissue embedding ; Histopathological sectioning / Pathological slicing ; staining techniques ; Whole slide imaging & Image analysis
Clinical Research Assistant
Hsieh Shin Ju
Education: China University of Technology Department of Interior Design
Position: Clinical Research Consultant
Experience: Skilled in client needs analysis, professional consulting, communication, coordination, and project management. Currently leveraging these competencies in medical research consulting and clinical research project execution to improve research quality and foster effective cross-functional collaboration.
Clinical expertise: Clinical Research Execution; Clinical Trial Management & Regulatory Compliance; Medical Data Analysis & Clinical Evidence Integration; Cross-functional Healthcare Team Collaboration & Clinical Consultation
Education: China University of Technology Department of Interior Design
Position: Clinical Research Consultant
Experience: Skilled in client needs analysis, professional consulting, communication, coordination, and project management. Currently leveraging these competencies in medical research consulting and clinical research project execution to improve research quality and foster effective cross-functional collaboration.
Clinical expertise: Clinical Research Execution; Clinical Trial Management & Regulatory Compliance; Medical Data Analysis & Clinical Evidence Integration; Cross-functional Healthcare Team Collaboration & Clinical Consultation
Research Assistant
Shih-Yi Wang
Education: B.S., Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Cell Culture,Molecular Biology Techniques, Protein and Gene Expression Analysis
Education: B.S., Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Cell Culture,Molecular Biology Techniques, Protein and Gene Expression Analysis
Research Assistant
Wei-Hung Chang
Education: M.S., Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Research Assistant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Clinical Blood Specimen Processing and Isolation, Mouse Disease Model Construction and Experimental Procedures, Primary and Cell Line Culture, Molecular Biology Techniques, Protein and Gene Expression Analysis, Immunofluorescence and Histology Staining.
Education: M.S., Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Position: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Experience: Research Assistant, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital; Research Assistant, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Clinical expertise: Clinical Blood Specimen Processing and Isolation, Mouse Disease Model Construction and Experimental Procedures, Primary and Cell Line Culture, Molecular Biology Techniques, Protein and Gene Expression Analysis, Immunofluorescence and Histology Staining.