In order to respond to the development of cross-country collaboration in health and environmental issues in 21th century, the College of Public Health (CPH) established International Health Center in 2006, and then renamed it as the Global Health Center in October 2011.
As a part of CPH, the Global Health Center sets the goals to (1) promote international academic and internship exchanges, and (2) facilitate cross-country collaboration among universities and researchers. During the past years, CPH proactively build collaboration with several important institutes and organizations around the world, and made quite creditable achievements.
This industrial alliance project is a cross-disciplinary project. It is expected to be coordinated by the College of Public Health at National Taiwan University, linking Taiwan's genetic testing companies and the biotechnology service core to provide relevant services. Considering that the College of Public Health is the focal point for constructing biostatistics and bioinformatics algorithms, this project will use statistical and informational methods to integrate cross-disciplinary genetic testing data to address biomedical and public health issues.
This collaborative project is an interdisciplinary initiative aimed at addressing environmental exposures among pregnant women or rural communities in Taiwan. Texas A&M University provides silicone wristbands for passive sampling, while the research team from National Taiwan University School of Public Health is primarily responsible for establishing epidemiological cohorts in Taiwan. We aim to apply this novel sampling tool to address indigenous public health issues in Taiwan.
Collaborating with countries such as the United States, India, Singapore, South Korea, and Pakistan, the A-Big-Net project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, is the first comprehensive genetic study of bipolar disorder in Asian populations. Over a 5-year period, it aims to collect and analyze DNA from 27,500 diagnosed patients and 15,000 controls in Asia, utilizing advanced sequencing technology for in-depth examination of the exome and broader genome. Focusing on Asian populations allows scientists to identify markers more prevalent in these groups, potentially revealing shared genetic roots of the disorder globally. The findings may contribute to a deeper understanding of bipolar disorder's causes, paving the way for improved treatments in the future.
Public health covers diverse disciplines such as humanities, society sciences, biomedical sciences, and natural sciences, providing public issues with diverse perspectives and liberal attitude. With the sense of social responsibility and the experience of community activities, the faculty members and students keep improving global perspective and intercultural sensitivity by academic collaboration, international practicum, and international exchange, such as WHA Public Health and Pharmacy Action Team, Public Health Service Team, and military service on a diplomatic mission. Besides, the luncheon gathering offers an occasion to discuss public health issues within the College.
Fulfilling social responsibility and promoting the publicness of higher education are the important accomplishments of our College. To achieve them, the College guides students to resolve the social and global health issues by contributing knowledge and experience.
The Public health College keeps the manpower for research and administrative affairs, including the manpower for maintaining lab instruments. With this support, the College develops steady collaboration with medicine, electrical engineering, computer science, social sciences, administrative management, etc. For example, the UPLC-MS/MS Lab assists to the measurement and education in environmental analysis and biological monitoring, especially in interdisciplinary research. Health Data Statistics Center also provides service to high performance computing, big data storage, and high-speed transmission.
Besides, through the connection of college-level centers, the College holds education training courses, promotes the application of health data, and develop potential research subjects. For example, the Population Health Research Center is devoted to providing innovative, evidence-based, comprehensive, persistent, and precise public health policy by integrating environmental, social and individual characters, in accordance to SDG 3: ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
Moreover, the Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center aims to improve the research and education on infectious diseases prevention by interdisciplinary collaboration; the Global Health Center sets the goals to promote international academic and internship exchanges, and to facilitate cross-country collaboration among universities and researchers. During the past years, the College proactively built collaboration with several important institutes and organizations around the world, and made quite creditable achievements.
Morever, the Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center aims to improve the research and education on infectious diseases prevention by interdisciplinary collaboration; the Global Health Center sets the goals to promote international academic and internship exchanges, and to facilitate cross-country collaboration among universities and researchers. During the past years, the College proactively built collaboration with several important institutes and organizations around the world, and made quite creditable achievements.
This laboratory is a specialized liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis laboratory. Our mass spectrometry equipment includes both tandem quadrupole and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometers, enabling us to perform analyses across various application areas. Our laboratory have extensive experience in sample preparation, covering a wide range of sample types from environmental samples such as water, soil, and food, to biological specimens such as blood and urine. This enables us to assist in the measurement needs for environmental analysis and biological monitoring. Whether you are seeking quantitative analysis of specific pollutants or need qualitative identification of compounds in your samples, we can provide you with efficient and accurate solutions.