2024

• 2024.10.21 Professor Liang-Yin Ke from the Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology invited Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu, Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology at a Harvard Medical School-affiliated teaching hospital, to share his experiences studying abroad and developing as an interdisciplinary professional. Dr. Lu's lecture was titled: 'From KMU to Harvard: Every Step to Becoming an International Scholar.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2024.10.19-10.20 Professor Liang-Yin Ke from Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology invited Associate Professor Chia-Hsuan Liu from Leiden University to share her experiences studying abroad and developing as an interdisciplinary talent. Associate Professor Liu, an alumna of the 10th graduating class of MLSB department at KMU, is passionate about supporting students from her alma mater. She gave a special talk entitled Leave no one behind - Healing through Humanity.
  Associate Professor Chia-Hsuan Liu gave another special talk entitled Leave no one behind - Healing through Humanity.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2024.10.15 Professor Liang-Yin Ke from Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology invited Professor Dr. Gunter Schwarz from the University of Cologne, Germany, to deliver a lecture on the topic 'The Functional Role of Mitochondrial ARC Enzymes in Lipid Metabolism in Human Cells.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2024.10.14-10.15 Professor Liang-Yin Ke from Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology invited Dr. Abdel Ali Belaidi from The University of Melbourne, Australia, to deliver a lecture. Dr. Belaidi is currently a senior researcher at The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, specializing in cellular metabolism and neurodegeneration, particularly in exploring how the interactions of cysteine, lipid, and iron metabolism determine the fate of neural cells.
  a special talk in the 64th International Conference on the Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL), Taipei. The lecture topic was 'Apolipoprotein E in Alzheimer’s Disease: Intersection of Lipid Metabolism and Neurodegeneration.'（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2024.07.09-07.12 Professor Liang-Yin Ke invited Assistant Professor Sita Virakul from Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand visited KMU to give a special talk on: HDAC5-dependent adipogenesis in PDGF-BB-induced orbital fibroblast from Graves’ ophthalmopathy patients. Besides, Professor Ke and Virakul discussed future research collaborations.(Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology)
• 2024.07.08-07.10 Professor Liang-Yin Ke invited Professor Etsuro Ito from Department of Biology, Waseda University, Japan visited KMU to give a special talk on: New developments in diagnostics and health care with the “ultrasensitive ELISA”, which enables the detection of the trace amounts of protein. Besides, Professor Ke and Ito discussed future research collaborations.(Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology)
• 2024.06.26 Prof. Stephen James Blanksby from Queensland University of Technology Give a talk on “Empowering lipid discovery through isomer-resolved mass spectrometry”.(Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology)
• 2024.06.12-06.14 Dr Shih-fen Hsiao held courses of stroke rehabilitation and dementia care, and demonstrated treatment of stroke patient at Hai Duong Medical Technical University and University Hospital for KMU USR and TPTA’s CPE OPTIMAL project.(Department of Physical Therapy)
• 2024.05.04-05.05 Department of PT, collaborating with Taiwan Physical Therapy Association, held a specialist training workshop: “Geriatric Neurology with an emphasis on Falls Prevention” by Professor Carol Lewis. Professor Lewis currently serves on the Medical Faculty at George Washington University as an adjunct professor in the Department of Geriatrics, she is also an American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties Geriatric Certified Specialist, Editor-in-Chief of the journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation.(Department of Physical Therapy)
• 2024.05.01-05.06 A Joint Training Workshop of the CPE OPTIMAL: Emphasis on Geriatric Neurology for Continuous Care at Kaohsiung Medical University was held by the Department of PT. In total 6 trainees came from universities and hospitals of Vietnam were here to receive related training.(Department of Physical Therapy)
• 2024.04.01-04.04 Dr. Wei Dai form the Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience Rutgers University, and Dr. Jonathan Lu from QC department, Ferring Pharmaceuticals gave special talks and collaborative teaching at Kaohsiung Medical University. (Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology)
• 2024.03.13 Dr Joseph Siu from PT Department of Nebraska Medical Center gave a talk about the IPE, and shared his view on PT career in States.（Department of Physical Therapy）
• 2024.03.05 Professor Yang Junyu, Professor Chen Peishi, Professor Li Jianhong, and Professor Betty Ya-Wen Chiu participated in a special lecture held by the Research Center for Precision Environmental Medicine. The lecture invited international scholars from Hokkaido University and The University of Tokyo in Japan, namely: Yu Ait Bamai, Taro Yamauchi, Atsuko Ikeda, and Masamine Jimba, to deliver special lectures and engage in academic exchanges at our university.（Department of Public Health）
• 2024.03.04-03.07 To enhance students’ sensitivity to international health issues, Prof. Betty Ya-Wen Chiu invited Prof. Masamine Jimba from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the former President of APACPH to deliver one speech.
  On March 3rd：
  Prof. Masamine Jimba delivered a speech on ‘Publish and do not Perish in Global Health’ He conveyed various academic research perspectives and academic paper publishing skills based on his rich research and practical experience in global health. He also provided students with different global views and greatly broadened students' international vision.（Department of Public Health）

2023

• 2023.12.15 Associate Professor Wanchai Assavalapsakul from Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University visited KMU and gave a talk to students.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2023.12.13 Dr. Tzong-Shi Lu, an alumnus of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, visited KMU and gave a talk: Finding your niche. Dr. Lu is currently the associate research scholar in Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2023.12.13-12.14 To enhance students’ sensitivity to international health issues, Prof. Betty Ya-Wen Chiu invited Prof. Masamine Jimba from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the former President of APACPH to deliver two speeches.（Department of Public Health）
  • On December 13th：Prof. Masamine Jimba delivered a speech on ‘Using The Lens of Human Security for Communicable Disease Control.’ With his rich research and practical experience in global health, he provided students with different global views on infectious diseases and greatly broadened students' international vision.
  • On December 14th：Prof. Masamine Jimba delivered a speech entitled ‘Poverty and Health Promotion at Global Level.’ He shared his perspective on the current global poverty and health promotion status, combining his humanitarian aid experience in Nepal. Eventually, he provided opportunities for international and domestic students to share their experiences and cultures with each other.

• 2023.11.17-11.21 Professor Ke invited Assistant Professor Dr. Daniel Bender from the University Hospital of Zurich in Switzerland to visit KMU for teaching and research cooperation, and to give a special lecture and collaborative teaching.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2023.11.03 Professor Ke and Associate Professor Tsai of the Department of Medical Technology invited Professor Etsuro Ito form Waseda University, Japan to visit KMU and to discuss teaching and research cooperation. Later, professors went to the Animal Vaccine and Adjuvant Technology R&D Center of Pingtung University of Science and Technology to participate in a research progress meeting report.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2023.06.09 Teacher Ya-Wen Chiu led the research team, and Dr. Lin Cheng-Kuan, the former vice president of Shing Mark Hospital in Vietnam, who is also an alumnus of KMU's medical department, gave a speech at KMU and visited the Taiwan Regional Office of the Asia-Pacific Public Health Academic Alliance.（Department of Public Health）
• 2023.06.05 Speaker: Prof. Min-Ying Lydia Su,Topic: Diagnosis and Staging of Cancers Using MRI and Clinical Implementation of Artificial Intelligence Research.（Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences）
• 2023.05.26 Prof. Kwan-Hoong Ng, Creativity in Scientific Research.(Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences)
• 2023.05.26 Prof. Cheng-Shie Wuu, Special Treatment Procedures.(Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences)
• 2023.04.19 To enhance the students’ sensitivity of international health issues, Prof. Betty Ya-Wen Chiu invited Dr. Vincent Rollet from Graduate Institute of European Studies of Wenzao Ursuline University to deliver a special lecture which was entitled " Addressing Health Security Threats at the Regional Level: the case of the European Union(EU)"
  Based on his long-term research in health security and international politics, his speech provided students with different global views on global health governance, which greatly broadened students' international security vision. All participants gave a high appraisal and positive feedback on the lecture.（Department of Public Health）
• 2023.03.20-03.31 Two occupational therapy master's students from the University of Southern California (USC) in the United States visited our Department of Occupational Therapy for an exchange program. (Occupational Therapy) 
• 2023.03.16-03.23 Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences (IPUHS) in Japan (7 faculties and 6 students) visited our School of Health Sciences (Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy) for an exchange program )visited our College of Health Sciences (Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy) for an exchange program. (Occupational Therapy/Physical Therapy) 
• 2023.02.17 To enhance the students’ sensitivity of international health issues, Prof. Betty Ya-Wen Chiu invited Dr. So Yoon Kim from Yonsei University, Korea, and the President-Elect of APACPH to deliver a special lecture which was entitled "Global health governance and GHSA (Global Health Security Agenda)." Based on her long-term research in global health, her speech provided students with different global views on global health governance, which greatly broadened students' international security vision. All participants gave a high appraisal and positive feedback on the lecture.（Department of Public Health）

2022

• 2022.12.26 Dr. Jo-Chi Jao invited Professor Cheng-Shie Wuu from Columbia University for international collaborative teaching (In--service master course, online teaching).Topic: Current Status of FLASH Radiation Dosimetry and the Role of 3D Dosimetry.（Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences）
• 2022.12.19 Dr. Jo-Chi Jao invited Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng from University of Malaya, Malaysia for international collaborative teaching (undergraduate course, online teaching).Topic: Detection and measurement of x-ray and gamma rays.（Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences）
• 2022.12.12-12.15 Dr. Wanchai Assavalapsakul from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand visited Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, KMU for research collaboration, and collaborative teaching to our graduate students.（Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology）
• 2022.11.03 Professor Wang Zhihong of Stanford University gave a speech on "Epidemic Prevention Technology and Epidemic Surveillance and Prevention" on November 3, which was co-organized by the Center for Global Health and Security Research, and Director Yawen Qiu assisted in inviting Professor Wang Zhihong to visit and give a speech.(Department of Public Health)
• 2022.11.02-11.03 To enhance the students’ sensitivity of international health issues, Prof. Betty Ya-Wen Chiu invited Prof. Masamine Jimba from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the former president of APACPH to deliver two speeches.(Department of Public Health)
  • On November 2nd：Prof. Masamine Jimba gave a lecture entitled "Infectious Disease and Global Health" based on his long-term research and practical experience in global health. His speech provided students with different global views on infectious diseases, which greatly broadened students' international vision.
  • On November 3rd：Prof. Masamine Jimba, as an expert who worked for WHO and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), gave a lecture on "Why I worked for WHO and JICA-a journey of humanitarian aid." Prof. Jimba shared plentiful precious practical experience and career path, including his works in Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Palestine, and Jordan. All participants gave a high appraisal and positive feedback after the lecture.
• 2022.06.06 Shu-Ping Chen, Associate Professor (Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta) and Ying-Chun Chou held an international co-teaching, Topic: The role of occupational therapy in advancing school mental health （Department of Occupational Therapy）
• 2022.05.31 Prof. Cheng-Shie Wuu, Radiation Oncology, Columbia University, NY, USA. Topic: A Review of Clinical Physics in Current Radiotherapy. 
• 2022.05.24 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Lecture title: Abstract writing for thesis and scientific paper (In--service master program, online)
• 2022.05.23 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Lecture title: Quality assurance program in radiology - overview and progress (Bachelor program, online)
• 2022.05.13 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Lecture title: Highlights of some technological developments during the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Bachelor program, online)
• 2022.05.02 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaya, Malaysia. Lecture title: Abstract writing, poster and oral presentation for conference (Master program, online)
• 2022.03.14 Prof. Min-Ying Lydia Su, University of California, Irvine, USA. Topic:  Artificial Intelligence-Based Imaging Analysis for Precision Clinical Management.

2021

• 2021.11.11 Professor Mina Samukawa (Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University) presented her experiences working as IOC’s service team in the Tokyo Olympics 2020 for the elite athletes.
• 2021.06.24-06.25 Associate Professor Liang-Yin Ke invited Professor Gopal K Marathe from Mysore University, India to teach in the International Scholar Collaborative Teaching and present the most updated research findings.（Different glycoforms of alpha-1-acid glycoprotein contribute to its functional alterations in platelets and neutrophils／Effect of acyl and alkyl analogs of platelet-activating factor on inflammatory signaling）
• 2021.01.07 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaysia, Creativity in scientific research.
• 2021.01.04 Prof. Kwan Hoong Ng, University of Malaysia, How to write and publish a scientific paper.

2020

• 2020.11.05 Associate Professor Tsu-Hsin Howe from Department of OT, NYU, USA, visited Department of OT, KMU, and participated collaborative teaching activities.
• 2020.02.07-02.11 IPNFA Instructor Shozo Katsunami held PNF Level Workshop for MSs students and alumni of Department of Physical Therapy.

2019

• 2019.12.27 The Department of Occupational Therapy have been invited Dr. Sunny Hu from IFE Central Analytical Research Facility, Queensland University of Technology in Australia, make a special speech: “Introduction higher education system in Australia”.
• 2019.12.25-12.27  Dr. Sheng-Fan Wang invited Dr. Wanchai Assavalapsakul from the Department of Microbiology, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand to join the co-teaching and gave some lectures for the graduate students. 

• 2019.12.16-12.19 The department of public health, Kaohsiung Medical University have been invited Professor Frances Yang, Department of Occupational Therapy School of Health, from Professions University of Kansas Medical Center in USA to speak about “The Latent Variable Modeling Course”.
• 2019.11.01 We invite Professor Goh to share a special talk for graduate students. He is a practice professor of Division of Analytics and Operations in college of management at National University of Singapore. The topic is Global Supply Chains and Digital Transformation in Hospital.
• 2019.10.29-10.31 Professor Maggie Reitz from Towson University, USA, was invited by Dept. of Occupational Therapy to participant the International Scholar Co-teaching Program
• 2019.10.28-10.30  Assistant Professor Karla Ausderau from Wisconsin University, USA, was invited by Dept. of Occupational Therapy to participant the International Scholar Co-teaching Program
• 2019.09.16-09.20 Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences received distinguished professors from Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, and arranged the visiting of teaching facilities and hospitals. 
• 2019.09.15-09.22 Associate Professor Megumi Takizawa from Department of PT, IPU Japan, visited Department of PT, KMU, and participated clinical tours and discussion activity in the faculty’s teaching forum. 
• 2019.04.19 The department of public health, Kaohsiung Medical University have been invited Associate Professor Hui-Ling Yen, Epidemiological Science, from The University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong to speak about “Influenza viruses in the air: in experimental and field setting”.
• 2019.04.15 Dr. Jo-Chi Jao, chairman of Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, invited Prof. Kwan-Hoong Ng for a speech. The title of the speech is Global Medical Physics Education.
• 2019.03.04-03.08 Dr. Arunee Thitithanyanont from Mahidol University, Thailand has been invited by Dr. Sheng-Fan Wang, from Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan to attend Kaohsiung Medical University to participate in international scholar co-teaching as well as discussing the dual degree program.
• 2019.03.04-03.06 Department of Physical Therapy, SF Hsiao invited Dr Hiroki Mani and Dr Yasuyuki Takamatsu from Hokkaido University Japan gave a speech for the ‘Development of postural control’ and ‘Neural plasticity & neuromodulation’ in the Department of Physical Therapy.

2018

• 2018.12.14-12.23 The international exchange and collaborate with Dr. Thomas Wan from University of Central Florida.（HAMI）
• 2018.12.07-12.12 The international exchange and collaborate with Dr. Christian Wernz from Virginia Commonwealth University.（HAMI）
• 2018.11.05-11.23 Dr. Daniel Bender from Institute of Biochemistry, University of Cologne, Germany visited Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, KMU for research and laboratory collaboration. On Nov 19, 2018, Dr. Bender gave a talk on “Sulfite oxidase in human health and disease”.
• 2018.10.19 Department of Physical Therapy, SF Hsiao invited Prof. Yu Konishi from Department of Physical Education, National Defense Academy gave a speech for the neurophysiological mechanism of ACL injury.
• 2018.09.16-09.23 Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences,Department of Physical Therapy and Department of Occupational Therapy received distinguished professors from Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences, and arranged the visiting of teaching facilities and hospitals
• 2018.09.03 Representatives from Okayama University, Japan visited Kaohsiung Medical University to introduce the Academic Exchange Program. Prof. Shinya Saito (Vice Dean) and Prof. Takehito Taguchi also welcomed KMU graduate students to join this International Program. Two departments of College of Health Sciences (including Department of Laboratory Sciences and Biotechnology and Department Radical Imaging and Radiological Sciences) and Division of R&D and International Affair of College of Health Sciences were invited to participate this activity.
   
• 2018.08.16  Associate Professor Liang-Yin Ke invited Professor Etsuro Ito to give a talk in KMU and to discuss research project. The talk entitled as “Urinary adiponectin as a new diagnostic index for chronic kidney disease due to diabetic nephropathy
• 2018.07.07 The CEO of World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT), Jonathon Kruger, was invited to give a workshop on advocacy in KMU. The workshop was funded by the Taiwan Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) and the Department of NGO International Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two Vice Presidents from Korean Physical Therapy Association were also attended the workshop.
• 2018.04.30-05.03 Professor Hiroshi Maejima from Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Japan, gave series of lectures to undergraduate and postgraduate students of Department of Physical Therapy.

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