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Principal Investigator: Yi-Jen Wu, 吳怡真, MD, PhD.
Dr. Wu currently is the associate professor at Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University. She also works as an attending neurologist at Department of Neurology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital. Dr. Wu's clinical subspecialty is on seizure and epilepsy. Her researches focus on neurophysiological bases of seizure and cognitive disorders, and the therapeutic underpinnings of electrical neuromodulations with the major objective to treat refractory seizures and improve cognition.
Research Technician: Miao-Er Chien, 簡妙兒, M.S.
Miao-Er received her Master degree from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan. She has been working with us on the research projects of Dr. Wu funded by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan, to investigate the effect and mechanism of electrical neuromodulation on the animal model of seizures and epilepsy.
Graduate Student: Wu-Lung Tseng, 曾武龍
Graduate Student: Yu-Jie Huang, 黃鈺絜
Undergraduate Student: Gia-Linh Hua, 許嘉玲
Research Gap Year: Dr. Ye-Ting Lin, 林易廷醫師
Undergraduate Student: Kao Yu-Chen, 高宇辰
Undergraduate Student: Hsu Te-Chih, 徐得智
Co-advisor, PhD Student: Dr. Yu Wen-Hao, 余文豪醫師
- Current Position: Pediatric Neurologist, Department of Pediatrics, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
- Major: PhD program at Institute of Clinical Medicine
- Co-advisor with Professor Chao-Ching Huang since 2022/4-present
- Honor: Dr. Yu wins the Second Prize for the research oral contest on 2023 Research Day of College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (2023/2/11)
Alumni
Master (2023/2): Yu-Huai Lian, 連聿懷
- B.S. Department of Biotechnology, Asia University
- M.S. student, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (2020/9-2023/2)
- Thesis title: Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) modulation on neural excitability and cognition in a seizure animal model
Undergraduate Student (2018-19): Chan-Hsin Fu, 傅湛馨
Major: Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
Chan-Hsin is learning and involved in the electrophysiological study in seizure rats. (2018醫學科學研究, 2019成大醫學院學生暑期參與研究)
Chan-Hsin is learning and involved in the electrophysiological study in seizure rats. (2018醫學科學研究, 2019成大醫學院學生暑期參與研究)
Research Assistant (2019-20): Hui-Yuan Tu, 塗惠媛, B.S.
Hui-Yuan received her Bachelor degree from Department of Biotechnology, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. She works with us on the animal study of epilepsy in BDNF project.
Research Assistant (2018-19): Hsin-Tzu Chen, 陳心慈, B.S.
Hsin-Tzu received her Bachelor degree from the Department of Counseling & Clinical Psychology, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan. She assisted Dr. Wu in conducting the studies of patients with epilepsy.
Research Assistant (2014-16): Ming-Chung Tsao, 曹明鐘, B.S.
Ming-Chung received his Bachelor degree from the Department of Sports Medicine at Kaohsiung Medical University. He worked with us as a research assistant on the project using repeated tDCS to enhance the working memory in diabetic rats.