Wei-chiao Chang
Department of Medical Genetics
Kaohsiung Medical University
Japan
Biography
Wei-Chiao Chang DPhil is an Assistant professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. He obtained his doctoral degrees in University of Oxford, UK (with Prof. Anant Parekh 2003~2007). He then was recruited by RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Japan, where he worked in Professor Yusuke Nakamura’s center with Professor Mayumi Tamari. In the same year, he was awarded as an international research scientist (FY2008) by RIKEN. He was invited by Prof. Hank Juo to move back to Taiwan as an Assistant professor in 2009 and was supported by NSC Distinguished Yong Scientist Project (2011).
Research Interest
His main research interest include: 1. Pharmacogenomics 2. Signal transduction and gene regulation 3. Genetic association/ SNP study in inflammatory diseases 4. Calcium channels in cancer cells.
