Wen-Chang Chang 張文昌 Election Year 2004 250 Wuxing Street
Taipei, 11031, Taiwan Tel: (02) 2736-1661#3431 / Fax: (02) 6638-3879
Current Positions
Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University
Education
B.S., Department of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical College (1969)
M.S., Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tokyo (1973)
Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tokyo (1976)
Professional Experience
Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University (2011/05—)
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Cheng Kung University (1983-2011/04)
General Director, Department of Life Sciences, National Science Council (1999/11-2001/07)
Dean, College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chang Kung University (2005.8-2008.5)
Associate Dean, College of Medical, Cheng Kung University (1998/09-1999/07)
Chairman, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Cheng Kung University (1994/10-1999/10)
Chairman, Department of Pharmacology, Cheng Kung University (1983/10-1990/07)
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Kentucky, USA ( 1981/09-1983/09)
Visiting Scientist, Tokyo Metropolitan Institutes of Gerontology, Japan ( 1979/01-1981/08 )
Visiting Fellow, National Institute on Aging, NIH, USA ( 1976/10-1978/12)
Specialties
prostaglandin, signal transduction, gene regulation, anti-inflammation pharmacology
Awards and Honors
Elected Member, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)(2011)
Emeritus Distinguished Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University (2011/4—)
Chair Professor, National Cheng Kung University (2001)
Distinguished Chair Professor National Cheng Kung University (2008)
The 16th Annual Wang Ming-Ning Award (2006)
Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society, Outstanding Achievement Award and Honorary Members (2006)
Academician of Academia Sinica (2004)
University Chair Professor of National Cheng Kung University (2001)
National Chair Professor, Ministry of Education (2001-2007)
Science Academy Award, Ministry of Education (1998)
Distinguished Scientist, specially contracted with National Science Council (1997/08-2003/07)
Board Award, Chinese Education and Culture Foundation (1996)
Distinguished Research Award, Chinese Pharmacological Society, Taiwan (1994)
Wu San-Lien Award in Medical Science, Wu San-Lien Award Foundation (1993)
Distinguished Research Award, National Science Council
(1983-1991)
Visiting Scholar, William Harvey Research Institute, UK (Director Sir John R. Vane), sponsored by Glaxo-William Harvey Medical Research Award (1997/06-1997/09 )
Visiting Professor, Biosignal Research Center, Kobe University (President Yasutomi Nishizuka), officially appointed by the Ministry of Education of Japan (1999/07-1999/10)