A Brief Historical Description of the Department.
The Department of Medical Technology was first established in 1989 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. The original teaching objective was to train competent medical technologists. In 1996, the division of Radiologic Technology was added to this department. In 2004, the division of Medical Technology became the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science whereas the division of Radiologic Technology became the department of Medical Imaging and Radiologic Sciences. Before that, in 2002, this department started to recruit Master’s students. In 2007, the department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science started to recruit doctoral students through the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences.
Important Events of this Department are Listed Chronologically as follow:
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Year |
Important Event (s) |
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Feb. 1988 |
Prof. Ysan-Zon Liu came back from the US to become the first departmental chair. (1989. 3- 1997. 7) |
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Sept. 1988 |
With the approval of the Ministry of Education, this department started to recruit students. |
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Sept. 1996 |
This department started to have two divisions: the Division of Medical Technology and the Division of Radiologic Technology. |
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Aug. 1997 |
Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu became the departmental chair. (1997. 8- 2003. 1) |
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July. 2002 |
Graduate Institute of Medical Biotechnology was established and in the same year started to recruit our first class of Master’s students. Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu became the Director of this Graduate Institute. (2002. 7- 2003. 1) |
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Aug. 2002 |
Prof. Err-Cheng Chan was appointed the deputy Director of this Graduate Institute and the division Head of Medical Technology. (2002. 8- 2003. 1) Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu was appointed the Dean of Student Affairs. |
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Feb. 2003 |
Prof. Err-Cheng Chan became the Director of this Graduated Institute and the chair of this Department. (2003. 2- 2004. 7) Associate Prof. Shin-Ru Shih became the Division Head of the Division of Medical Technology. (2003. 2- 2004. 7) |
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Aug. 2004 |
This department changed its name to the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science. The Division of Radiologic Technology became the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiologic Sciences. Prof. Shin-Ru Shih became the departmental chair as well as the Director of this Graduate Institute. (2004. 8- 2009. 7) Prof. Err-Cheng Chan became the vice president of Formosa Biomedical Company. (2006- 2010) |
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Aug. 2006 |
Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu was appointed the Dean of Research and Development. (2006. 8- now) |
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May, 2007 |
Prof. Shin-Ru Shih became the Director of the Research Center of Emerging Virus. (2007. 5- now) |
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Aug. 2007 |
This department started to recruit Ph. D. students within the Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences. |
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Aug. 2009 |
Prof. Shin-Chi Lai became the Departmental Chair as well as the Director of this Graduate Institute. |
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Sep. 2009 |
Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu was appointed the Director of Molecular and Clinical Immunology Research Center. (2009. 9- now) |
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Aug. 2010 |
The Department and Graduate Institute jointly became the Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science with undergraduate and master’s programs. |
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Aug. 2011 |
Prof. Daniel Tsun-Yee Chiu was appointed the Director of Healthy Aging Research Center. (2011. 8- now) |
