Distinguished Investigator
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E-mail: ywang@nhri.org.tw
Education
| 1981/08 – 1986/05 | Ph.D., Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Denver, CO. USA |
| 1972/08 – 1979/06 | M.D., Medicine, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
Positions
| 2013/01 – | Distinguished investigator, Center for Neuropsychiatric Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan |
| 2013/1 – 2019/1 | Director, Center for Neuropsychiatric Research, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan |
| 2006/01 – 2013/01 | Senior Investigator and Section Chief, Neural Protection and Regeneration Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 2003/01 – 2005/12 | Acting Chief, Neural protection & Regeneration Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 1998/01 – 2003/12 | Research Fellow, Cell Neurobiology Section, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| 1991 – 2007 | Professor, Dept. Pharmacology, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan |
Expertise
- Neuroprotection and regeneration
- stroke
- Parkinson’s disease
- Methamphetamine and drug addiction
Honors & Awards
| 2013 | Distinguished Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan |
| 2011-2014 | Michael J Fox Foundation, Repositioning Drug for Parkinson’s disease program grant |
| 2006 | Tenured Senior Investigator – National Institutes of Health, U.S.A. |
| 1997 | Outstanding Pharmacologist Award (Pharmacological Society in Taiwan) |
| 1996 | Outstanding Neuroscientist Award (Neuroscience society of Taiwan) |
| 1981-1983 | Robert K.S. Lim fellowship Award (ABMAC Foundation or American Bureau for Medical Advancement in China) |
Last Update: 2019-08-28
