Global Cooperation

  • NTU participated in the “EXAM” (EMR CXR AI Model) project, collaborating with 20 institutes from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Brazil, and Taiwan to develop a healthcare Federated Learning (FL) study to allow medical personnel predicts future oxygen requirements of infected patients using inputs of vital signs, laboratory data, and chest x-rays with the help of AI technology. Through the EXAM, patients can be treated in the most effective ways and it maximizes the medical resources for better utilization. This collaboration connected research from five continents and was published in the world-renowned “Nature Medicine” journal in September 2021.
  • NTU collaborated with the Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, the International Cooperation and Development Fund, and the Health Ministry of Belize to conduct the “Prevalence and Risk Factors for Chronic Kidney Disease in Belize: A Population-based Survey,” which investigated the current epidemiological state of chronic kidney disease among the population of Belize. The survey was intended to strengthen medical and public health personnel’s treatment and caring ability and promote the general public’s understanding of chronic kidney disease. The survey was the most comprehensive nationwide chronic kidney disease survey ever conducted in Central America. The survey reached 5% of the targeted age groups and the findings were published in the world-leading medical journal “Lancet Regional Health – Americas” in July 2021.
  • In line with the New Southbound Policy, NTU Hospital (NTUH) has undertaken the “New Southbound Medical Collaboration and Industrial Development” project commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare since 2018. NTUH is in charge of supportive affairs with Indonesia. In addition to continuous medical cooperation and exchanges with hospitals in Indonesia and training programs for medical professionals, NTUH also assists Taiwan’s medical care industries expand the Indonesian markets, furthering the reciprocal collaboration between Taiwan and Indonesia. Despite the influence of COVID-19 in 2021, NTUH developed more diverse ways of communication assisted with technology and offered medical training courses, by videoconferencing, helped match hospitals and the industry, and provided friendly medical services to expatriates and Indonesians living in Taiwan. NTUH offers “online medical training courses” for medical professionals in Indonesia, for which they held online contract signing ceremonies with Universitas Airlangga and Universitas Brawijaya, co-organized seminars, and donated pandemic supplies. Please refer to this short film for more details: 2021 New Southbound Medical Collaboration and Industrial Development Project – Indonesia.

National Cooperation

  • To in line with government’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, NTU hospital sets up vaccination sites, helping increase vaccination coverage rate in Taiwan and protecting public health.

  • NTU’s collaboration with the Children Charity Association tracks the development of hearing and language ability of children with hearing loss throughout their childhood. In 2021, NTU and the Children’s Charity Association co-hosted the “Music Therapy for Children with Hearing loss Seminar.”

    • Local Cooperation

  • NTU collaborates with local medical institutes to protect resident’s health, including medical examination for senior citizens, community public health and sanitary workshops, virtual medical services, etc.

  • Yunlin Future Life Workshop
    Yunlin County is faced with a severe ageing and shrinking population. Ranking second place in the percentage of senior population in Taiwan, Yunlin County is also struggling with a serious shortage of urban resources, as the major industry is agriculture. NTU D-School and other NTU cross-disciplinary researchers work together in NHRI’s “New-Generation Model of Senior Community” project and MOST’s “Old-age Friendly Planning & Social Mobility Design in Counties with Shrinking Populations.” The projects attempt to integrate the capacities and resources of Yunlin County’s Office of Planning and NTUH Yunlin Branch and to explore how to create communities that are old-age friendly using the concept of a living lab.

    • Year:

    2021

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