Kuo-yuan Hwa PhD, BSc

Dr. Kuo-Yuan Hwa is an associate professor and the director of the Center for Biomedical Industries at the National Taipei University of Technology. Dr. Hwagraduated and received her PhD from the School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University. She is the president of the Medical Association for Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan (MAIPT). Dr. Hwa’s scientific interests are: 1) nanotechnology and biosensor, 2) new drug discovery for human diseases by proteomics and genomics approaches and 3) glycobiology, especially on enzymes kinetics.

She has published 85 conference and journal articles and 10 patents. She has served in many national and international committees. Dr. Hwa has been invited as a speaker for many academic research institutes and universities in China, Korea, Japan and USA. She has been invited as a reviewer, a judge and an editor for international meetings and journals. In addition, one of her currently works is on developing culturally inclusive health science educational program, with both indigenous and western science knowledge for indigenous children.