Honors and Professional Memberships

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 2010            Second Place Winner, Poster Contest: Cellular Therapies, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Scientific Retreat, March 7-10, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • 2010            Young Investigator Travel Award, the XXth World Congress of the international Society for Heart Research, May 13-16, 2010, Kyoto, Japan
  • 2010       ATVB Young Investigator Travel Award, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions 2010, November 13-17, 2010, Chicago, USA
  • 2011            Awardee, American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship (Great Rivers Affiliate)
  • 2011            Travel Award, the 9th Annual Meeting of International Society for Stem Cell Research, June 15-18, 2011, Toronto, Canada
  • 2011            Career Enrichment and Travel Support Scholarship, AFIRM WFPC Consortium
  • 2011            MTCAP Travel Scholarship, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Univ. of Pittsburgh
  • 2012            Honoree, University of Pittsburgh 2012 Honors Convocation
  • 2012            Career Enrichment and Travel Support Scholarship, AFIRM WFPC Consortium
  • 2013            Travel Award, the 6th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 13-15, 2013, Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • 2013            Finalist, Abcam 15 Discoveries Contest
  • 2014            Travel Award, the 7th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 2014            First Place Winner, Oral Presentation Competition, the 7th Pan Pacific Symposium on Stem Cells and Cancer Research, April 12-14, 2014, Taichung, Taiwan
  • 2014            Meritorious Travel Award, the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), May 21-24, 2014, Washington, DC, USA
  • 2015            Outstanding Presentation Award (3rd place overall), Student & Young Investigator Oral Presentation Competition, the 4th World Congress of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS), September 8-11, 2015, Boston, MA, USA
  • 2016            Awardee, NIH NRSA T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship (Massachusetts General Hospital)
  • 2016            Oral Presentation Award, the 4th Boston Taiwanese Biotechnology Symposium

Career Development

  • 2016            Fellow, MIT IMPACT Program
  • 2016            Selected Mentee, National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) Coaching Group of Grant Proposal Writing & Professional Development at Tufts University
  • 2016             Invited Attendee, American Heart Association Research Leaders Academy
  • 2016             Selected Attendee, the 4th MIT EECS Postdoc Leadership Workshop
  • 2017             Selected Attendee, the 3rd Annual CTSA Regional Shared Mentoring Symposium
  • 2017             Selected Mentee, Grant Writers Coaching Group, NRMN Southeast Training Hub in Washington DC.

Professional Membership

  • Taiwan Medical Board (2003-present)
  • Taiwan Surgical Association (2003-2004)
  • American Heart Association (Associate Member, 2007-present)
  • International Society for Stem Cell Research (Associate Member, 2008-present)
  • International Society for Heart Research (Associate Member, 2009-present)
  • American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (Associate Member, 2014-present)