Susan's Lab
Research Field
Prof. Jung-Su Chang was awarded her Master's degree in Clinical Nutrition from the University of Glasgow in 2000 and her PhD degree from University College London (UCL), UK, in 2006. She obtained her postdoctoral training in Prof. David Haig's Lab at the Moredun Research Institute and the Roslin Research Institute in Scotland, as well as in Prof. Dirk Haller's Lab at the Technical University Munich, Germany. In 2011, she joined the School of Nutrition & Health Sciences at Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.
Prof. Chang has dedicated her research to obesity-related nutrition care. Obesity and anemia remain major global health concerns. It is estimated that half of obese patients with metabolic disorders have mild liver iron overload, but there are still no effective methods for treating obesity-related iron disorders.
Prof. Chang is intrigued by questions: How does obesity-related inflammation affect iron metabolism, and how does altered iron metabolism contribute to metabolic diseases and brain health? Can digital technology and artificial intelligence (AI) help us provide better nutrition care?
Currently, Prof. Jung-Su Chang's lab consists of one postdoctoral researcher and two PhD students (one from Vietnam and one from Indonesia), along with four Taiwanese master's students .
Current ongoing projects includes:
(1) AI chatbot for personalized nutrition care
(2) Cross-talk between iron and lipid metabolic pathways and cognitive degeneration
(3) Development of plant products as alternative iron therapy for functional iron deficiency and anemia of chronic disease
(4) Nutrition care for preganant women, autism, diabetes, obesity
- Excellence Award for the Excellent Innovation in Curriculum and Teaching Award for University Teachers, Taiwan (2024)
- The 50th Annual Taiwan Nutrition Society's Contribution Award for Nutrition Education and Promotion ( 2024)
- Ministry of Science and Technology Research Award (Attracting and Rewarding Outstanding Talent with Flexible Salary) for the years 2016-2019, 2021-2022.
- Taipei Medical University Academic Research Award for the year 2020.
- PhD degree: Centre for Infectious Diseases and International Health, University College London (UCL), UK
- MSc degree: Human Nutrition Dept, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2 Vacancies
Job Description
- Development of plant products as alternative iron therapy for functional iron deficiency and anemia of chronic disease
Preferred Intern Education Level
-undergraduate or above
Skill sets or Qualities
-Familiar with excel, basic statistics, and can use Graphapad prism, spss , or R and SAS
-Wet Lab project skills
-Familiar with Large Language Model, meachine learning