Professional Experiences

• Distinguished Investigator, Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (2008 - present)
• Distinguished Investigator and Director, Stem Cell Research Center, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (2005 – 2008)
• Director, Brain Tumor Gene Therapy Program, The Ohio State University Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Research Institute, USA (1997 - 2002)
• Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, USA (1995 – 2005)
• Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Genetics and Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, USA (1991 - 1995)
• Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine, Biochemistry and Genetics and Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, USA (1986 - 1991)
• Senior Investigator, Angiogenesis R&D Center, Springfield, Virginia (1985 - 1986)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, USA (1981 - 1985)

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Research Achievement Award, National Health Research Institutes (2016)
• National Innovation Award, Institute for Biotechnology and Medicine Industry (2011)
• Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, USA (2010 - present)
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010 - present)
• President, Taiwanese Bioscientists of America (2005 - 2006)
• Outstanding Researcher of the Year, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, USA (2002)
• Member, Scientific Review Committee, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan (1998 - 2005)
• Member, Cell Biology and Physiology Study Section, National Institutes of Health, USA (1994 - 1998)
• Research Career Development Award, National Institutes of Health, USA (1990 - 1995)
• Faculty Research Award, American Cancer Society, USA (1990 - 1995, declined)
• Ohio Cancer Research Award, The Ohio State University, USA (1988 - 1990)
• Research Challenge Award, The Ohio State University, USA (1986)
• Fogarty International Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, USA (1981 - 1984)

Professor Chiu's research interests are listed as follows:

- Therapeutic application and basic biology of neural stem cells and embryonic stem cells in neural degenerative disorders and neurro-regeneration

- Crosstalk between neurons and glial cells

- Role of fibroblast growth factors in development and human diseases

- Transcriptional regulation of FGF1

Email :  ingming@nhri.org.tw