Master Program in Global Health and Development
Taipei Medical University
臺北醫學大學
全球衛生暨發展碩士學位學程
Orientation
09.16.2013
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Adjunct Professor
Dr. Hang Chang
Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control
College of Public Health and Nutrition
Dr. Chao-Hsiun Tang
School of Health Care Administration
College of Public Health and Nutrition
Dr. Chia-Kwung Fan
Department of Parasitology
School of Medicine
Dr. Chien-Yeh Hsu
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics
College of Medical Science and Technology
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About the Program
◆ Establishment
 Student recruitment began in the the first
semester of 2011 academic year
 Enrollment openings: 10~15 students per year
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Program Features
Strengthen global competitiveness of the students
Courses taught in English exclusively
3 full-time faculty members (including 1 international
faculty), 5 Adjunct Professors, 13 supporting faculty
members from 5 schools/graduate institutes, and 7 Visiting
Professors from Japan, Suriname, and USA
 Recruit faculty members with multidisciplinary training
 Concentrate on both theory and practice
 Hold international seminars and workshops regularly
 Visit domestic and international institutions/organizations
 Establish the joint and dual degree with MBA program at
the University of Findlay (USA)
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5
Previously Enrolled Students
Student
2011
academic
year
2012
academic
year
Domestic
2
0
International
3
4
Total
5
4
Current students from India,
Jordan, Kenya, Mongolia
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Faculty Members
Full-time Faculty
Name
Background
Betty (Ya-Wen) Chiu
Health Policy
Jean (Feng-Jen) Tsai
Law and Public Health
Bruno A Walther
Environmental Sciences
Jane CJ Chao (Director) Nutrition and Health
Adjunct Professor
Hang Chang
Disaster and Emergency Medicine
Chao-Hsiun Tang
Economic Evaluation
Chia-Kwung Fan
Parasitology and Tropical Medicine
Chien-Yeh Hsu
Biomedical Informatics
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Faculty Members
Faculty
Part-time Faculty
Name
Background/Institution (country)
Tzay-Jinn Chen
Medicine and Public Health/TMU-Wan Fang
Hospital
Ferdinand Siem Tjam Medicine and Public Health/Suriname
Visiting Professor
Ted Chen
International Health/Tulane University, USA
Carl Kendall
Health Monitoring and Evaluation/Tulane
University, USA
Richard Oberhelman
International Pediatrics/Tulane University, USA
Yujiro Handa
International Oral Medicine/Health Science
University of Hokkaido, Japan
Hiko Tamashiro
Global Health and Epidemiology/ Hokkaido
University, Japan
Chunhuei Chi
Health System Finance/Oregon State
University, USA
Supporting Faculty School of Health Care Administration, School of Public Health, School
of Nutrition and Health Sciences, Graduate Institute of Injury
Prevention and Control, Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine
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Requirements for Master Degree
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20 credits from required core courses including master
thesis (6 credits), and 10 credits ( 8 from the program)
from elective courses.
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Students must complete at least 30 credits to be
awarded the MS degree.
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Graduate students must choose their (co-)advisor
(program full-time faculty members including Adjunct
Professors) by the end of June in year one and turn in
the “Thesis Advisor Agreement”.
http://global.tmu.edu.tw/stu/super_pages.php?ID=stu1
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Educational Goals
 To cultivate students integrated professional
knowledge of global health with the leadership ability
to understand, analyze, and solve global health issues
Core Competencies
 Professional knowledge in global health
 International perspective leadership abilities
 Critical thinking and systems integration research
abilities
 Social responsibilities and the humanities
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Learning Fields
Law
and
Economics
Public
Health
and
Nutrition
Information
and
Technology
Epidemiology
and
Biostatistics
Prevention
and Disaster
Medicine
Health Policy
and
Management
Nutrition
and Health
Global
Health and
Development
Sociology
and
Humanity
Basic
Medicine
Health Care
Administration
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Curriculum
Theoretical and practical courses
Add and drop course period: Sep. 16~ Sep. 25, 2013
Course Name (Required)
Fundamentals of Global Health
Applied statistics
Course Name (Elective)
Global environmental health science and development
Issues in international public health
Quality management in international public health
Medical diplomacy for global public health
Research Methods for social and behavioral sciences
Applied epidemiology
Evolutionary and ecological medicine
Resources in international public health
International law and health
System thinking-for health system strengthening
Community health and primary care
Seminar in global health and development
Injury epidemiology
Global trade and health topics
Introduction to disaster medicine
Tropical diseases research
Master thesis
Nutrition & health (I, II)
Medical informatics
Health & international politics
Community nutrition
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Economic evaluation
Management of health service organizations
Organization and management of global health
Field study in global health
Courses in the 1st Semester
Required/
Elective
credits
semester
Fundamentals of global
health
2
1st
R
Dr. Jean Tsai
Applied statistics
2
1st
R
Dr. Yi-Hua Chen
Research methods for
social and behavioral
sciences
2
1st
R
Dr. Bruno Walther
Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu
course title
instructor(s)
Seminar in global health
and development
1
1st
R
Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu
Dr. Bruno Walther
Dr. Jean Tsai
Global environmental
health science &
development
2
1st
E
Dr. Bruno Walther
Issues in international public
health
2
1st
E
Dr. Ferdinand Sien Tjam
Quality management in
international public health
2
1st
E
Dr. Ferdinand Sien Tjam
Medical diplomacy for global
public health
2
1st
E
Dr. Hang Chang
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Courses in the 2nd Semester
course title
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Required/
Elective
credits
semester
instructor(s)
Community health and primary
care
2
2nd
R
Dr. Chung-Fu Lan
Dr. Tzay-Jinn Chen
Applied epidemiology
2
2nd
R
Dr. Fang-I Hsieh
Seminar in global health and
development
1
2nd
R
Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu
Dr. Jean Tsai
Dr. Bruno Walther
Organization and management of
global health
2
2nd
E
Dr. Ferdinand Sien Tjam
Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu
Management of health service
organizations
2
2nd
E
Dr. Yi-Hsin Hsu
International Law and
Health
2
2nd
E
Dr. Jean Tsai
Evolutionary and
ecological medicine
2
2nd
E
Dr. Bruno Walther
Injury epidemiology
2
2nd
E
Dr. Mau-Roung Lin
System thinking for health
system strengthening
2
2nd
E
Dr. Sheu-Wen Chuang
Resources in international public
health
2
2nd
E
Dr. Ferdinand Sien Tjam
Courses in the 3rd Semester
course title
credits
semester
Required/
Elective
instructor(s)
Seminar in global health
and development
1
3rd
R
Dr. Ya-Wen Chiu
Dr. Bruno Walther
Dr. Jean Tsai
Global trade & health topics
2
3rd
E
Dr. Jean Tsai
Tropical diseases and
research
2
3rd
E
Dr. Chia-Kwung Fan
Nutrition & health (I)
2
3rd
E
Dr. Shih-Yi Huang et al.
Introduction to disaster
medicine
2
3rd
E
Dr. Hang Chang
Medical Informatics
3
3rd
E
Dr. Chien-Yeh Hsu et al.
Field study in global health
2
3rd
E
Dr. Jean Tsai
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Courses in the 4th Semester
Required/
Elective
credits
semester
Seminar in global health
and development
1
4th
R
Dr. Bruno Walther
Dr. Jean Tsai
Master thesis
6
4th
R
Thesis advisors
Health and international
politics
2
4th
E
Dr. Peter Chang
Community nutrition
2
4th
E
Dr. Yi-wen Chien
Economic evaluation
2
4th
E
Dr. Chao-Hsiun Tang
Nutrition & health (II)
2
4th
E
Dr. Yue-Hwa Chen et al.
course title
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instructor(s)
Curriculum Design
Core Courses
Epidemiology
and Biostatistics
Health Policy
and Management
Prevention and
Disaster
Medicine
Nutrition and
Health
Fundamentals of global health (1), Applied statistics (1), Applied epidemiology (1), Research
methods for social and behavioral sciences (1), Community health and primary care (1),
Seminar in global health and development (1,2), Master thesis (2)
Global environmental health science and development (1), Organization and management of global
health (1), Medical anthropology(1), Issues in international public health (1), Evolutionary and
ecological medicine (1), Resources in international public health (1), System thinking for health system
strengthening (1), Injury epidemiology (1), Global trade and health topics (2), Tropical diseases
research (2), Nutrition & health (I,II)(2), Medical informatics (2), Health & international politics (2), Field
study in global health (2)
Management of health service organizations (1), Organization and management of global health (1),
Medical anthropology (1), Issues in international public health(1), Quality Management in international
public health (1), International law and health topics (1), Resources in international public health (1),
System thinking-for health system strengthening (1), Economic evaluation in health care (2), Global
trade and health topics (2), Introduction to disaster medicine (2), Medical informatics (2), Health &
international politics (2), Economic evaluation (2), Field study in global health (2)
Global environmental health science and development (1), Management of health service
organizations (1), Organization and management of global health (1), Medical anthropology (1), Issues
in international public health (1), Quality management in international public health (1), Evolutionary
and ecological medicine (1), International law and health topics (1), Resources in international public
health (1), System thinking-for health system strengthening (1), Injury epidemiology (1), Economic
evaluation in health care (2), Introduction to disaster medicine (2), Tropical diseases research (2),
Health & international politics (2), Economic evaluation (2), Field study in global health (2)
Management of health service organizations (1), Organization and management of global health (1),
Medical anthropology (1), Issues in international public health (1), Quality management in international
public health (1), Resources in international public health (1), System thinking-for health system
strengthening (1), Global trade and health topics (2), Nutrition & health (I,II) (2), Health & international
politics (2), Community nutrition (2), Field study in global health (2)
The number in the parentheses is the year of the course offered.
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Extracurricular Events
 Workshops and seminars on relevant topics
 Visitations to health-related organizations locally and
globally
 Short-term courses/practicum locally and globally
 Conducting field studies locally and globally
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Seminars and Workshops
Topic
Speaker
Date
Satisfaction
WHO’s Projects for
Healthcare System
Strengthening in
Different Countries
Vahé
Kazandjian,
PhD, MPH
Nov. 4,
2011
4.7/5.0
Critical Strategy for
Field Assessment
and Program
Planning and
Monitoring Evaluation
Ted Chen,
PhD, MPH
Dec. 3-4,
2011
4.6/5.0
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Topic
Speaker
Date
Satisfaction
Health Program Monitoring and
Evaluation
Carl Kendall, PhD, MPH
March 10-11,
2012
4.4/5.0
Maternal and Child Healthcare
Seminar
Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury Dr.
Daniel Lu
Ms. Mayeesha Tseng
March 27,
2012
4.6/5.0
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Topic
Speaker
Presentations on Health
Systems Strengthening
Dr. Ferdinand Siem Tjam
Dr. Tzay-Jinn Chen
Ms. Munkh-Erdene Luvsan
Global Economics Aspects
of Tobacco Control
Dr. Hana Ross
Dr. Obijiofor Aginam
Date
Satisfaction
May 25,
2012
4.3/5.0
October 25,
2012
4.0/5.0
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Topic
Speaker
Date
Satisfaction
Global Health Policy Workshop
Dr. Vincent Rollet
Dr. Mathuros
Tipayamongkholgul
Dr. Ya-wen Chiu
November 26,
2012
4.7/5.0
Project Cycle Management: An
Exercise on Participatory Project
Planning
Professor Yujiro Handa
December 8,
2012
5.0/5.0
Participatory Management
Framework For Government Sector
Hospital and Health Center
Workshop
Professor Yujiro Handa
March 19,
2013
5.0/5.0
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Topic
Project Evaluation & Health issues in
traditional custom and culture
Critical Strategy for Field Assessment
and Program Planning and Monitoring
Evaluation Workshop
Speaker and Date
Professor Yujiro Handa
Dr. Ted Chen
Participant
Numbers
May 21,
2013
June 4,
2013
Satisfaction
4.8/5.0
5.0/5.0
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Visit of Organizations
Destination
Date
Centers for Disease Control
11/29/2011
Danshui Public Health Center
11/29/2011
Department of Health
5/16/2012
New Taipei City Hospital
5/23/2012
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Destination
Date
Kungliao Public Health Center
11/27/2012
Nantou Public Health Center
(program & School of Health Care Administration)
12/03/2012
Taoyuan Public Health Center
(program & School of Health Care Administration)
Taoyuan Min-Sheng Hospital
3/20/2013
7/16/2013
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Dual Degree with UF
Dual degree program established with University
of Findlay’s MBA Program in Findlay, Ohio
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University of Southern California
TMU visits USC: June 20-29, 2012; June 13-18, 2013
USC visits TMU: July 9-21, 2012; July 8-17, 2013
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Career Opportunities
 Global health practitioners within international
governmental organizations (IGO), international
non-governmental organizations (INGO), and
international health and development agencies
 Health policy decision makers, researchers, or
managers within the health care system worldwide
 Academic professionals in the university or
academic institute worldwide
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Announcement
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Workshop:
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TMU External Evaluation on-site visit:
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Speaker: Dr. Yujiro Handa, Health Science University of Hokkaido
Time/Date: 9:00 am-4:00 pm, September 25 (Wednesday), 2013
Location: Office of Student Affairs conference room
Topic: Project Cycle Management: Simulative planning workshop to
learn how to conduct "Participatory Planning Workshop“
1st year students are required to attend
5 committees from other universities
Time/Date: 9:00 am-17:30 pm, October 18 (Friday), 2013
Location: program meeting room
Institutional Evaluation on-site visit:
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4 committees from Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation
Council of Taiwan
Time/Date: 10:00 am-17:30 pm, November 1 (Friday), 2013
Location: program meeting room
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Leading program
Elite professionals
Global impact
Educational leadership
National unique
Devoted services
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Master Program in Global Health
College of Public Health and Nutrition
Faculty Members
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Research Highlights
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Global health
Trade and public health law
Impact of aging on health policy
Global biodiversity monitoring and indicators
Health care quality, international health
development
Community health planning and evaluation
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Jane C-J Chao
Professor, PhD
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Professor, School of Nutrition and Health Sciences, TMU
Director, Master Program in Global Health and Development, TMU
PROJECTS
Investigation the feasibility of promotion of international health based on
the experiences of the health care system in Taiwan. DOH, 2013.
Effects of new si wu beverage on iron-deficient anemia in women.
Standard Foods Corporation, 2013.
Effect of cooking oil on blood lipids. AGV Products Corporation, 2013.
Effect of fish oil on alcoholic liver disease from the aspect of pathogenic
mechanisms. NSC, 2011-2014.
Effects of ginkgolide and bilobalide on tumorigenesis and angiogenesis of
hepatocellular carcinoma. NSC, 2011-2012.
PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Tsai, Y-H, Wang, T-W, Wei, H-J*, Hsu, C-Y, Ho, H-J, Chen, W-H, Young, R, Liaw, C-M, and Chao, JC-J*
Dietary intake, glucose metabolism and sex hormones in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)
compared with women with non-PCOS-related infertility. Br J Nutr 2012;10: 1-9.
Lo, Y-T, Tsai, Y-H, Wu, S-J, Chen, J-R, and Chao, JC-J*. Ginsenoside Rb1 inhibits cell activation and liver
fibrosis in rat hepatic stellate cells. J Med Food 2011;14:1135-1143.
Wu, P-S, Wu, S-J, Tsai, Y-H, Lin, Y-H, and Chao, JC-J*. Hot water extracted Lycium barbarum and Rehmannia
glutinosa inhibit liver inflammation and fibrosis in rats. Am J Chin Med 2011;39:1173-1191.
Hsu, C-Y, Huang, L-C, Chen,TM, Chen, LF, and Chao, JC-J*. A web-based decision support system for dietary
analysis and recommendations. Telemed E Health 2011;17:68-75.
Wu, S-J, Tam, K-W, Tsai, Y-H, Chang, C-C, and Chao, JC-J*. Curcumin and saikosaponin a inhibit chemical33
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induced liver inflammation and fibrosis in rats. Am J Chin Med 2010;38:99-111.
Ya-Wen Chiu
Associate Professor, PhD, MEM
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PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Associate Professor, Master Program in Global Health and
Development, TMU
Counselor, Taiwan Health Corps
Supervisor, Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association
PROJECTS
Establishing an Academic Network for Cooperation on the
International Health Policy (NHRI, 2007-2011)
Establishing Evidence-Based Medicine R&D Center and
East-Asian Cochrane Network (NHRI, 2007-2011)
The comparison of international health aid system and
policies (NHRI, 2011-2013)
Climate Change and Health Policy (NHRI, 2011-2013)
PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Chiu YW*, Weng YH, Chen CF, Yang CY, Lee ML. Perceptions and efficiency of shortterm medical aid missions among key groups of health professionals. Evaluation & the
Health Professions 2012. Oct 10. [Epub ahead of print]
Chiu YW*, Weng YH, Chen CF, Yang CY, Chiou HY, Lee ML. A comparative study of
Taiwan’s short-term medical missions to the South Pacific Islands and Central America.
BMC International Health and Human Rights 12(1):37, 2012
Chiu YW*, Weng YH, Wahlqvist M, Yang CY, Kuo KN. Do registered dietitians search
evidence-based information? A nationwide survey of the regional hospitals in Taiwan.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 21(4):630-637, 2012
Weng YH, Hsu CC, Shih YH, Lo HL, Chiu YW*, Kuo KN. Dissemination of systematic
reviews in a hospital setting: a comparative survey for spreading use of the Cochrane
Library. Postgraduate Medical Journal 88(1043):511-514, 2012
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Jean F-J Tsai
Assistant Professor, PhD
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Master Program in Global Health and
Development, TMU
PROJECTS
Development and possible issues of ＇Pandemic influenza preparedness Framework -for the sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits. NSC,
2012-2013.
Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of the Research, Development, and Application
of Vaccine. NSC, 2012-2013.
Evolution in intergenerational exchanges and elders’ health and policy: comparison
between Taiwan and the globe. TMU, 2012-2013
International trade and public health regulations. DOH, 2012.
Framework Convention of Tobacco Control. DOH, 2012.
The ethical, legal, and social impact (ELSI) Office Program for NRPB. NSC, 2011-2013.
PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Tsai FJ, Progress and Challenges on Protocol of Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. Health Diplomacy Monitor Vol 3:
issue7 Dec, 2012
蔡奉真，全球衛生治理中之專家決策與透明度問題，中央研究院法律學研究所專書，2012,5月,1-48頁。(in Chinese)
Tsai FJ, Chan CC, Gender Difference in Occupational Stress and Health Functioning among Legal Professionals in
Taiwan. Taiwan J Public Health. 2011;30(5):494-504
Tsai FJ, Motamed S, Elia N, Rougemont A, Evolution in intergenerational exchanges between elderly people and
their grandchildren in Taiwan; data from a multiple round cross-sectional study from 1993 to 2007. BMC Public
Health 2011 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-639
Tsai FJ, Chan CC, The impact of financial crisis on psychological work stress and Burnout among financial workers
and lawyers. IAOEH 2011;84(4):445-52.
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Bruno A. Walther
Assistant Professor, PhD
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor, Master Program in Global Health and
Development, TMU
PROJECTS
Incorporating multiple criteria into the selection of priority
conservation areas using Taiwan’s birds to achieve effective
multispecies conservation planning, NSC, 2010-2013
A database of Western Palearctic birds migrating within Africa
to guide conservation decisions. Various funding sources, 20002013
Modelling the evolution of virulence in pathogens. Taipei
Medical University, 2012-2013.
PUBLICATIONS HIGHLIGHTS
Walther BA, Taylor PB, Schäffer N, Robinson S, Jiguet F. 2012. The African wintering distribution of the
corncrake Crex crex. Bird Conservation International (in press).
Wu T-Y, Lee P-F, Lin R-S, Wu J-L, Walther BA. 2012. Modeling the distribution of rare or cryptic bird
species of Taiwan. Taiwania 57:342-358
Walther BA, Larigauderie A, Loreau M. 2011. DIVERSITAS: Biodiversity science integrating research
and policy for human well-being. Pp. 1235-1248 in Brauch HG et al. (Eds). Coping with global
environmental change, disasters and security - threats, challenges, vulnerabilities and risks. SpringerVerlag, Berlin.
Walther BA, Ewald PW. 2004. Pathogen survival in the external environment and the evolution of
virulence. Biological Reviews 79:849-869.
Scholes RJ, Mace GM, Turner W, Geller GN, Jürgens N, Larigauderie A, Muchoney D, Walther BA,
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Mooney HA. 2008. Toward a global biodiversity observing system. Science 321:1044-1045.
Master Program in Global Health
and Development
Taipei Medical University
Tel. no.: +886-2-2736-1661 ext. 6626
Fax no.: +886-2-2736-1661 ext. 6624
Email: global@tmu.edu.tw
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