Introduction

    The teaching and research program in Department of Physiology and Pharmacology adopt traditional disciplines of physiology and pharmacology, but expands to modern and interdisciplinary biomedical fields. The physiology program provides the platform for basic health sciences; whereas pharmacology bridges to clinical medicine. Research activities in our department, such as cardiovascular physiology, cellular physiology, cancer biology, molecular endocrinology and neuroscience reflect the integration of these aspects. Those integrated programs assess various essential questions approached from molecular and cellular levels to systemic animal research, with the assistance of modern technology and knowledge in molecular biology, molecular imaging, functional genomics/proteomics and bioinformatics. Our research programs also emphasize collaborative projects with our affiliated Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, includes departments of Ophthalmology, Surgery, Neurology, Cardiology, Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, etc. Consequently, our curriculum offers not only the basic modules of general physiology and pharmacology, but covers advanced graduate courses, such as basic and molecular neuroscience, cardiovascular system, signal transduction, neurochemistry and membrane physiology. Through those teaching programs and research collaborations, our students will be benefited from basic bioscience learning to potential clinical applications. We believe our department programs will motivate and guide them to develop their future career in independent research and teaching.