Ya-Wen Zhang

Personal profile

Education

1998 PhD, Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang Ming University

Experience

1998~2001 Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
2005~2009 Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
1998~2009 Head of Teaching Division, Center for Neuroscience, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
2001~2005 Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
2004~2008 Secretary in General, Pharmacological Society in Taiwan, Taiwan
2008~2010 Secretary-in-General, Neuroscience Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
2009~2014 Head of Neuroscience Division, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
2009~2014 Senior Principal Investigator, Center for Translational Research in Biomedical Sciences, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
2009~present Adjunct Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
2010~2012 Council Member, Neuroscience Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
2010~present Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
2010~present Member, Review Meeting of Grant Application, Department of Life Sciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2012~2014 Member, Program Committee, Asian-Pacific Society for Neurochemistry (APSN)
2014~present Professor, Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2015~present Professor, Institute of Basic Biomedical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
2016~present Council Member, The Chinese Physiological Society of Taiwan, Taiwan
2016~present Secretary-in-General, Pharmacological Society in Taiwan, Taiwan
2016~present Member, Program Committee, Asia Pacific Federation of Pharmacologists
2017~present Professor, Department of Food Safety/Hygiene and Risk Management, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

Research Interests

Stroke-derived neurodegenerative diseases
Comorbidity of glia and neurons
Pathological mechanism and therapeutic stretagy against epilepsy
Prevention of organophosphate poisoning
Pathological mechanism of inflammasome
Abused drug-induced dysregulation of cardiovascular responses
Bioenergetic failure of mitochondria
Dysregulation of endoplasmic reticulum
Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

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Projects

3 Finished

補充微量營養素影響抗癲癇藥物之治療成效-闡釋以綜合維他命做為抗癲癇藥之附加療法治療重積癲癇誘發神經細胞損傷與橫紋肌溶解症之潛能(1/3)

Zhang, Y.

17-08-01 → 18-07-31

Project: Research project

中風後癲癇誘發細胞自噬與細胞凋亡失衡促使海馬體細胞死亡之機制研究: 腎素-血管加壓素系統、內源大麻系統與statins類藥物之角色

Zhang, Y.

17-08-01 → 18-07-31

Project: Research project

中風後癲癇誘發細胞自噬與細胞凋亡失衡促使海馬體細胞死亡之機制研究: 腎素-血管加壓素系統、內源大麻系統與statins類藥物之角色

Zhang, Y.

16-08-01 → 17-07-31

Project: Research project

Research Output

1807 Citations
26 h-Index
82 Article
1 Review article

PTEN, a negative regulator of PI3K/Akt signaling, sustains brain stem cardiovascular regulation during mevinphos intoxication

Tsai, C. Y., Wu, J. C. C., Fang, C. & Chang, A. Y. W., 2017 Sep 1, In : Neuropharmacology. 123, p. 175-185 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

11 Citations (Scopus)

Altered mitochondrial dynamics and response to insulin in cybrid cells harboring a diabetes-susceptible mitochondrial DNA haplogroup

Kuo, H. M., Weng, S. W., Chang, A. Y. W., Huang, H. T., Lin, H. Y., Chuang, J. H., Lin, T. K., Liou, C. W., Tai, M. H., Lin, C. Y. & Wang, P. W., 2016 Jul 1, In : Free Radical Biology and Medicine. 96, p. 116-129 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

11 Citations (Scopus)

Angiotensin II type I receptor (AT1R) is an independent prognosticator of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and promotes cells proliferation via mTOR activation

Li, S. H., Lu, H. I., Chang, A. Y. W., Huang, W. T., Lin, W. C., Lee, C. C., Tien, W. Y., Lan, Y. C., Tsai, H. T. & Chen, C. H., 2016 Jan 1, In : Oncotarget. 7, 41, p. 67150-67165 16 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article