Overview

Renal failure is the seventh of the top ten causes of death in Taiwan. The number of people with chronic renal failure who require long-term dialysis has reached 30000. The possible reasons for the high incidence and prevalence of dialysis patients in Taiwan include: an increase in diabetic patients and elderly population, increased survival in dialysis patients, use of nephrotoxic agents (ie. NSAIDS) and Chinese herb nephropathy. Infection associated nephropathy such as leptospirosis is also an important and often neglected cause of acute and chronic renal failure in Taiwan.

Our Purpose
Investigate kidney disease etiology and pathogenesis to improve academic standards, improve service quality, and establish an international reputation

Our Mission
Explore the mechanisms of kidney disease in Taiwan
Develope prevention and treatment of kidney disease
Establish a world class academic profile

Research Direction
Investigate kidney disease etiology and pathogenesis’s starting
Drug efficacy studies
Develop new skills, clinical diagnosis and curing treatments

Personnel training
Training basic clinical knowledge and skills to cultivate professional qualified workers