About
Many outstanding research achievements and innovative ideas in Taiwan fail to create value for health and well-being due to the lack of a comprehensive translation and commercialization mechanism. We aim to build a bridge for digital health innovation teams, enabling exceptional ideas to be transformed into practical and viable products and services.
DHT Origins
Recognizing the immense potential and rapid development of AI and digital health, Professor Yu-Chuan Li of Taipei Medical University, along with experts from TMU’s affiliated hospitals, the Office of Research and Development, the Data Office, the Office of Business Development, and the Medical Simulation Education Center, jointly established the Digital Health Translational Industry-Academic Alliance (DHT). 。
Vision & Mission
The DHT Alliance understands that the journey from innovative concepts and technologies to commercialization is a long one. We aim to establish a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary collaboration platform to help researchers and startup teams develop market-competitive solutions, accelerate their path to success, and truly meet the needs of both clinicians and patients.
Core Services
- Product Planning and Field Verification
- Medical Simulation Verification
- External Data Verification Support
- Regulatory Guidance and Certification for Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)
- International Accelerator and Resource Linkage
- Industry Knowledge Development and Exchange
Alliance Team Members
The alliance team consists of top physicians, professor advisors, startup leaders, and senior industry experts, working together with you on the path to success!
Yu-Chuan, Li (Jack) Distinguished Professor
Alliance Principal Investigator
A pioneer in Taiwan’s electronic medical records and AI applications in medical informatics, honored with numerous international and domestic accolades, including being the first Taiwanese Chair of IMIA recognized by the WHO, ranked among the world’s top 2% of leading scientists, and the recipient of multiple distinguished awards.
Chih-Wei, Huang (Grace)
Associate Researcher
Aillance CEO
A practitioner of digital health specializing in big data analysis and visualization in healthcare. Experienced in utilizing clinical data for innovative research, with a primary research focus on chronic kidney disease.
Hsuan-Chia, Yang
Associate Professor
Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, TMU
Machine Learning Applications in Medical Data, Medication Safety Data Analysis, Drug Information Systems, Long-Term Medication and Cancer Correlation
Min-Huei, Hsu
Professor
Dean, TMU Data Science
President of the Taiwan HL7 Association, specializing in healthcare information management, health data science, medical quality, and patient safety.
Dr. Ming-Chin, Lin
President of Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics
Vice President of Wan Fang Hospital, specializing in healthcare and technology IoT integration, electronic medical records, and biomedical informatics.
Dr. Che-Wei, Lin
Director of TMU Center for Education in Medical Simulation (CEMS)
President of Taiwan Society of Simulation in Acute and Critical Care Medicine, Fellow of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH), specializing in AI applications in medical education.
Dr. Wen-Cheng, Huang
Deputy director of TMU Center for Education in Medical Simulation (CEMS)
Former Director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Wanfang Hospital. He specializes in applying medical simulation education to clinical practice to enhance patient safety.
Jason C. Hsu
Associate Professor
Director of TMU Clinical Data Science
Research areas include big data analysis and international biotechnology and healthcare management, responsible for clinical data validation.
Phung Anh(Alex), Nguyen
Assistant Professor
Assistant Research Fellow of Present Clinical Data Center, TMU Office of Data Science
Responsible for domestic and international data alliance collaboration, managing OHDSI (Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics) international data alliance affairs and global corporate partnerships.
Yung-Chun, Chang
Professor
Vice President of TMU Research Center for Artificial Intelligence In Medicine and Health
Specializing in natural language processing (NLP), information retrieval, and sentiment analysis in the field of artificial intelligence.
Tzu-Hao, Chang
Professor
Professor of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics
Director of Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics Center, Office of Data Science. Specializing in bioinformatics, data mining, and genomics.
Hung-Wen, Chiu
Professor
Professor of Professional Master Program for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, College of Medicine
President of the Medical Image Standards Association of Taiwan, specializing in heart rate variability analysis, biochip data analysis, and neural network-based decision support.
Chih-Hwa, Chen
Professor
Director of TMU Research Center for Biomedical Devices
Research areas include biomedical devices, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine.
Chang-I, Chen
Assistant Professor
Vice President of Taipei Cancer Center
Research areas include medical informatics, healthcare management, and biotechnology management, responsible for health IoT product verification.
Shabbir Syed-Abdul
Professor
Director of Digital Health International Strategy
Specializing in digital health application development and validation, with multiple international collaboration projects and extensive global healthcare network resources.
Shian-Ying, Sung
Professor
Vice President of Chung Shan Medical University
Specializing in tumor microenvironment, cancer cell metastasis, prostate cancer, cancer diagnosis, and cancer treatment.
Ｍax Lu, BD Consultant
Consultant
A veteran medtech serial entrepreneur and former biomedical division head at Foxconn and Hotai Motor. He pursued a PhD in Biomedical Engineering at National Taiwan University (incomplete) and is dedicated to observing and analyzing the medical startup industry, offering deep insights into emerging trends and potential opportunities.
Jim Long, PhD
Consultant
Currently the CEO and Founder of AESOP Technology, he is a three-time serial entrepreneur and a veteran AIoT maker. Having spent a quarter of a century deep in the medical and electronics industries, he is deeply fascinated by the human element within the hard sciences of life and computing, and is passionate about helping clients solve problems.
Sharon Yi
Consultant
As the Deputy CEO of the TMU BioMed Accelerator, with rich experience in assisting startups in fundraising, product development, clinical trial planning, and medical channel establishment.
Wen-Ying, Chen (Sandra)
Consultant
With extensive experience in software, startups, and cross-disciplinary industries, formerly a Senior Product Manager at Health2Sync, and currently studying at the School of Gerontology and Long-Term Care at Taipei Medical University.
Dr. Shi-Bei, Wu (Barry)
Director of TMU SPARK in Office of Business Development
Experienced in technology commercialization strategies, with extensive resources and expertise in linking research institutions, venture capital, and industries for product commercialization and innovation-driven entrepreneurship.
Le Hoang
Project Manager
Responsible for introducing and connecting research institutes and startup companies to DHT Alliance, facilitate global corporate partnerships, fostering meaningful collaborations and innovation.
Teng-Yun(Tacia), Chang
Project Manager
Specializing in gerontology and long-term care, with research areas focusing on cognitive impairment and frailty.
Member-Centered Approach, Providing Trusted Expertise
The DHT Alliance team prioritizes understanding your unique needs and leverages years of industry-academia expertise and mentoring experience to tailor the most suitable service solutions for our members. Your success is our success.
The DHT Alliance brings together senior physicians and smart medical device consultants from both academia and industry. Based on your solution, we provide clinical validation planning, user research design, and regulatory approval processes to ensure that the validation process aligns with clinical and regulatory standards in the medical field.
We understand your needs and provide tailor-made service solutions. Additionally, the alliance assigns a Customer Success Team for project members to track project progress and offer timely support whenever needed.
We build a trusted and mutually supportive long-term partnership with each project member. By continuously sharing success stories with research institutions and startup teams, we grow and thrive together.
The DHT Alliance has successfully facilitated multiple industry-academia collaboration cases, leveraging the combined R&D strengths of industry and academia. We help accelerate the final mile of commercialization for innovative digital health solutions and smart medical devices.