[IE-02] International Education Course 02
International Education Course 02

[IE-02-4] The role of microbiota in Alzheimer disease animals and patients

^○Chaur-Jong Hu^1,2 (1.Department of Neurology and Dementia Center, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, 2.Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University)

Dr. Chaur-Jong Hu graduated from Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan in 1990. He completed the Neurology specialty training in Jen-Ai Hospital, Taipei. Currently he serves as a neurologist and also the vice superintendent in research affairs and the director of the Dementia Center in Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan. He also is a professor at the School of Medicine, College of Medicine and vice superintendent of Taipei Neuroscience Institute, Taipei Medical University.
He has ever studied as a research fellow in the Stroke Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA in 2000. His researches focus on clinical and molecular aspects of neurological diseases, including stroke, dementia and neuro-degeneration-related sleep disorders. Dr. Hu also has extensive experience in clinical trials. He has published over 180 peer-reviewed papers and 2 book chapters. He is also a member of the editorial boards in Acta Neurologica Taiwanica, Journal of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Scientific Reports and Medicine. Dr. Hu now is the President of the Taiwan Dementia Society since 2018. He is also a fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).