Prof. Tomohiro Morio

Position: Professor/Vice president, Executive Director
Affiliation: Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Biography

• Highest Education: MD and PhD degrees from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
• Honors and Awards: Recognized as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2023 in Immunology
• Specializes in: Pediatric hematology, immunology, and infectious diseases, with over 400 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals

Prof. Satoshi Okada

Position: Professor
Affiliation: Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences(Medicine), Hiroshima University, Japan

Biography

• Highest Education: Doctor of Medicine (Ph.D.) from Hiroshima University
• Honors and Awards: Kawano Award in Pediatric Medicine, Basic Medical Sciences Division (2014)
• Specializes in: Clinical internal medicine: Pediatrics

Prof. Dr. Janine Reichenbach

Position: Professor/Co-Head, Deputy director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Affiliation: University of Zurich / University Children's Hospital Zurich, Switzerland

Biography

• Highest Education: Medical License (Dr. med., MD)
• Honors and Awards: Science Award Walter and Gertrud Siegenthaler Stiftung (2010)
• Specializes in: Translating basic immunology research into clinical applications, with a particular focus on inborn errors of immunity.

Dr. Peng Zhang

Position: Associate Professor/Staff Scientist
Affiliation: Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, USA

Biography

• Highest Education: PhD from National University of Singapore (NUS)
• Honors and Awards: Nicholson Award (2019), Best Presenter at Medicine Scientific Congress (2016), Research Fellowship (2012)
• Specializes in: Computational Biology

Prof. Kuender-D Yang

Position: Professor/Vice president
Affiliation: Taipei MacKay Children's Hospital / National Yang Ming Chau Tong University & National Defense Medical Center

Biography

• Highest Education: MD and PhD degrees from National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan
• Honors and Awards: Recognized as a World top 2% Influential Scientist (2020~)
• Specializes in: Pediatric immunology and rheumatology

Prof. Cheng-Lung Ku

Position: Distinguished Professor/Director
Affiliation: Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang Gung University

Biography

• Highest Education: PhD from Université Paris Descartes, France
• Honors and Awards: Outstanding Research Award from Ministry of Science and Technology (2021)
• Specializes in: Human immunology and infectious diseases

Dr. Wei-Te Lei

Position: Associate Professor/Director
Affiliation: Division of pediatric allergy, immunology and rheumatology, Hsinchu Municipal MacKay Children's Hospital

Biography

• Highest Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Medical Sciences from Chang Gung University
• Honors and Awards: Best oral poster presentation award at the 13th Congress of Asian Society for Pediatric Research (2017)
• Specializes in: Pediatric allergy, immunology and rheumatology

Dr. Jhan-Jie Peng

Position: Assistant research fellow
Affiliation: Center for Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Chang-Gung University

Biography

• Highest Education: Ph.D. in Clinical Medical Sciences from Chang Gung University (scheduled 2025)
• Honors and Awards: Best thesis award, The 21st Tien Te Lee Biomedical Awards (20215)
• Specializes in: Research on CAR T-cell therapy, metabolic challenges, and immune cell differentiation