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Deputy Director

Ji, Dar-Der / 嵇達德

College of Medicine

 02-2826-7076
 
 ddji@nycu.edu.tw；darder.ji@gmail.com

Current Position

Dept. Head and Associate Professor, College of Tropical Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)
Deputy Director, International Health Program, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University


Office

R610, Shou-Ren Building


Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Molecular Parasitology, University of Edinburgh, UK
MSc, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, National Defense Medical Center (NDMC), Taiwan


Experience

Principal Investigator, Parasitology Laboratory, Diagnostics and Vaccine Development Center, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, NDMC, Taiwan
Division Director and Principal Investigator, Institute of Preventive Medicine, NDMC, Taiwan
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology-Microbiology Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, USA


IHP Thesis Advisee

1. Fatou Gai. A Pilot Survey of Giardia lamblia in Children with Gastroenteritis in The Gambia. 2012 MSc. (Co-advisor) from Gambia

2. Nosisa Thembumenzi Vilakati. Identification and Characterization of Entamoeba Species in Patients with Suspected Amoebiasis. 2013 MSc. (Co-advisor) from Eswatini

3. Tsendsuren Sereeterdorj. Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases among Symptomatic Women in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 2014 MSc. (Co-advisor) from Mongolia

4. Tran Le Ngoc Ha. Dengue Virus Infection in North and Central Parts of Vietnam during 2012-2013. 2014 MSc. (Co-advisor) from Vietnam

5. David Manuel Ferrandiz Mont. Hygiene and Other Risk Factors for Asthma, Eczema and Rhinitis among Children in Urban and Rural Aceh Indonesia. 2016 MSc. From Span

6. Silvere Dieudonne Zaongo. Medium effects and Non-Neuronal Cholinergic System in Naegleria fowleri. 2018 PhD from Burkina Faso

7. Doris Yecenia Sandith Yanes. Associations between levels of Urinary Heavy Metals and Prevalence of Diabetes in the U.S Adults: Results from the NHANES 2003-2014. 2019 MSc. from Belize 

8. Nguyen Duc Thinh. Efficacy of gravid Aedes trap (GAT) and Dengue risk assessment model in Vietnam. 2021 Msc. from Vietnam

9. Maria Fernanda Avila Mejia. Differential Diagnosis of Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika Infections in Primary Healthcare Centers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. 2021 PhD 5th year continuing from Honduras 

10. 劉潔瑜. Isolation and characterisation of Acanthamoeba spp. and their endosymbionts from keratitis patients in a tertiary hospital. 2021 Msc. from Malaysia

11. Phan Minh-Huan. Evaluation of efficacy, safety of artesunate-mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria, and its resistance molecular markers in central Vietnam, 2021. 2022 Msc. from Vietnam

12. Ashaolu Opeolu Joseph. Nitric oxide pathway in Neagleria fowleri and Acanthamoeba. 2020 PhD 4th year continuing from Nigeria

13. Nguyen Trong Nhan. Time series and Spatial Analysis of Dengue Fever Before and During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic in Phu Yen Province, Vietnam. 2023 Msc. from Vietnam


Selected Publications

  1. Chen JS, Hsu TK, Hsu BM, Chao SC, Huang TY, Ji DD, Yang PY, Huang IH. Swimming Pool-Associated Vittaforma-Like Microsporidia Linked to Microsporidial Keratoconjunctivitis Outbreak, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019. 25(11):2100-2103. PMID: 31625849
  2. Dlamini NC, Ji DD, Chien LY. Factors associated with isoniazid resistant tuberculosis among human immunodeficiency virus positive patients in Swaziland: a case-control study. BMC Infect Dis. 2019. 19(1):731. PMID: 31429717
  3. Zaongo SD, Shaio MF, Ji DD. Effects of culture media on Naegleria fowleri growth at different temperatures. J Parasitol. 2018 Jun 5. 104(5):451-456. PMID: 29869929
  4. Chen JS, Hsu BM, Tsai HC, Chen YP, Huang TY, Li KY, Ji DD, Lee HS. Molecular surveillance of Vittaforma-like microsporidia by a small-volume procedure in drinking water source in Taiwan: evidence for diverse and emergent pathogens. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2018. 25(19):18823-18837. PMID: 29713979.
  5. Nakada-Tsukui K, Sekizuka T, Sato-Ebine E, Escueta-de Cadiz A, Ji DD, Tomii K, Kuroda M, Nozaki T. AIG1 affects in vitro and in vivo virulence in clinical isolates of Entamoeba histolytica. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Mar 19;14(3):e1006882. PMID: 29554130
  6. Ferrandiz-Mont D, Wahyuniati N, Chen HJ, Mulyadi M, Zanaria TM, Ji DD. Hygiene practices: Are they protective factors for eczema symptoms? Immun Inflamm Dis. 6(2):297-306. PMID: 29516688
  7. Chen JS, Hsu TK, Hsu BM, Huang TY, Huang YL, Shaio MF, Ji DD. Surveillance of Vittaforma corneae in hot springs by a small- volume procedure. Water Res. 2017. 118:208-216. PMID: 28432932.
  8. Ji DD, Huang IH, Lai CC, Wu FT, Jiang DD, Hsu BM, Lin WC. Prevalence and characterization of enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis and toxigenic Clostridium difficile in a Taipei emergency department. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2017. 50(1):83-89. PMID: 25648668.
  9. Chang KP, Kolli BK; New Light Group. New "light" for one-world approach toward safe and effective control of animal diseases and insect vectors from leishmaniac perspectives. Parasit Vectors. 2016. 9(1):396. PMID: 27412129.
  10. Cheng MF, Lin LH, Huang MS, Lee HS, Ji DD, Lin CS, Hsia KT. Downexpression of Matriptase-2 Correlates With Tumor Progression and Clinical Prognosis in Oral Squamous-Cell Carcinoma. Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol. 2017. 25(7):481-488. PMID: 26862950
  11. Lai CC, Ji DD, Wu FT, Mu JJ, Yang JR, Jiang DD, Lin WY, Chen WT, Yen MY, Wu HS, Chen TH. Etiology and Risk Factors of Acute Gastroenteritis in a Taipei Emergency Department: Clinical Features for Bacterial Gastroenteritis. J Epidemiol. 2016. 26(4): 216-23. PMID: 26639752
  12. Su CW, Li CY, Lee JC, Ji DD, Li SY, Daniel B, Syndercombe- Court D, Linacre A, Hsieh HM. A novel application of real-time RT-LAMP for body fluid identification: using HBB detection as the model. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2015. 11(2): 208-15. PMID: 25877518