Ph.D. Program in Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control

In the past three decades, injury has been ranked in the top ten causes of death in Taiwan and World. Taipei Medical University is the first academic institute to provide a post-graduate program for injury prevention and control in Asia, founding the Graduate Institute of Injury Prevention and Control (IPC) in 2000.
1. The national trauma dataset is established, and regularly updated, aiming to provide a platform/system that integrates multi-disciplined areas such as public health, epidemiology, and safety for improving domestic safety in Taiwan.
2. The academic members within the institute are the founders for several injury-prevention related organizations such as Taiwanese Community Safety Promotion Center and Taiwanese Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Association (TIPSPA) that provide integration among industries, academicians, and governmental bureaus.
3. Outstanding research records have been established within the institute – the multi-disciplined research topics include traumatic brain injury with NIH of US, aviation medicine, national injury surveillance, elderly injury, rehabilitation medicine, violence, neurosurgery, spinal injury and traffic safety.