Research opportunities and/or post-doctoral training positions are available throughout the year.  Interested individuals (whether trained in medicine, surgery, physiology or electrical engineering) are encouraged to contact Dr.Jiande Chen: jiandechen@transtimulation.com 

Past Mentorship:
1. Mentor of clinical fellows
    • Gina Shrestha, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, UTMB, 1999-2000
    • Sanjeeb Sthrestha, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, UTMB, 1999-2001
    • Samir Nath, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, UTMB, 1999-2001
    • Xiaotuan Zhao, Clinical Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology, UTMB, 2001- 2004
    • Dipti Doshi, Clinical Fellow, Division of Rheumatology, UTMB, 2002-2004

2. Mentor of graduate students
    • Committee member of PhD thesis of Mike Harnish, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1997.
    • Committee member of Master and PhD thesis of Sigrid Elsenbruch, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, 1996-1998.
    • Mentor for Master Thesis of Osamu Tokumaru, Aerospace Medicine Program, Dept. of Preventive Medicine/Community Health 2000-2001
    • Committee member of PhD Thesis of Jie Liang, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Leuven, Belgium, 1999
    • Committee Chair of MS Thesis of Dr. Xiaotuan Zhao, Department of Preventive Medicine/Community Health, 2003
    • Committee member of PhD thesis for Shukun Yao, MD, Peking Union Medical College. Beijing, China, 2005
    • Committee Chair of MS thesis of Truptesh Kothari, UTMB, 2004 -

3. Mentor of post-docs and international trainees/scholars
    • Zhiyue Lin, Visiting Scholar, Daliang China, 1992-1995
    • Xiaobin Yi, MD, Beijing, China, 1991
    • Jenny Pan, MD, Shengyang, China, 1994-1996
    • Ming Zhang, BS, 1995-1996, Shandong Province, China
    • Daniela Levanon, MD (Pediatrician), Oct. 1996- July 1997, Israel
    • Ching-liang Lu, MD (Gastroenterologist), July 1997- January 1998, Veteran General Hospital-Taipei, Taiwan
    • Toshihiko Kono, MD (Gastroenterologist), December 1997- May 1998, National Defense Medical College, Japan
    • Rajni Narayanan, MD, 1998, India
    • Masaki Abo, MD (Surgeon), July 1998-July 1999, University of Sendai, Japan
    • Yi-Hsin Hsu, MD (Gastroenterology), June 1998-July 1999, Taiwan
    • Tatsuyuki Ueno, MD (Surgeon), July 1999- July 2000, Japan
    • Xiaohua Hou, MD (Gastroenterology), December 1999-December 2000 China
    • Xiaohong Xu, MS (Biomedical Engineer), March 2000-, China
    • Wei-shing Chang, MD (Gastroenterologist), Yuan's General Hospital, April 2000-, Taiwan
    • Asem Elfert, MD (Gastroenterologist), Egypt, 1999-2000
    • Shou-hsuan Yang, MD (Gastroenterologist), National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Taiwan, 1999
    • Laura I Garay, MSc, PhD Student from Mexico, 1999-2000
    • Asad Rafiq, MD (Internist) India, 2001-2002
    • Jinsong Liu, MD (Gastroenterology). Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China, 2001-2003
    • Hanaa Sallam, MD (Physiologist), Egypt, 2003
    • Hermes Oliveira, MD (GI Surgeon) Brazil, 2003
    • Shi Liu, MD (Gastroenterology). Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China, 2003-2004
    • Huibin Qi, MD (Gastroenterology). Xian Jiaotong University Medical College, 2004-2005
    • Yuqiang Nie, MD (Gastroenterology) 2004-2005, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, Guangzhou, China
    • Huatian, MD (Gastroenterology), 2003-2005. Western China Medical College, Chengdu, China.
    • Junying Xu, MD (Gastroenterology), 2005