09/15/2025
【友社宣傳】Boston Taiwanese Physician Association
【BTPA 2025 秋季 醫師研究系列 - 游維文 醫師/博士 (Timothy W. Yu, MD, PhD)】
🧬 從實驗室的全基因體定序(WGS)到成功開發全球首例個人化基因藥物並實際應用於臨床,游維文醫師不僅讓精準醫學成為現實,更推動美國 FDA 制定首份個人化基因醫療指引,真正展現「從研究到臨床(bench to bedside)」的轉譯醫學典範。
🍁 波士頓台灣醫師協會(BTPA)誠摯邀請您參加2025 秋季醫師研究系列講座!
🎉 我們很榮幸邀請到 游維文 醫師/博士 (Timothy W. Yu, MD, PhD)(哈佛醫學院副教授、波士頓兒童醫院遺傳與基因組學部門主治醫師暨研究員),分享他如何將基因定序成果成功應用到個人化治療,開創罕見疾病醫療的新氣象。
🎙 主講人:游維文 醫師/博士 (Timothy W. Yu, MD, PhD)
1. 哈佛醫學院小兒科副教授
2. 波士頓兒童醫院 遺傳與基因組學 部門 計劃主持人/臨床醫師科學家
3. 麻省理工與哈佛大學 Broad Institute 成員
4. N=1 Collaborative 創辦人
🎓 研究與成就
1. 最早將 全基因體定序 應用於人類疾病基因探索的先驅
2. 2018 年帶領團隊為罕病患童 Mila 量身打造 全球首例個人化反義寡核苷酸療法 Milasen,成為 FDA 個人化基因醫療指南的依據
3. 研究團隊已為多種先前無藥可治的疾病研發出突破性治療,研究成果發表於 NEJM、Nature Medicine、Nature 等頂尖期刊
4. 創立 N=1 Collaborative,致力推動罕病個人化醫療的規範化與規模化
🌟 游醫師的研究橫跨 基因體學、資訊學、神經生物學,並將成果直接轉譯到病人床邊,為罕病治療帶來希望。
📝 活動資訊
📌 主題:Dr. Timothy Yu on N-of-1 Genomic Medicine and the Dawn of Interventional Genetics
📌 主持人:Li-Chi Chen, MD MPH - 麻州大學醫學中心 博士後研究員
📅 日期與時間:
美國:2025 年 9 月 19 日(週五)晚間 6:00–8:00 (ET)
台灣:2025 年 9 月 20 日(週六)早上 6:00–8:00
💻 形式:現場 + 線上
📍 地點:哈佛大學 Smith Campus Center 2 樓 Mt. Auburn Room
(1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138)
📌 費用:免費
📌 報名連結:https://forms.gle/zXXED4HWKXWWzik7A
[BTPA Fall 2025 Physician Research Series - Dr. Timothy W. Yu]
🧬 From gene discovery in the lab to developing the first individualized genetic medicine ever delivered to a patient, Dr. Timothy Yu has turned precision medicine into reality, creating a precedent that shaped the FDA’s first guidance on individualized genomic therapies and redefining what “bench to bedside” truly means.
🍁 Join us for the Boston Taiwanese Physicians Association’s (BTPA) Fall 2025 Physician Research Series!
🎉 BTPA is honored to host Dr. Timothy W. Yu, MD, PhD, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Principal Investigator at Boston Children’s Hospital, whose pioneering work is transforming the future of individualized genomic medicine.
🎙 Featured Speaker: Dr. Timothy W. Yu, MD, PhD
1. Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
2. Principal Investigator/Physician-Scientist, Division of Genetics & Genomics, Boston Children’s Hospital
3. Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
4. Founder, N=1 Collaborative
🎓 Dr. Yu’s Academic and Professional Journey:
1. MD-PhD training, University of California, San Francisco
2. Neurology Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital & Brigham and Women’s Hospital
3. Postdoctoral Training, Boston Children’s Hospital
4. Pioneered next-generation sequencing in human disease gene discovery
5. Led the first patient-customized antisense oligonucleotide therapy (CLN7 Batten disease, 2018) → basis for FDA’s first individualized genomic medicine guidance
6. Founder of the N=1 Collaborative, advancing patient-tailored interventions for orphan diseases
🌟 With his groundbreaking work at the intersection of genomics, informatics, and neurobiology, Dr. Yu continues to bridge research and patient care, setting the stage for a new era of precision medicine.
📝 Event Details:
📌 Topic: Dr. Timothy Yu on N-of-1 Genomic Medicine and the Dawn of Interventional Genetics
📌 Moderator: Li-Chi Chen, MD MPH - Postdoctoral Fellow, UMass Medical Center
📅 Date & Time:
US: Friday, September 19, 2025, 6:00–8:00 PM (ET)
Taiwan: Saturday, September 20, 2025, 6:00–8:00 AM
💻 Format: Hybrid (In-person & Online)
📍 Venue: Mt. Auburn Room, 2F Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center, Harvard University (1350 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138)
📌 Fee: Free
📌 Register Here: https://forms.gle/zXXED4HWKXWWzik7A