這幾年實驗室的研究方向主要以新興環境職業疾病相關議題為主,尤其是三聚氰胺暴露與成人發生尿路結石之關係以及塑化劑汙染事件後,受害民眾(特別針對孩童)之健康追蹤結果探討。有些初步的成果已發表,如下:1. Wu CF (equal contribution), Liu CC (equal contribution), Chen BH, Huang SP, Lee HH, Chou YH, Wu WJ, Wu MT*: Urinary melamine and adult urolithiasis in Taiwan. Clin Chim Acta 411: 184-189, 2010.
2. Chien CY, Wu CF, Liu CC, Chen BH, Huang SP, Chou YH, Chang AW, Lee HH, Pan CH, Wu WJ, Shen JT, Chang MY, Huang CH, Shiea J, Hsieh TJ, Wu MT*: High melamine migration in daily-use melamine-made tableware. J Hazard Mater 188: 350-356, 2011.
3. Liu CC (equal contribution), Wu CF (equal contribution), Chen BH, Huang SP, Goggins W, Lee HH, Chou YH, Wu WJ, Huang CH, Shiea J, Lee CH, Wu KY, Wu MT*: Low exposure to melamine increases the risk of urolithiasis in adults. Kidney Int 80: 746-752, 2011.
4. Liu CC, Wu CF, Wu MT*: Reappraisal of melamine exposure and adult calcium urolithiasis. Kidney Int [Letter] 82: 361-362, 2012.
5. Wu MT*, Wu CF, Wu JR, Chen BH, Chen EK, Chao MC, Liu CK, Ho CK*: The public health threat of phthalate-tainted foodstuffs in Taiwan: the policies the government implemented and the lessons we learned. Environ Int 44: 75-79, 2012.
6. Liu CC (equal contribution), Wu CF (equal contribution), Shiea J, Cho YT, Hsieh TJ, Chou YH, Chen BH, Huang SP, Wu WJ, Shen JT, Chang MY, Huang CH, Chang AW, Wu MT*: Detection of melamine in a human renal uric acid stone by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Clin Chim Acta 413: 1689-1695, 2012.
7. Hsieh TJ, Hsieh PC, Tsai YH, Wu CF, Liu CC, Lin MY, Wu MT*: Melamine induces human renal proximal tubular cell injury via transforming growth factor-beta and oxidative stress. Toxicol Sci 130: 17-32, 2012.
8. Wu CF, Hsieh TJ, Chen BH, Liu CC, Wu MT*: A crossover study of noodle soup consumption in melamine bowls and total melamine excretion in urine. JAMA Intern Med 173: 317-319, 2013.
9. Lin YT (equal contribution), Tsai MT (equal contribution), Chen YL, Cheng CM, Huang CC, Wu CF, Liu CC, Hsieh TJ, Shiea J, Chen BH, Wu MT*: Can melamine levels in one-spot overnight urine specimen predict the total previous 24-hours melamine excretion in school children? Clin Chim Acta (in press).
10. Wu MT*, Wu CF, Chen BH, Chen EK, Chen YL, Shiea J, Lee WT, Chao MC, Wu JR*: Intake of phthalate-tainted foods alters thyroid functions in Taiwanese children. PLoS One 8: e55212, 2013.
其中幾篇研究論文,也慶幸讓研究生在不同的學會中相繼獲獎,包括:
1. 錢昭誼碩士生以題目「High melamine release in daily-use melamine-made tableware」獲得2011年流行病學學會碩士研究生論文優等獎。2. 劉家駒博士生在泌尿科黃俊雄教授共同指導下,以題目「Low exposure to melamine increases the risk of urolithiasis in adults」獲得2012年台灣泌尿科醫學會國內外醫學雜誌論文獎-臨床組。3. 吳佳芳博士後研究員以題目「Temporal changes of urinary oxidative metabolites of di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate after 2011 phthalate incidents in Taiwanese children-Findings of 6-month follow-up」獲得2013年工業衛生暨環境職業醫學國際學術研討會優秀論文獎。雖然發表的論文已有一定的數目,可是其學術品質及對社會之貢獻仍須再提昇,希望藉此學術園地有機會與校內外不同領域之專家學者進一步合作而共同努力來達成。