Health Sciences

Health issues are highly politicised (domestically and diplomatically), and health governance has been complicated by involving diverse actors with different agendas and approaches. This course considers the questions: How "global" is global health? What are its normative implications? Therefore, this course explores the role of law and ethics in global health governance, including but not limited to the work of related multilateral institutions, policy implementations, research activities, and political processes.
 

The course is divided into two parts. The first part looks at the normative dimension of global health, particularly reflecting on the contestation and application of core concepts, theories, and analytical frameworks. Part II turns to its empirical dimension to identify the legal and ethical accounts of different global health issues. 

In recent years, academic misconduct has occurred frequently, partly due to a lack of understanding of relevant ethics and norms among researchers. To address this, Fudan University has launched a specialized course on bioethics, filling a gap in this field in mainland China. The course aims to help students plan their research paths, adhere to fundamental ethical principles, and become honest, responsible, and creative researchers who enjoy their work. It also teaches them how to contribute to human civilization while protecting their intellectual achievements. The course is divided into nine main sections and employs a teaching approach that combines case studies, discussions, and instructor summaries to guide students in deeply understanding and practically applying the course content.

This course introduces the field of public health and aims to provide a bird's-eye view of the discipline's orientation and content, the historical development and institutional status of public health in Taiwan, current important public health research and practice issues, and the field of practice of public health professionals through a macro perspective.

This course explores the principles of preventive medicine, focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation. It covers primary prevention strategies such as nutrition, exercise, vaccination, environmental risk reduction, and the prevention of occupational or accidental injuries. Secondary prevention emphasizes early detection and timely intervention through disease screening, health checkups, and identification of pre-clinical conditions. Tertiary prevention addresses limiting disability, preventing complications, and supporting recovery through medical treatment, psychological support, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and long-term care.

The Vocal Healing Course is designed to teach active healing methods. Vocal healing greatly benefits human body both physically and spiritually through vocal training methods, which focus on breathing techniques, resonance adjustments, and vocal frequency vibrations, and through auditory guidance in music. This nonverbal form of communication can reach deep into people's emotional core. Some healing techniques can even “massage” the body’s internal organs in ways that are difficult to replicate with other healing approaches.

This survey course covers an extensive review of the human body's structural framework and describes how it functions. The course introduces terms in anatomy and physiology; students get to know the body's anatomical structures and gain insight into how the structures and systems function in sickness and health.  

Topics include The human body: reading the map, Cells, Tissues and systems, Skeletal system, Muscular system, Integumentary system, Nervous system, Endocrine system, Cardiovascular system, Respiratory system, Lymphatic system, Immune system, Urinary system, Reproductive system.  

This is a research project carried out under the guidance of a supervisor at the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB) at the University of Edinburgh.

This is an independent research course with research arranged between the student and faculty member. The specific research topics vary each term and are described on a special project form for each student. A substantial paper is required. The number of units varies with the student’s project, contact hours, and method of assessment, as defined on the student’s special study project form.

This course provides students with a general overview of social inequalities in health at the individual and population level and how they differ across time and place. It spans topics from sociology, public health, epidemiology, and demography to explore the various factors that produce and exacerbate health inequalities. Emphasis is placed on first building foundational knowledge about health inequalities and its determinants, including understanding how health is defined and measured, and what are the factors that influence health at the individual (e.g., socioeconomic status, family structure) and population (e.g., cultural norms, welfare systems) levels. The course then discusses how health changes over the life course and over time. A central focus throughout this course is on contextual differences, so readings cover a range of countries and populations. Students are expected to critically engage with scientific articles selected by the instructor and are encouraged to contribute relevant articles for discussion in class. A solid understanding of quantitative research methods is essential for the successful completion of this course.

This course focuses on the psychology of emotional well-being as well as strategies on how the study of emotion can be applied to different domains of life. It discusses various concepts related to emotional well-being from different psychological perspectives, developing a deeper understanding of the positive and negative emotions experienced by human beings and analyze their causes and effects on well-being. It explores the various models of emotion and critically analyzes their merits and limitations, as well as their practical application. It explores various classic theories such as Basic Emotion Theory, Social Constructivist Theory, Cognitive Appraisal Theory, and the RULER Model of Emotion Intelligence.