為精進疾病管制局分枝桿菌參考實驗室技術與相關業務工作之推展，參訪比利時熱帶醫學研究所(Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, ITM)、巴斯德研究所(Pasteur Institute of Brussels, PI)及法國巴斯德研究所(Pasteur Institute of Paris, PI)，進行結核病相關議題，如：抗藥性監測計畫、分子流行病學監測及實驗室品管系統等之研習。並參加國際抗癆聯盟(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, The Union)第36屆年會發表3篇壁報論文：Development of a Strategy for Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis、Epidemiological Investigation of Tuberculosis Transmission Dynamics in an Aboriginal Township in Eastern Taiwan及Laboratory Investigation of a Nosocomial Outbreak of Tuberculosis in a General Hospital in Taiwan during SARS Period， 並和與會國際結核病防治專家交換心得與意見，擬藉他人經驗規劃建立適用於臺灣結核病防治最佳的模式。