Visiting scholar Dr. Maria Costanza Torri has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on June 24, 2014. Dr. Maria Costanza Torri is an Italian scholar who is currently an assistant professor in University of New Brunswick, Canada. Her research topic is “Alternative Therapeutic Practices and Reproductive Health in Taiwan: A Study of the Uses and the Socia-cultural Perceptions of Traditional Chinese Medicine among Women in Taipei.” Her research period is from June to August, 2014. Her host institute in Taiwan is Department of Social study, Academia Sinica.