Recently, the VIA Foundation has been collaborating with Veterans General Hospital pediatrician Niu Dao-ming, opening an investigation into the prevalence of certain genetic illnesses common among Aborigines, with the aim of obstructing a "Noah's Ark effect" caused by their isolation on the outlying islands.
最近信望愛與榮總小兒遺傳科醫師牛道明合作，對某些原住民特有的遺傳疾病展開罹患率調查，希望能有效阻斷其在離島所產生的「方舟效應」。