SHU-SEN CHANG
張書森
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+886-2-3366-8062
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Room 623, No.17 , Xu-Zhou Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 10055 (10055台北市徐州路17號6樓623室)
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shusenchang@ntu.edu.tw
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shusen.chang@gmail.com
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Biography
Professor Shu-Sen Chang (張書森) is a suicide prevention and mental health researcher and Professor at the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. With a background in psychiatry and public health, he has applied tools of population health science to identify complex determinants of suicidal behavior and evaluate interventions aimed to prevent suicide and save lives.
Professor Chang leverages a life-course, multi-level framework and rigorous methodologies in his research to generate critical evidence to inform suicide prevention strategies. He has worked extensively with local and international researchers conducting a series of studies to investigate time trends, geographic variations, and risk factors of suicide, self-harm, and mental wellbeing as well as intervention effectiveness.
Professor Chang leverages a life-course, multi-level framework and rigorous methodologies in his research to generate critical evidence to inform suicide prevention strategies. He has worked extensively with local and international researchers conducting a series of studies to investigate time trends, geographic variations, and risk factors of suicide, self-harm, and mental wellbeing as well as intervention effectiveness.
Research Interests
Suicide and suicide prevention
Community mental health
Psychiatric epidemiology
Spatial epidemiology
Organization
| Organization | Major | Role | Start | End |
University of Bristol | School of Social and Community Medicine | PhD | October 1, 2007 | September 30, 2010 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health | MSc | September 1, 2004 | January 31, 2007 |
National Taiwan University | College of Medicine | MD | October 1, 1991 | June 30, 1998 |
Organization
| Organization | Dept | Title | Start |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences | Professor | August 1, 2021 |
The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention | Honorary fellow | February 1, 2015 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences | Director | August 1, 2021 |
Organization
| Organization | Dept | Title | Start | End |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health | Assistant Professor | August 1, 2015 | July 31, 2017 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Health Policy and Management, and Department of Public Health, College of Public Health | Assistant professor | January 1, 2015 | July 31, 2015 |
The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention | Research Assistant Professor | February 1, 2012 | December 31, 2014 |
University of Bristol | School of Social and Community Medicine | Post-doctoral research fellow | November 1, 2010 | November 30, 2011 |
Ju Shan Hospital | Attending psychiatrist | Attending psychiatrist | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2007 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Psychiatry | Honorary attending psychiatrist (part-time) | July 1, 2006 | June 30, 2007 |
Taiwan Institute of Psychotherapy | Counselor (part-time) | July 1, 2004 | June 30, 2007 | |
Taipei Municipal Jianguo High School | School consultant psychiatrist (part-time) | November 1, 2003 | January 31, 2007 | |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Psychiatry | Chief resident in psychiatry | July 1, 2003 | June 30, 2004 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Psychiatry | Residency in psychiatry | July 1, 2000 | June 30, 2003 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Internal Medicine | Residency in internal medicine | July 1, 1999 | June 30, 2000 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Health Behaviors and Community Sciences, College of Public Health | Associate Professor | August 1, 2017 | July 31, 2021 |
Achievement(s)
Apr 2009-Dec 2009 "Quality maintenance of cause-of-death statistics"; Ministry of Health, Taiwan, US$2,641 (co-investigator)
Jan 2006-Dec 2010 "A study on psychopathological progress of early schizophrenia-like disorder"; National Health Research Institute, Taiwan, US$1,276,000 (co-investigator)
Oct 2010-Mar 2014 "A study on Suicide Clusters: Hong Kong and Taiwan experiences"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (HKU784210M), HK$798,648 (co-investigator)
Nov 2012-Oct 2014 "Suicide and employment"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (HKU784012M), HK$628,800 (co-investigator)
Jan 2014-Dec 2014 "Suicide and self-harm amongst Chinese migrants"; Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research for New Staff, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Project Code 201311159110), HK$59,900 (principal investigator)
Jan 2014-Dec 2016 "Determinants of poverty and potential interventions to alleviate poverty in Hong Kong"; Chief Executive Fund, Hong Kong, HK$ 14,620,000 (co-investigator)
July 2014-June 2016 "The impact of the 2008 global economic crisis on suicide in Hong Kong"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (Project Number 17102814), HK$419,844 (original principal investigator, changed to co-investigator due to relocation from Hong Kong to Taiwan)
Nov 2014-Oct 2016 "A temporal spatial analysis of morbidity and mortality for Hong Kong population"; General Research Fund, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (Project Number 17126014), HK$ 672,837 (co-investigator)
Award(s)
Oct 2008, Award for Best Abstract, the 3rd Asia Pacific Regional Conference of International Association for Suicide Prevention, Hong Kong
Nov 2009, Award for Best Presentation, the 2nd World Congress of Asian Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Nov 2009, Dr Paul Janssen Schizophrenia Research Award, the 48th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Oct 2007-Sep 2010, Overseas Research Scholarship, Higher Education Funding Council for England, and University of Bristol Postgraduate Research Scholarship, University of Bristol, UK
Oct 2007-Sep 2010, Studying Abroad on Government Funds Scholarship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan
Nov 2010- Oct 2011, Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program, National Science Council, Taiwan
Jun 2012, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Oct 2012, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 51st Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Tainan, Taiwan
Jun 2013, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Aug-Sep 2013, University of Hong Kong/China Medical Board Grant for advanced training overseas
Nov 2013, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 52nd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taipei, Taiwan
Apr 2014, The University of Hong Kong Top 1% Scientist, based on ISI's Essential Science Indicators
Nov 2014, Award for Best Poster Presentation, the 53rd Annual Conference of Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry, Taichung, Taiwan
Dec 2014, Social Sciences Outstanding Research Output Awards 2013-2014 (Applied Research), The University of Hong Kong
2019 National Taiwan University Excellent Teaching Award
2020 National Taiwan University Excellent Mentor Award
2022 National Taiwan University Excellent Teaching Award
2023 National Taiwan University Excellent Teaching Award
2023 Professor Eng-Kung Yeh Outstanding Research Award (Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry)
2023 Taiwanese Society of Psychiatry Award of Social Advocacy and Discourse for Mental Health
2024 National Taiwan University Excellent Teaching Award