PAU-CHUNG CHEN
陳保中
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+886-2-3366-8088
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Room 733, 17 Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, Taiwan 10055 (10055台北市徐州路17號7樓733室)
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pchen@ntu.edu.tw
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Biography
In 1986, Dr. Pau-Chung Chen graduated from Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan with a degree in medicine. He then went on to study environmental and occupational medicine at the Institute of Public Health at the National Taiwan University College of Medicine between 1988-1990. In 1991-1995, he earned his MSc and PhD degrees in Epidemiology and Population Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Currently, Dr. Chen holds the position of Distinguished Professor at the Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences at the National Taiwan University College of Public Health, as well as being a Distinguished Investigator and Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Health Research Institutes. He has dedicated over 30 years to the field of environmental and occupational health sciences and has published over 400 scientific articles. He received the Outstanding Research Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology in 2015 and 2020, an Outstanding Alumni Award from Kaohsiung Medical University in 2018, and has been listed in the world's top 2% scientists since 2019. Dr. Chen served as the chair of the Scientific Committee on Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace (RHICOH) and the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) from 2012-2018. He was also the first chair of the Birth Cohort Consortium of Asia (BiCCA) from 2012-2014. In 2013-2014, he served as an expert witness in the class action of the former workers of Taiwan RCA, and gave oral testimony in court for 7 days, totaling nearly 50 hours. In 2020, he received the National Occupational Safety and Health Award - Personal Contribution Award from the Ministry of Labor. He also served as President of the Taiwan Public Health Association from 2017-2022 and under his tenure, Taiwan became the first in Asia to pass the Public Health Specialists Act in 2020. He was also elected as a Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini in 2023 and of the International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISEEF) in 2024.
Research Interests
Environmental and Occupational Medicine
Preventive Medicine
Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Organization
| Organization | Major | Role | Start | End |
University of London | Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | PhD | January 1, 1993 | December 29, 1995 |
University of London | Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | MSc | September 1, 1991 | November 1, 1992 |
National Taiwan University | Graduate Institute of Public Health (Preventive Medicine), College of Medicine | MS | September 1, 1988 | June 30, 1990 |
Kaohsiung Medical College | School of Medicine | MB | October 1, 1979 | June 30, 1986 |
Organization
| Organization | Dept | Title | Start |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, College of Public Health | Distinguished Professor | August 1, 2019 |
National Taiwan University | Department of Public Health, College of Public Health | Distinguished Professor | August 1, 2016 |
National Taiwan University | Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine | Professor | August 1, 2010 |
National Health Research Institutes | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences | Distinguished Investigator and Director | August 1, 2020 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine | Attending Physician | August 1, 2012 |
Organization
| Organization | Dept | Title | Start | End |
National Taiwan University | Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, College of Medicine | Director | August 1, 2012 | July 31, 2018 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Associate Professor | August 1, 2000 | July 31, 2007 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Assistant Professor | August 1, 1997 | July 31, 2000 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Lecturer | February 1, 1996 | July 31, 1997 |
National Taiwan University | Environmental Protection Center | Deputy Director | August 1, 2008 | July 31, 2009 |
National Taiwan University | Occupational Health Section, Environmental Protection Center | Chief | August 1, 2005 | July 31, 2012 |
National Taiwan University | Occupational Health Section, Environmental Protection Center | Chief | August 1, 1997 | July 31, 2000 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Office of Occupational Safety and Health | Director | August 1, 2018 | July 31, 2020 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Distinguished Professor | August 1, 2016 | July 31, 2019 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Director | August 1, 2014 | July 31, 2019 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine | Director | August 1, 2012 | July 31, 2018 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Professor | August 1, 2007 | July 31, 2016 |
National Taiwan University | Department of Public Health, College of Public Health | Professor | August 1, 2007 | July 31, 2016 |
National Taiwan University | Department of Public Health, College of Public Health | Adjunct Associate Professor | August 1, 2006 | July 31, 2007 |
National Taiwan University | Institute of Occupational Medicine and Industrial Hygiene, College of Public Health | Acting Director | February 1, 2006 | July 31, 2006 |
National Taiwan University Hospital | Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine | Adjunct Attending Physician | August 1, 2007 | July 31, 2012 |
Taiwan Public Health Association | President | November 27, 2017 | October 31, 2022 |
Achievement(s)
2012-2014, The first chair of the Birth Cohort Consortium of Asia (BiCCA)
2012-2018, Chair of the Scientific Committee on Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace (RHICOH), International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH)
2016 to now, Distinguished Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2017-2022, President of the Taiwan Public Health Association
2020 to now, Distinuguished Investigator, National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
2023, Elected Fellow of the Collegium Ramazzini
2024, ISEE Fellow (ISEEF) of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology
2024-2027, Research Fellow, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan
Award(s)
1993-1995, Overseas Research Students Awards, Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom
1998, 1999, Class A Research Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
2004, 2008, Excellent Teaching Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2006-2019, Excellent Research Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2011, Excellent Service Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2014, Distinguished Research Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2015-2018, Outstanding Research Award, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
2016, Outstanding Research Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2018, Outstanding Alumni Award in recognition of his distinguished achievement in science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
2018, Service Award, International Commission on Occupational Health, Dublin, Ireland
2019, Distinguished Research Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
2020, National Occupational Safety and Health Award - Personal Contribution Award, Ministry of Labor, Taiwan
2022, Outstanding Social Service Award, National Taiwan University, Taiwan