Prof. Wen-Chung Lee | Epidemiology | Best Researcher Award.
National Taiwan University,Taiwan
Professional Profiles:
π¨βπ Bio Summary:
Prof. Wen-Chung LeeΒ is a distinguished Taiwanese researcher and professor specializing in Epidemiologic Methods, Biostatistics, Health Data Analytics, Cancer Registry, Cancer Statistics, Cancer Epidemiology, and Genetic Epidemiology. He currently works at the Institute of Health Data Analytics and Statistics and the Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine at the College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Lee has a strong publication record and has received numerous awards for his innovative research in biostatistics and epidemiology. He is known for developing new methodologies with broad applications in biomedicine and public health.
π Education:
Dr. Lee earned his Ph.D. from National Taiwan University in 1994, following an MS in 1990 and an MD in 1988, all from the same institution.
π Research Focus:
Prof. Leeβs research focuses on innovative concepts and methodologies at the intersection of biostatistics and epidemiology. His work includes the development of age-period-cohort models, age-standardization methods, potential life lost methods, kriging methods, and more for cancer epidemiology. He has also developed novel methods for analyzing ultra-high dimensional big data and has worked on new metric systems for gauging exposure-disease relations.
π Honors & Awards:
Throughout his career, Dr. Lee has received several prestigious awards, including the Distinguished Professorship at National Taiwan University, Research Achievement Awards from NTU, Young Investigator Awards from Academia Sinica, and Best Paper Awards from the K.P. Chen Foundation of Preventive Medicine.
Professional Experience: πΌ
Dr. Lee has held various academic positions at National Taiwan University, including Director and Acting Director of the Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, as well as roles as Professor and Associate Professor in the same institute. He has also served as a Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of Public Health, NTU, and worked as a Staff member at the Bureau of Public Health, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan.
π Top Noted Publications :
Body mass index and obesity-related metabolic disorders in Taiwanese and US whites and blacks: implications for definitions of overweight and obesity for Asians Authors: WH Pan, KM Flegal, HY Chang, WT Yeh, CJ Yeh, WC Lee Journal: The American journal of clinical nutrition, 79(1), 31-39 (2004) Citations: 445
Changes in serum levels of HBV DNA and alanine aminotransferase determine the risk for hepatocellular carcinoma Authors: CF Chen, WC Lee, HI Yang, HC Chang, CL Jen, UH Iloeje, J Su, β¦ Journal: Gastroenterology, 141(4), 1240-1248. e2 (2011) Citations: 309
Changing trends in the prevalence of common mental disorders in Taiwan: a 20-year repeated cross-sectional survey Authors: TST Fu, CS Lee, D Gunnell, WC Lee, ATA Cheng Journal: The Lancet, 381(9862), 235-241 (2013) Citations: 165
Second-generation antipsychotic medications and the risk of pneumonia in schizophrenia Authors: CJ Kuo, SY Yang, YT Liao, WJ Chen, WC Lee, WY Shau, YT Chang, β¦ Journal: Schizophrenia bulletin, 39(3), 648-657 (2013) Citations: 159
Decision curve analysis: a technical note Authors: Z Zhang, V Rousson, WC Lee, C Ferdynus, M Chen, X Qian, Y Guo Journal: Annals of translational medicine, 6(15) Citations: 155
As of his last known metrics, Dr. Lee had an H-index of 28, indicating the impact and influence of his publications in the field.
π Research Timeline:
1989-1991: Staff, Bureau of Public Health, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan.
1992-1994: Lecturer, Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
1994-2000: Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
2000-Present: Professor, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.
2004-2005: Acting Director, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University.