BIOGRAPHY
Dr. Yee-Chun Chen, MD, PhD is Director and Distinguished Investigator at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology at the National Health Research Institutes in Taiwan, Professor of Medicine at the National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan, also an adult infectious disease specialist, leading the infectious disease division, Department of internal medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital. She also serves as a member of Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) in Taiwan, a consultant or committee member at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, CDC, TFDA, and Taipei City Government. She is the president of Infection Control Society of Taiwan, Executive Council Member of Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan, and Council Member of Taiwan Society of Virology and Vaccinology. Dr. Chen also served as Vice President of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology during 2015-2022.
She is one of the nation's leaders in adult vaccination, infection control and medical mycology. Dr. Chen is an advocate for adult vaccination. In order to enhance awareness and improve evidence-based decision related to vaccine-preventable diseases, she initiated and chairs the Adult Vaccine Working Group of the Infectious Disease Society of Taiwan. Through her leadership and her role in ACIP, she continues to contribute and make huge impact on vaccination practices in Taiwan.
Her research focus includes surveillance of healthcare-associated infection and medical informatics, clinical and molecular epidemiology of invasive fungal diseases, and the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for invasive fungal infections. She is PI or co-PI of a series of multicenter, clinical and molecular epidemiological studies of infectious diseases in Taiwan as well in Asia. Her dedication to medical research has resulted in more than 350 peer-reviewed journal articles.
Dr. Chen has received several achievement awards, including academic awards from The Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan and Formosa Medical Association, Epidemic Prevention and Control President Award, and Welfare Profession Medal Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare.