Contact Information

• Address: No.17 Xu-Zhou Road, Taipei, 10055 Taiwan (View Map)
• Phone: 886-2-3366-8019   Fax: 886-2-2351-1955
• E-mail: karenchen@ntu.edu.tw

Expertise & Research Interests

Research Introduction (Video)

• Cognition, Dementia,  Frailty, and Sarcopenia
• Geriatric, Environmental (Air Pollutants) and Genomic Epidemiology
• Preventive Medicine

Education

• Doctor of Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
• Mast of Science, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA

Current Position

• Professor, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2017 - present)
• Joint Appointment Faculty, Master Program of Statistics, Statistics Education Center, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2012 - present)
• Research Fellow, Genetic Epidemiology Core Laboratory, Center for Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University (2008 - present)
• Associate editor, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (2021 - present)
• Scientific Committee, Cohort Studies of Memory in an International Consortium (COSMIC), Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (2022-present)
• Member of Environment (ENV) Working Group, Enhancing Neuro Imaging Genetics Through Meta Analysis (ENIGMA), University of South California, Los Angeles, USA (2023-present)

Professional Experiences

• Associate Director, Department of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2017 - 2021)
• Associate Professor, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2012 - 2017)
• Associate Director, Program of Master of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2013 - 2017)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2010 - 2012)
• Assistant Professor, Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2008 - 2010)
• Research Fellow, Research Center for Genes, Environment and Human Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2007 - 2016)
• Research assistant professor, Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan (2007 - 2008)
• Project coordinator & Research fellow, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2004 - 2006)
• Visiting Scientist (10/2003 to 6/2006) and Research Fellow (6/2001 to 10/2003), Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
• Co-Principle Investigator (10/2003 to 2010) and Research Scientist (10/2001 to 5/2003), Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan
• Postdoctoral fellow, National Health Research Institutes, Taipei, Taiwan (2001 - 2003)
• Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA (2001 - 2003)

Honor & Awards

• Academic Achievement Award, National Taiwan University (2009 - present)
• Scholar-in-Training Award, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) (2005)
  AACR Conference "Oncogenomics 2005: Dissecting Cancer through Genome Research"
• The Best Paper Award of Professor Tung-Jung Hsu, Journal of the Environmental Protection
  Society of the Republic of China (1996)
• Journal of the Environmental Protection Society of the Republic of China (1996)

Licensure/Certification

• Certified National Qualification Examination as an Environmental Engineer, Taiwan (1995)

Teaching

Epidemiology
• Epidemiological Study of Aging and the Elderly (BS/MS/PhD)
• Principle of Epidemiology (MS/PhD)
• Principle of Epidemiology: Practice of Data Analysis (MS/PhD)
• Contemporary Research Topics in Epidemiology (MS/PhD)
• Special Topics in Epidemiology (MS/PhD)

Preventive Medicine
• General Concepts of Preventive Medicine (BS)
• Introduction to Preventive Medicine (MS)
• Advanced Theory of Preventive Medicine (PhD)
• Preventive Medicine Research Study Design (MS)
• Thesis Writing on Preventive Medicine (MS)
• Advanced Seminar of Preventive Medicine (PhD)
• Special Topics in Preventive Medicine (MS/PhD)