Yen-Ching Karen Chen, Professor

Lab of Geriatric and Genomic Epidemiology Research

Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine

College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

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       Our lab focuses on research in the elderly. Currently, we have projects on cognitive function, dementia, frailty, sarcopenia, and osteoporosis in Taiwanese elders (supported by Ministry of science and Technology and international) and international collaborative projects on prostate cancer. Our lab includes clinicians, graduate and undergraduate students. We also have extensive collaboration with clinicians of different specialties (geriatrics, neurology, gastroenterology, ophthalmology and nephrology) and experts from multidisplines (biostatistics, psychology, nutrition, metablome, and spatiotemporal environment). The goals of our lab is to

  1. Explore how clinical, genetic or environmental factors and lifestyle affect the risk of geriatric-related diseases.
  2. Research focus: dementia, cognition, frailty, sarcopenia, osteoporosis.
  3. Explore the health status of older adults based on a long-term cohort study to predict geriatric diseases in the preclinical phase.
For those who are interested in our research, welcome to join us!

What's New

  • Pei-I Hsieh received admission acceptance by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (5.2023)
  • NTU Spotlights "NTU CPH & NTUH Collaborative Research Published on Environmental Research" (5.2023)
  • Jun-Yi Lin and Ting-Yi Lin received the Excellent Poster Awards, The 5th Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU (5.2023)
  • Dr. Ying-Hao Su received Outstanding Graduate Student of College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (5.2023)
  • Shan-Shyuan Chen and Ying-Chie Huang received fundings from Undergraduate Research Program of National  Center for Theoretical Sciences Center (2022) and Undergraduate Research Program, National Science and Technology Council (2023)
  • Te-Shyuan Huang received Outstanding Graduate Student of College of Public Health, National Taiwan University (5.2022)
  • Research of Prof. Chen's lab was selected for oral presentation in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 Alzheimer's Association International Conference (2019-2022)
  • LIFU Medical research foundation award, Taiwan Dementia Society. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Yun-Chun Wu (10.2015)
  • Focus News of College of Public Health, National Taiwan University: Prof. Yen-Ching Karen Chen's lab found that particulate matter 10 µm or less in diameter (PM10) and ozone increased the risk of dementia (6.2015)
  • Taiwan Public Television: Long-term air pollution increases the risk of dementia in elders in Taipei metropolitan area. (6.2015)
  • Dr. Pei-Hsuan Weng received Li-Fu Medical Research Foundation Award from Taiwan Dementia Society. (6.2015)
  • Yu-Ting Wang and Shao-Wei Lin received the Excellent Poster Awards, The 5th Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU (6.2015)
  • Excellent Master Thesis Award, Taiwan Epidemiology Association. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Dr. Ying-Shu You (10.2014)
  • The Best Poster Award, Taiwan Osteoporosis Association 2013 Annual Meeting, Taipei, Taiwan: Dr. Jen-Hau Chen (8.2013)
  • Excellent Awards, The 4th Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Tung-Jin Lee (6.2013)
  • Outstanding Graduate Award, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Pei-Sung Hsu (6.2013)
  • Dr. Jen-Hau Chen won the Best Attending Physician Award, National Taiwan University Medical College Alumni Association of North America. (2012)
  • Excellent Awards, The 3rd Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Ying-Shu You (6.2012)
  • Research Grant for Independent Study, Taiwan Epidemiology Association: Helen Fu (5.2012)
  • Dr. Kun-Pei Lin won the following awards:
    1. Excellent Thesis Award, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. (6.2012)
    2. Best master thesis award, Taiwan Public Health Association, Taiwan Epidemiology Association, Taiwanese Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Association 2011 Joint Annual Meeting and Symposium. (10.2011)
  • Ming-Chieh Shih (School of Medicine, NTU) won the Research Outstanding Award, Research Center for Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, 2011 Summer Internship (Area: Genetic Epidemiology) (11.2011)
  • Outstanding Graduate Award, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University. Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Dr. Pei-Hsuan Weng (6.2011)
  • Yun-Chun Wu (independent study, undergraduate student) won the Research Grant for Independent Study (Area: Public Health), Department of Health. (3.2010)
  • Research Outstanding Award (Area: Genetic Epidemiology), Research Center for Genomic Medicine, National Taiwan University, 2010 Summer Internship. Department of Medicine, NTU: Ming-Shan Huang (10.2010)
  • Scholar-in-Training Award, The 101st American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting. Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Yi-Ling Huang (4.2010)
  • Outstanding and Excellent Awards, The 2nd Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU
    1. Outstanding Award: Chien -Lin Mao (6.2011)
    2. Excellent Award: Drs. Pei-Hsuan Weng and I-Ching Lee (6.2011)
  • Outstanding and Excellent Awards, The 1nd Poster Exhibit, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, NTU: Yen-Ling Lin (5.2010)