Faculty

Faculty

Liang, Li-Lin / 梁立霖

Institute of Public Health

 02-2821-0514 #67156
 
 liang.lilin@nycu.edu.tw

Current Position

Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University


Academic Degrees

1. Ph.D. London School of Economics and Political Science, 2011
Major: Health Economics

2. MSc Imperial College London, 2003
Major: Health Management
3. B.B.A National Taiwan University, 2002
Major: International Business


Experience


1. Deputy Secretary/Supervisory Board-Taiwan Health Economics Association-2020.12-present
2. Assistant/Associate Professor-National Sun Yet-San University, Department of Business Management
3. Assistant Professor-Peking University, China Centre for Health Development Studies 

4. Consultant-The World Bank

5. Research Fellow-Peking University, China Centre for Health Economic Research


Awards


1. National Sun Yat-sen University Academic Excellence Award, 2021 
2.National Sun Yat-sen University FWCI Award, 2021 
3. Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association (TEBMA) Best Paper Award, 2021 

4. Taiwan Research Highlight (GASE), Ministry of Science & Technology, 2020 


Research Interests

Policy evaluation; Health economics; Applied econometrics; COVID-19; Cross-country analysis; Integrated care; Physical fitness 



Publication (recent 5 years) 

1. Li-Lin Liang, Hsu-Sung Kuo, Hsiu J. Ho, Chun-Ying Wu. COVID-19 vaccinations are associated with reduced fatality rates: evidence from cross-county quasi-experiments. Journal of Global Health 2021; 11: 05019
2. Li-Lin Liang, Chien-Tse Kao, Hsiu J. Ho, Chun-Ying Wu. COVID-19 case doubling time associated with non-pharmaceutical interventions and vaccination: a global experience. Journal of Global Health 2021; 11: 05021
3. Li-Lin Liang, A Dale Tussing, Nicole Huang, Shu-Ling Tsai. Incentives for physician teams: Effectiveness of performance feedback and payment distribution methods. Health Policy 2021; 125:1377-1384.
4. Li-Lin Liang, Ching-Hung Tseng, Hsiu J. Ho, Chun-Ying Wu. Covid-19 mortality is negatively associated with test number and government effectiveness. Scientific Reports 2020; 10: 12567.
5. Li-Lin Liang. Impact of integrated healthcare: Taiwan’s Family Doctor Plan. Health Policy and Planning 2019; 34: ii56-ii66.


Research Projects

1. “The impact of anti-contagion policies and behavior on the COVID-19 pandemic; variation in pandemic outcomes and Social Vulnerability Index; the health effects of COVID-19.” Ministry of Science and Technology. 2022-2025.
2. “COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions, vaccination and mobility: cross-country analysis.” Research Center for Epidemic Prevention and One Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Ministry of Science and Technology. 2022-2024.
3. “Nudge-based interventions, decision-analytic modeling, and economic evaluations: prevention and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.” Ministry of Health and Welfare. 2022-2025.
4. “Student physical fitness, healthcare utilization and health: merging physical fitness and health insurance data.”. Ministry of Education. 2021-2023.
5. “Strengthening primary care: does having a family doctor improve continuity of care and reduce mortality?” Ministry of Science and Technology. 2020-2022.