Faculty

Current Position

 

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

 

Academic Degrees

 

1. London School of Economics and Political Science, PhD
2. Imperial College London, MSc
3. National Taiwan University, BBA
    

Experience

 

1. Deputy Director, Health Innovation Center, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
2. Deputy Secretary/Supervisory Board, Taiwan Society of Health Economics
3. Consultant, The World Bank
    

Awards

 

1. Distinguished Teaching Award, School of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2025
2. Outstanding Young Scholar Award, Professor Wang Te-Hung Foundation for Digestive Medicine, 2024
3. Academic Research Excellence Recognition (Quarterly Highlight Paper), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2023
4. Faculty Academic Achievement Award, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, 2022
5. The Study UK Alumni Award, British Council, 2022
6. Best Paper Award, Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association (TEBMA), 2021
7. Taiwan Research Highlight (GASE), Ministry of Science & Technology, 2020 
    

Specialties

 

Health Economics; Applied Econometrics; Impact Evaluation; Panel Data Methods; Causal Inference

 

Research Interests

 

COVID-19; Physical Fitness; Cancer Screening; Health Disparities; Integrated Care; Health Expenditures; Physician Incentives and Payment; Cross-country Comparative Analysis

 

Publication (selected, recent 5 years) 

 

1. Li-Lin Liang*, I-Hua Chen, Chun-Ying Wu. Mandated Capacity Reductions Created New Gender Disparities in Liver Cancer Surveillance: A Population-based Cohort Study. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2026.
2. Huey-Ling Chiang, Yi-Fang Chuang, Yi-An Chen, Chen-Te Hsu, Chien-Chang Ho, Hsiu-Tao Hsu, Yi-Han Sheu, Susan Shur-Fen Gau*, Li-Lin Liang*. Physical fitness and risk of mental disorders in children and adolescents. JAMA Pediatrics. 2024. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.0806.
3. Li-Lin Liang*, Huong Mai Le, Chun-Ying Wu, Chien-Yuan Sher, Alistair McGuire*. Human mobility increased with vaccine coverage and attenuated the protection of COVID-19 vaccination: A longitudinal study of 107 countries. Journal of Global Health. 2023. doi:10.7189/jogh.13.06009.
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. doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68862-x.

 

Research Projects

 

1. The Impact of Hospital Capacity Reductions on Mortality Risk in Liver Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Digital Twin Model Based on Empirical Evidence. National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), 2025-2028.
2. Inequalities in HCC Care and Equity-Informed Economic Evaluation: Developing Targeted Prevention and Treatment Strategies. Ministry of Health and Welfare (MoHW), 2026-2029.
3. 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. NSTC, 2022-2025.
4. COVID-19 Nonpharmaceutical Interventions, Vaccination and Mobility: Cross-Country Analysis. Research Center for Epidemic Prevention and One Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. NSTC, 2022-2024.
5. Nudge-Based Interventions, Decision-Analytic Modeling, and Economic Evaluations: Prevention and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. MoHW, 2022-2025.
6. Student Physical Fitness, Healthcare Utilization and Health: Merging Physical Fitness and Health Insurance Data. Ministry of Education. 2021-2023.
7. Strengthening Primary Care: Does Having a Family Doctor Improve Continuity of Care and Reduce Mortality? NSTC, 2020-2022.