Faculty

Faculty

Lan, Fan-Yun / 藍凡耘

Institute of Health & Welfare Policy

 02-2826-7000 #67334
 
 flan@nycu.edu.tw

CURRENT POSITION

Assistant Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (Taipei, Taiwan)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Environmental & Occupational Medicine & Epidemiology Program, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Boston, US)
Research Fellow, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School (Boston, US)


OFFICE

Room 621, Nursing Building


ACADEMIC DEGREES

1.2017.08 –2021.05 

Doctor of Philosophy in Population Health Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University

2. 2013.09 –2015.06 

Master of Science in Environmental Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
3. 2004.09 –2011.06  

Doctor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan


EXPERIENCE

1. 2023.02 –               

Assistant Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

2. 2022.10 –              

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

3. 2021.06 –               

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School

4. 2022.08 –2023.01   

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare Policy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

5. 2016.02 –2023.01   

Attending Physician, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

6. 2021.09 –2022.08   

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

7. 2021.08 –2022.06   

Visiting Fellow, Population Health Sciences, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

8. 2020.01 –2022.06   

Teaching Fellow, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

9. 2016.02 –2016.12   

Attending Physician, Workers’ Health Services Center, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Ministry of Labor, Taiwan

10. 2015.08 –2016.02   

Chief Resident, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan2013.08 –2016.02   Resident, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan


RESEARCH INTERESTS

Occupational Medicine, Occupational Health, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Issues in Stressful Occupations


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

a. Journal articles 

1. Lan, F.-Y., Tseng, Y.-C.*, Su, S.-B., Wu, C.-L.*, & Guo, H.-R.* (February 2023). Health risks associated with group package tour: Implications from a study on tour leaders in Taiwan. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 27(11), 1207¬–1216. (IF= 4.074; Rank = 27/58, HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM (SSCI)
2. Lan, F.-Y., Kasteler, S. D., Sidossis, A., Iliaki, E., Buley, J., Nathan, N., Osgood, R., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., & Kales, S. N.* (January 2023). Immunity acquired from the first wave of COVID-19 against reinfections up to Omicron predominance. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 98(1), 202–203. (IF= 11.104; Rank = 22/172, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL (SCI))
3. Barbosa, W. G., Martin, D. S., Soares, E. M. K. V. K., Fontana, K. E., Lan, F. Y., Kales, S. N., Molina, G. E., & Grossi Porto, L. G.* (December 2022). The effects of a 6-month mandatory military police academy training on recruits’ physical fitness. Work, 73(4), 1297–1306. (IF= 1.803; Rank = 153/182, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
4. Lan, F. Y., Scheibler, C., Hershey, M. S., Romero-Cabrera, J. L., Gaviola, G. C., Yiannakou, I., Fernandez-Montero, A., Christophi, C. A., Christiani, D. C., Sotos-Prieto, M., & Kales, S. N.* (June 2022). Effects of a healthy lifestyle intervention and COVID-19-adjusted training curriculum on firefighter recruits. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 10607. (IF= 4.996; Rank = 19/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (SCI)) 
5. Wei, C.-F., Lan, F.-Y., Hsu, Y.-T., Lowery, N., Dibona, L., Akkeh, R., Kales, S. N., Yang, J.* (May 2022). Risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among essential workers in a community-based cohort in the United States. Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 878208. (IF= 6.461; Rank = 18/182, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
6. Lan, F. Y., Sidossis, A., Iliaki, E., Buley, J., Nathan, N., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., & Kales, S. N.* (May 2022). Continued effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination among urban healthcare workers during delta variant predominance. BMC Infectious Diseases, 22(1), 457. (IF= 3.670; Rank = 60/94, INFECTIOUS DISEASES (SCI))
7. Iliaki, E., Lan, F. Y. (Co-first), Christophi, C. A., Guidotti, G., Jobrack, A. D., Buley, J., Osgood, R., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., & Kales, S. N.* (December 2021). COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness in a Diverse Urban Health Care Worker Population. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 96(12), 3180–3182. (IF= 11.104; Rank = 22/172, MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL (SCI)) 
8. Lan, F. Y., Filler, R., Mathew, S., Buley, J., Iliaki, E., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., Osgood, R., Christophi, C. A., Fernandez-Montero, A., & Kales, S. N.* (December 2021). Sociodemographic risk factors for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection among Massachusetts healthcare workers: A retrospective cohort study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 42(12), 1473–1478. (IF= 6.520; Rank = 36/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
9. Hsu, Y. T., Lan, F. Y., Wei, C. F., Suharlim, C., Lowery, N., Ramirez, A., Panerio-Langer, J., Kawachi, I., & Yang, J.* (December 2021). Comparison of COVID-19 mitigation and decompression strategies among homeless shelters: a prospective cohort study. Annals of Epidemiology, 64, 96–101. (IF= 6.996; Rank = 31/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
10. Lan, S. Y., Tai, H. L., Lin, J. J., Lan, F. Y., Tsai, H. Y., & Lin, K. L.* (November 2021). Measurement of optic nerve sheath diameter by ultrasound in healthy term neonates. Pediatrics and Neonatology, 62(6), 591–597. (IF= 2.586; Rank = 67/130, PEDIATRICS (SCI))
11. Shirahama, R., Tanigawa, T.*, Ida, Y., Fukuhisa, K., Tanaka, R., Tomooka, K., Lan, F. Y., Ikeda, A., Wada, H., & Kales, S. N. (September 2021). Long-term effect of continuous positive airway pressure therapy on blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 19101. (IF= 4.996; Rank = 19/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (SCI))
12. Bruno-Murtha, L. A., Osgood, R., Lan, F. Y., Buley, J., Nathan, N., Weiss, M., MacDonald, M., Kales, S. N., & Sayah, A. J.* (July 2021). SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence after the first wave among workers at a community healthcare system in the Greater Boston area. Pathogens and Global Health, 115(5), 331–334. (IF= 3.735; Rank = 5/24, TROPICAL MEDICINE (SCI))
13. Lan, F. Y., Suharlim, C., Kales, S. N., & Yang, J.* (April 2021). Association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, exposure risk and mental health among a cohort of essential retail workers in the USA. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 78(4), 237–243. (IF= 4.961; Rank = 64/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI)) 
14. Lan, F. Y., Yiannakou, I., Scheibler, C., Hershey, M. S., Cabrera, J., Gaviola, G. C., Fernandez-Montero, A., Christophi, C. A., Christiani, D. C., Sotos-Prieto, M., & Kales, S. N.* (April 2021). The Effects of Fire Academy Training and Probationary Firefighter Status on Select Basic Health and Fitness Measurements. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 53(4), 740–748. (IF= 6.289; Rank = 9/87, SPORT SCIENCES (SCI)) 
15. Christophi, C. A., Sotos-Prieto, M., Lan, F. Y., Delgado-Velandia, M., Efthymiou, V., Gaviola, G. C., Hadjivasilis, A., Hsu, Y. T., Kyprianou, A., Lidoriki, I., Wei, C. F., Rodriguez-Artalejo, F., & Kales, S. N.* (April 2021). Ambient temperature and subsequent COVID-19 mortality in the OECD countries and individual United States. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 8710. (IF= 4.996; Rank = 19/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (SCI))
16. Lan, F. Y., Filler, R., Mathew, S., Iliaki, E., Osgood, R., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., & Kales, S. N.* (February 2021). Evolving virulence? Decreasing COVID-19 complications among Massachusetts healthcare workers: a cohort study. Pathogens and Global Health, 115(1), 4–6. (IF= 3.735; Rank = 5/24, TROPICAL MEDICINE (SCI)) 
17. Lan, F. Y., Christophi, C. A., Buley, J., Iliaki, E., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., Sayah, A. J., & Kales, S. N.* (December 2020). Effects of universal masking on Massachusetts healthcare workers' COVID-19 incidence. Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England), 70(8), 606–609. (IF= 5.629; Rank = 50/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI)) 
18. Lan, F. Y., Fernandez-Montero, A., Yiannakou, I., Marinos-Iatrides, O., Ankeny, J. T., Kiser, J., Christophi, C. A., Christiani, D. C., Sotos-Prieto, M., & Kales, S. N.* (July 2020). A Mediterranean lifestyle is associated with lower hypertension prevalence and better aerobic capacity among New England firefighter recruits. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 62(7), 466–471. (IF= 2.306; Rank = 152/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
19. Lan, F. Y., Filler, R., Mathew, S., Buley, J., Iliaki, E., Bruno-Murtha, L. A., Osgood, R., Christophi, C. A., Fernandez-Montero, A., & Kales, S. N.* (June 2020). COVID-19 symptoms predictive of healthcare workers' SARS-CoV-2 PCR results. PloS One, 15(6), e0235460. (IF= 3.752; Rank = 29/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (SCI)) 
20. Lan, F. Y., Fernandez-Montero, A., Kales, S. N.* (June 2020). COVID-19 and healthcare workers: Emerging patterns in Pamplona, Asia and Boston. Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England), 70(5), 340–341. (IF= 5.629; Rank = 50/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))
21. Lan, F. Y., Wei, C. F., Hsu, Y. T., Christiani, D. C., & Kales, S. N.* (May 2020). Work-related COVID-19 transmission in six Asian countries/areas: A follow-up study. PloS One, 15(5), e0233588. (IF= 3.752; Rank = 29/73, MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES (SCI))
22. Wu, C. L., Lan, F. Y., Chen, B. L., Chang, R. H., Chang, W. H., Pan, S. T., Fang, P. H., Lu, C. H., & Lin, C. H.* (September 2018). Respiratory symptoms among search and rescue workers who responded to the 2016 Taiwan earthquake. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 75(9), 639–646. (IF= 4.961; Rank = 64/210, PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH (SCI))


b. Conference presentations

1. Lan F-Y, Hershey M.S., Bouziani E., Huang Y-C, Lai S-Y, Chen X.Y., Sotos-Prieto M., Kales S.N. Smartphone-based Mediterranean lifestyle application for new firefighters. Presented at the Conference of Cretan Lifestyle: Mediterranean Tradition & Modern Applications 2022, Crete, Greece. November 7-11, 2022. (poster)
2. Ko S., Joseph S., Sidossis A., Lan F-Y, Kales S.N. Beyond two-years post academy graduation follow up of health and fitness in a cohort of firefighters during their early career. Presented at the American Occupational Health Conference 2022, Salt Lake City, United States. May 1-4, 2022. (oral)

LICENSE & CERTIFICATES

  • 2015.10-Specialty Board in Occupational Medicine, Taiwan



CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES AND FUNDING (Selected)

111-2314-B-A49A-507-MY3      Dec 1, 2022 - Oct 31, 2025

National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan

A Multi-language Smartphone-based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Firefighters: An International Collaborative Study

Role: PI


HONORS & AWARDS (Selected)

1. 2022- Academic Faculty Teaching Award, Harvard Chan School of Public Health Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency Program

2. 2019- Diversity and Inclusion Express Grant, Harvard University

3. 2016- Fulbright Grant for Graduate Study

4. 2015- Government Scholarship for Overseas Study, Ministry of Education, Taiwan

5. 2011- Outstanding Clinical Performance Award, Taiwan Association of Medical Education

6. 2011- Altruistic Youth Award, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine

7. 2010- Outstanding Youth Award, National Taiwan University, College of Medicine

8. 2010- Young College Elite, China Youth Corps

9. 2009- Outstanding College Youth of National Taiwan University



PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

a. Invited reviewer for international journals: BMJ, Emerg Infect Dis, Environ Health, Front Public Health, J Occup Environ Med, J Occup Med Toxicol, La Medicina del lavoro, PeerJ, PLoS One, Sci Total Environ, etc.

b. Selected services

-2022.12 –International Scientific Committee, 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

-2023.02–Guest editor, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

-2022.10 –Review editor/ editorial board, Frontiers in Environmental Health

-2016.07 –2018.05 -Deputy Secretary General, Taiwan Environmental and Occupational Medicine Association