Faculty
Chen, Hsin-Jen / 陳信任
Institute of Public Health
02-2826-7000 #67974
hsinjenchen@nycu.edu.tw
Current Position
Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Office
Room 213, 2nd Medical
Building
Academic Degrees
PhD 2013 Johns Hopkins University | Department of International Health, Human Nutrition
MS 2002 National Taiwan University | Institute of Epidemiology
BS 2000 National Yang-Ming University | Faculty of Medical Technology
Experience
2021-now Associate Professor Institute of Public Health, National Yang
Ming Chiao Tung University
2019-now Deputy Director International Health Program, National Yang Ming
University
2018-2021 Associate Professor Institute of Public Health, National Yang
Ming University
2018-2021 Director of Health Center, National Yang Ming University
2014-2018 Assistant Professor Institute of Public Health, National Yang
Ming University
2013 Postdoctoral fellow Johns
Hopkins Department of International Health, Global Center on Childhood Obesity
2010 Program Analyst Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality
Specialty
Nutritional Epidemiology; Health Behavior Promotion
Research Interests
Public Health Nutrition, Metabolic
syndrome, Dietary Pattern, Obesogenic Environment
IHP Thesis Advisee
1. Alimatou Juwara. Comparative Nutritional Assessment of Adolescents in Public and Private Schools in Urban Gambia. 2015 (Co-advisor)
2. 許益湉. Dietary knowledge, attitudes and practices (kap) toward ramadan safe fasting among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in banda aceh, indonesia: a cross-sectional study. 2018
3. Rezky Aulia Yusuf. Trends of Adolescents’ Physical Activity and the Association with Perceived Social Support of Parent and Peer among Adolescents in Indonesia: The Indonesia Global School-Based Survey 2007 and 2015. 2019
4. Ceria Ciptanurani. Household Structure and Concurrent Stunting and Overweight among Young Children in Indonesia: Evidence from A National Health Survey. 2020
5. Do Minh Tam. Class-Level Peer Networks and Nutritional Status among Adolescents in Vietnam. 2021
6. Sofia Mejia. Chrono Nutrition: Association Between Meal Timing and Blood Lipid Profile in The US Population (NHANES 2017-18). 2021
7. Elaheh Alizargar. Association between triglyceride glucose (TyG) index and Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) index in community-dwelling individuals. 2022
Selected Publications
1.
Yusuf RA,
Mont DF, Lin WH, Chen HJ*. Adolescents’
Physical Activity and the Association With Perceived Social Support of Parents
and Peers in Indonesia. Asia Pacific J
Public Health 2021 [online ahead]
2.
Ciptanurani
C, Chen HJ*. Household Structure and
Concurrent Stunting and Overweight among Young Children in Indonesia. Public Health Nutr. 2021 [accepted]
3.
Hsu YT, Chen HJ*, Yufika A, Zufry H. Dietary
Knowledge, Preferences and Behaviors in Ramadan among Muslim Patients with Type
2 Diabetes. Diab Res Clin Pract. 2020
Dec; 170: 108474
4. Chen HJ*, Chuang SY, Chang HY, Pan WH. Energy intake at different times of
the day: Its association with elevated total and LDL cholesterol levels. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2019 Apr;29(4):390-397.
5.
Lin YC, Chen HJ, Wang Y, Min J, Wu HC, Carvajal
NA, Yang HY. NASA Mission X program for healthy eating and active living among
Taiwanese elementary school students. J
Pediatr Nurs. 2019 Nov-Dec;49:e8-e14.
6. Chen HJ, Xue H, Liu S, Huang TTK, Wang YC, Wang Y. Obesity trend in the
United States and economic intervention options to change it: A simulation
study linking ecological epidemiology and system dynamics modeling. Public Health. 2018 Aug;161:20-28.
7.
Ferrandiz-Mont
D, Wahyuniati N, Chen HJ, Mulyadi M,
Zanaria TM, Ji DD. Hygiene practices: Are they protective factors for eczema
symptoms? Immun Inflamm Dis. 2018
Jun;6(2):297-306.
8.
Chau JA,
Pan WH, Chen HJ. Employment status
and temporal patterns of energy intake: Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan. Public Health Nutr 2017;20(18):3295-3303
9. Chen, H. J., Weng, S. H., Cheng, Y. Y., Lord, A. Y. Z., Lin, H. H., & Pan, W. H. (2017). The application of traffic-light food labelling in a worksite canteen intervention in Taiwan. Public health, 150, 17-25.
10. Juwara A, Huang N, Chien LY, Chen HJ. Stunting and weight statuses of adolescents differ between public and private schools in urban Gambia. Int J Public Health. 2016 May 24. 2722054
11. Chen HJ, Wang Y, Cheskin LJ. Relationship between frequency of eating and cardiovascular disease mortality in U.S. adults: the NHANES III follow-up study. Ann Epidemiol. 2016 Jun 15. 2739790
12. Chen HJ, Wang Y. Changes in the neighborhood food store environment and children's body mass index at peripuberty in the United States. J Adolesc Health. 2016 Jan;58(1):111-8 2670723
13. Chen HJ, Wang Y. Influence of school beverage environment on the association of beverage consumption with physical education participation among US adolescents. Am J Public Health. 2013 Nov;103(11):e63-70. 24028221
Associate Professor, Institute of Public Health, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Room 213, 2nd Medical Building
PhD 2013 Johns Hopkins University | Department of International Health, Human Nutrition
MS 2002 National Taiwan University | Institute of Epidemiology
BS 2000 National Yang-Ming University | Faculty of Medical Technology
Nutritional Epidemiology; Health Behavior Promotion
Public Health Nutrition, Metabolic syndrome, Dietary Pattern, Obesogenic Environment