Faculty

Current Position

Professor, Institute of Public Health and Department of Social Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Office

No.201,Sec.2,Shih-Pai Road, Beitou District Taiwan(ROC)

Academic Degrees

M. D., School of Medicine, NYCU
Ph.D., Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, School of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University, USA

Experience

Deputy Secretary General, The Infectious Society of Taiwan
Director, Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Specialty

Internal Medicine, Molecular Biology, Molecular Virology, Infectious Diseases

Research Interests

The role of human cytomegalovirus（or other viruses）in colorectal cancer

IHP Thesis Advisee

Henry Badji / Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus pathogens causing invasive disease in patients seen at MRC clinic, Fajara, The Gambia. 2012

Selected Publications

1. Hsin-pai Chen and Yu-Jiun Chan.* The oncomodulatory role of human cytomegalovirus in colorectal cancer: implications for clinical trials. Frontiers in Oncology. November 2014;4: 1-5. doi:10.3389/fonc.2014.00314 25452935
2. Hsin-pai Chen, Jeng-Kai Jiang, Pei-Yu Lai, Cheng-Yu Chen, Teh-Ying Chou, Yen-Chung Chen, Chia-Hao Chan, Shiou-Fu Lin, Chih-Yung Yang, Chuan-Yu Chen, Chi-Hung Lin, Jen-Kou Lin, Donald Ho, Wen-Long Cho and Yu-Jiun Chan.* Tumoral presence of human cytomegalovirus is associated with shorter disease-free survival in elderly patients with colorectal cancer and higher levels of intratumoral interleukin-17. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 2014; 20: 664–671（SCI-IF:5.197）24118412
3. Chun-Yi Lee, Chia-Chun Lai, Chuan-Hsiung Chang, Teh-Ying Chou , Yu-Jiun Chan*. Manuscript title: Human respiratory adenoviruses detection by a real-time polymerase chain reaction method using one primers set Authors and information of institutions. Journal of Medical Virology. 2014;86:2128-2133（SCI-IF:2.217）24916449
4. Hsin-Pai Chen, Jeng-Kai Jiang, Cheng-Yu Chen, Teh-Ying Chou, Yen-Chung Chen, Ya-Ting Chang, Jhiou-Ku Lin, Chia-Hao Chan, Chih-Yung Yang, Chi-Hung Lin, Jen-Kou Lin, Wen-Long Cho, Yu-Jiun Chan*. Human Cytomegalovirus Preferntially located in the Neoplastic Epithelium of Colorectal Cancer: A Quantitative and Histological Analysis. Journal of Clinical Virology. 2012;54:240-244 （SCI-IF:3.466）22595308
5. Keh-Gong Wu. Miao-Chiu Hung, Ya-Ting Chang, Chun-Jen Chen, Su-Pen Yang, Cheng-Yi Liu, Donald Ming-Tak Ho, Yu-Jiun Chan* Occurrence of Human Cytomegalovirus Glycoprotein B Genotypes in Immunocompetent and Immunosuppressed Taiwanese Patients. Intervirology 2011 ;54:196-201. （SCI-IF:1.773）21242663

Supervised IHP Student Publications

1. Senghore M1, Bayliss SC2, Kwambana-Adams BA3, Foster-Nyarko E3, Manneh J3, Dione M3, Badji H3, Ebruke C3, Doughty EL4, Thorpe HA2, Jasinska AJ5, Schmitt CA5, Cramer JD6, Turner TR7, Weinstock G8, Freimer NB5, Pallen MJ9, Feil EJ2, Antonio M10. Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission of Staphylococcus aureus from humans to green monkeys in The Gambia. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2016 Jul 29. pii: AEM.01496-16. 25452935