Prof. Wen-Chung Lee

PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY

• Epidemiologic Methods
• Genetic Epidemiology
• Biostatistics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Dr. Lee’s research is at the interface of biostatistics and epidemiology. He has developed many innovative concepts and methodologies. A brief description of some of them is given below:

1. Two new metric systems for gauging exposure-disease relations, one based on the sufficient component cause (causal pie) model, and the other, the Lorenz curve.

2. Nontraditional case-control studies (by creating ‘counterfactual subjects’): the case-spouse study; and the case-control and case-only studies assuming Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and gene-environment independence.

3. Bounding formulas for unmeasured confounding and population stratification bias.

4. Multiple-comparison methodologies: for genome-wide association data and gene-expression data.

Methodologies for descriptive epidemiology: age-period-cohort models, age-adjustment methods, etc.

FULLTIME WORK EXPERIENCE

2005.12~2010.7

Director, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

2004.8~2005.7

Acting Director, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

2000 till now

Professor, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

1994~2000

Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

1992~1994

Lecturer, Graduate Institute of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University

1989~1991

Staff, Bureau of Public Health, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.