學經歷   Educational Background and Previous Experience 

• 國立成功大學醫學院醫學系 (MD, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University)

• 國立成功大學臨床醫學碩士 (MSc, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University)

• 國立成功大學臨床醫學博士 (PhD, Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Cheng Kung University)

• 國立成功大學附設醫院小兒部住院醫師 (Resident, Dept. of Pediatrics, NCKU Hospital)

• 國立成功大學附設醫院小兒部遺傳代謝暨內分泌科臨床研究醫師 (Clinical Fellow, Division of Genetics Metabolism and Endocrinology, Dept. of Pediatrics, NCKU Hospital)

• 雪梨大學Westmead兒童醫院青少年科臨床研究醫師 (Clinical Fellow, Adolescent Medicine Unit, Westmead Children Hospital, University of Sydney) 

• 昆士蘭大學兒童醫院兒童內分泌科訪問醫師 (Visiting Physician, Endocrinology Unit, Queensland Children Hospital, University of Queensland)

• 渥太華大學流行病學與公共衛生研究所訪問學者 (Visiting Scholar, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa)

研究興趣   Research Interests

• 青少年社會心理健康與生命歷程研究 (Adolescent psychosocial health and life course research) 

• 罕見基因疾病與基因體定序 (Rare genetic diseases and genomic sequencing)

• 兒童肥胖、糖尿病、內分泌疾患 (Pediatric obesity, diabetes, and endocrine disorders)

• 遺傳流行病學與醫療資料庫分析 (Genetic epidemiology and medical database analysis)

著作發表   Publications

*corresponding author

1. Lin YW, Lin CY, Strong C, Liu CH, Hsieh YP, Lin YC, Tsai MC*. Psychological correlates of eating behavior in overweight/obese adolescents in Taiwan: Psychometric and correlation analysis of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ)-R21. Pediatr Neonatol. 2021;62(1):41-48. doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2020.08.006. 

2. Tsai MC*, Jhang KJ, Lee CT, Lin YF, Strong C, Lin YC, Hsieh YP, Lin CY. Effects of childhood adversity and its interaction with the MAOA, BDNF, and COMT polymorphisms on subclinical attention deficit/hyperactivity symptoms in generally healthy youth. Children. 2020; 7(9):122.

3. Nguyen NTK, Fan HY, Tsai MC, Tung TH, Huynh QTV, Huang SY, Chen YC. Nutrient Intake through Childhood and Early Menarche Onset in Girls: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Nutrients. 2020;12(9):E2544.

4. Lee CT, Tsai MC*. Adolescent pregnancy and neonatal outcomes: Reflections on cross-national comparisons. Pediatr Neonatol 2020;61(4):461-462.

5. Lee SL, Tsai MC, Chang SC, Chen JL, Wang RH. Modeling individual, parental and peer factors to glycemic control in adolescents with type 1 diabetes: A prospective study. J Adv Nurs. 2020;76(5):1162-1171.

6. Ho CY, Lin SH, Tsai MC, Yu T, Strong C. Impact of cumulative unhealthy sleep practices in adolescence on substance use in young adulthood estimated using marginal structural modeling. Front Neurosci 2020;14:339 

7. Lin CY, Strong C, Latner JD, Lin YC, Tsai MC, Cheung P. Mediated effects of eating disturbances in the association of perceived weight stigma and emotional distress. Eat Weight Disord. 2020;25(2):509-518.

8. Liang YL, Tsai MC, Lin YC , Strong C, Lin CY. Poverty and the prediction of health status in adolescents from low-income families in Taiwan. J Public Health. 2020;42(1):44-52.

9. Lin YC, Tsai MC, Strong C, Hsieh YP, Lin CY, Lee CSC. Exploring Mediation Roles of Child Screen-Viewing between Parental Factors and Child Overweight in Taiwan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(6):1878.

10. Leung H, Pakpour AH, Strong C, Lin YC, Tsai MC, Griffith MD, Lin CY, Chen IH. Measurement invariance across young adults from Hong Kong and Taiwan among three internet-related addiction scales: Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), and Internet Gaming Disorder Scale-Short Form (IGDS-SF9) (Study Part A). Addict Behav 2020;101:105969 

11. Chen IH, Strong C, Lin YC, Tsai MC, Lung H, Lin CY, Pakpour AH, Griffiths MD. Time invariance of three ultra-brief internet-related instruments: Smartphone Application-Based Addiction Scale (SABAS), Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale (BSMAS), and the nine-item Internet Gaming Disorder Scale- Short Form (IGDS-SF9) (Study Part B). Addict Behav 2020;101:105960.

12. Pan YW, Tsai MC, Yang YJ, Chen MY, Chen SY, Chou YY. The relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and pediatric congenital hypothyroidism patients. Kaohsiung J Med Sci. 2019;35(12):778-86

13. Lin CY, Tsai MC, Liu CH, Lin YC, Hsieh YP, Strong C. Psychological pathway from obesity-related stigma to depression via internalized stigma and self-esteem among adolescents in Taiwan. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019;16(22):4410

14. Tsai CL, Pan CY, Chen FC, Huang TH, Tsai MC, Chuang CY. Differences in neurocognitive performance and metabolic and inflammatory indices in male adults with obesity as a function of regular exercise. Exp Physiol. 2019; 104(11):1650-1660.

15. Jhang KJ, Lin YF, Tsai MC*, Strong C, Lin YC, Hsieh YP, Lin CY. Gender-differential associations between attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms and youth health risk behaviors. Pediatr Neonatol. 2019;60(5):581-583. 

16. Tsai MC, Strong C, Latner JD, Lin YC, Pakpour AH, Lin CY, Wang SM. Attitudes toward and beliefs about obese persons across Hong Kong and Taiwan: wording effects and measurement invariance. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2019;17(1):134.

17. Pakpour AH, Tsai MC, Lin YC, Strong C, Latner JD, Fung XCC, Lin CY, Tsang HWH. Psychometric properties and measurement invariance of the Weight Self-Stigma Questionnaire and Weight Bias Internalization Scale in Hongkongese children and adolescents. Int J Clin Health Psychol. 2019;19(2):150-159.

18. Wang YC, Moya Guerola M, Lin YC, Hsieh YP, Strong C, Tsai MC*, Lin CY. Effects of childhood adversity and resilience on Taiwanese youth health behaviors. Pediatr Neonatol 2019;60(4):368-376.

19. Wu CH, Lin CY, Hsieh YP, Strong C, Meshki C, Lin YC, Tsai MC*. Dietary behaviors mediate the association between food insecurity and obesity among socioeconomically disadvantaged youth. Appetite 2019;132:275-281.

20. Pakpour AH, Chen CY, Lin CY, Strong C, Tsai MC, Lin YC. The relationship between children's overweight and quality of life: A comparison of Sizing Me Up, PedsQL and Kid-KINDL. Int J Clin Health Psychol 2019;19:49-56

21. Lin YC, Fun XCC, Tsai MC, Strong C, Hsieh YP, Lin CY. Insufficient physical activity and overweight: Does caregiver screen-viewing matter? J Child Fam Stud 2019;28(1):286-97.

22. Lee SL, Chen BH, Wong SL, Chang SC, Tsai MC, Wang RH. Psychometric testing of the short‐form Chinese version of the self‐management for adolescents with type 1 diabetes scale. Res Nurs Health. 2018;41(6):563-571

23. Gunn HM, Tsai MC, McRae A, Steinbeck KS. Menstrual patterns in the first gynaecological year: A systematic review. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol 2018;31(6):557-565

24. Tsai MC, Gan ST, Lee CT, Liang YL, Lee LT, Lin HS. National population-based data on the incidence, prevalence, and psychiatric comorbidity of eating disorders in Taiwanese adolescents and young adults. Int J Eat Disord 2018;51(11):1277-1284.

25. Tsai MC*. On-campus promoting health literacy and behavior in adolescent athletes: A pilot quasi-experimental study. Soc Health Behav 2018;1:22-5.

26. Tsai MC, Lee CT, Tsai IN, Gan ST, Liang YL, Lin SH. Minor physical anomalies in adolescents at risk for substance use and early sex.. Medicine (Baltimore). 2018;97(24):e11147.

27. Tsai MC*, Strong C, Chen WT, Lee CT, Lin CY. Longitudinal impacts of pubertal timing and weight status on adolescent Internet use: Analysis from a cohort study of Taiwanese youths. PLoS ONE 2018;13(5): e0197860. 

28. Koya C, Yu T, Strong C, Tsai MC*. Association between two common missense substitutions, Thr6Lys and Val81Ile, in MC3R gene and childhood obesity: A meta-analysis. Child Obes. 2018;14(4):218-226. 

29. Strong C, Lee CT, Chao LH, Lin CY, Tsai MC*. Adolescent internet use, social integration, and depressive symptoms: Analysis from a longitudinal cohort survey. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2018;39(4):318-324

30. Tsai MC, Yu HW, Liu T, Chou YY, Chiou YY, Chen PC. Rare compound heterozygous frameshift mutations in ALMS1 gene identified through exome sequencing in a Taiwanese patient with Alström syndrome. Front Genet 2018;9:110.

31. Lee CT, Lin CY, Strong C, Lin YF, Chou YY, Tsai MC*. Metabolic correlates of health-related quality of life among overweight and obese adolescents. BMC Pediatr. 2018;18:25

32. Lin YC, Strong C, Tsai MC, Lin CY, Fung XCC. Validating Sizing Them Up: A parent-proxy weight-related quality-of-life measure, with community-based children. Int J Clin Health Psychol 2018;18(1):81-89

33. Chao LH, Lin CY, Tsai MC, Liang YL, Strong C. From childhood adversity to problem behaviors: Role of psychological and structural social integration. Pediatr Int. 2018;60(1):23-29

34. Tsai CL, Huang TH, Tsai MC*. Neurocognitive performances of visuospatial attention and the correlations with metabolic and inflammatory biomarkers in adults with obesity. Exp Physiol. 2017;102(12):1683-1699 

35. Lee CT, Tsai MC*, Lin CY, Strong C. Longitudinal effects of self-report pubertal timing and menarcheal age on adolescent psychological and behavioral outcomes in female youths from northern Taiwan. Pediatr Neonatol 2017;58(4):313-320.

36. Lin CY, Strong C, Tsai MC, Lee CT. Raters interpret positively and negatively worded items similarly in a quality of life instrument for children. Inquiry. 2017;54:46958017696724.

37. Strong C, Lin YC, Tsai MC, Lin CY. Factor structure of Sizing Me Up, a self-reported weight-related quality of life instrument, in community children across weight status. Child Obes 2017;13(2):111-119

38. Lee CT, Lin CY, Tsai MC*, Strong C, Lin YC. Psychometric evaluation and wording effects on the Chinese version of the parent-proxy Kid-KINDL. Health Qual Life Outcome 2016;14:123

39. Lin CY, Tsai MC*. Effects of family context on adolescents’ psychological problems: Moderating by pubertal timing, and mediating by self-esteem and interpersonal relationships. Appl Res Qual Life 2016;11(3):907-23

40. Tsai MC*. Health care for adolescents in Taiwan: An emerging role of pediatricians. Pediatr Neonatol 2016;57(1):81

41. Strong C, Tsai MC, Lin CY, Cheng CP. Childhood adversity, timing of puberty and adolescent depressive symptoms: A longitudinal study in Taiwan. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev 2016;47(3):347-57

42. Tsai MC, Huang HH, Chou YY, Cheng CN, Chen JS, Lin SJ. Risk factors for hyperglycemia during chemotherapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia among Taiwanese children. Pediatr Neonatol 2015;56(5):339-45.

43. Tsai MC, Strong C, Lin CY. Effects of pubertal timing on deviant behaviors in Taiwan: A longitudinal analysis of 7th- to 12th- grade students. J Adolesc 2015;42:87-97.

44. Tsai MC, Hsieh YP, Strong C, Lin CY. Effects of pubertal timing on alcohol and tobacco use in the early adulthood: A longitudinal cohort study in Taiwan. Res Dev Disabil. 2015;36:376-38.

45. Tsai MC, Chou YY, Wang JN, Wu JM, Huang CC, Kuo PL, Tsai YS. Type B interrupted aortic arch and hydrocephalus associated with mosaicism of a 1.37 Mb amplified cat eye syndrome critical region. Pediatr Neonatol 2015; 56(4):277-279.

46. Tsai MC, Cheng CN, Wang RJ, Chen KT, Kuo MC, Lin SJ. Cost-effectiveness analysis of carrier and prenatal genetic testing for X-linked hemophilia. J Formos Med Assoc. 2015;114(8):722-8.

47. Tsai MC, Cheng HY, Su MT, Chen M, Kuo PL. Partial trisomy 8 mosaicism not detected by cultured amniotic fluid cells. Tw J Obstetr Gynecol 2014;53(4):598-601

48. Tsai MC, Tsai KJ, Wang HK, Sung PS, Wu MH, Hung KW, Lin SH. Mood disorders after traumatic brain injury in adolescents and young adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study. J Pediatr. 2014;164(1):136-141.

49. Tsai MC, Lin SH, Chou YY, Lin SJ. Exploration of health status, healthcare utilization, and health service expectations among Taiwanese adolescents. Eur J Pediatr. 2014;173(2):187-96.

50. Tsai MC, Chou YY, Lin SJ, Lin SH. Factors associated with adolescents’ perspectives on health needs and preference for health information sources in Taiwan. Arch Dis Child 2013;98(1):9-15.

51. Tsai MC, Chou YY, Lin SJ, Tsai LP. A novel SRD5A2 mutation in a Taiwanese newborn with ambiguous genitalia. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2012;28(4):231-5

52. Tsai MC, Chou YY, Lin SJ. Assessment of experience and training needs in adolescent medicine: Perspectives from pediatricians. Tzu Chi Med J 2011;23:37-41.