About Me

Dr. Li is currently a Distinguished Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Promotion and Health Education at National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) College of Education (Taiwan). Before joining NTNU, he is  an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at China Medical University (CMU) College of Public Health (Taiwan). He was  a Visiting Scientist  and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health,  and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at National Health Research Institutes (Taiwan). Dr. Li received his doctoral degree from National Taiwan University College of Public Health, and also completed the certificate program in Biotechnology in 2015. During his Ph.D. studies, he realized the important role of public policy in shaping the public health care, and thus decided to pursue an LL.M. degree in National Chengchi University, and received an LL.M. degree in 2015. 

Currently, Dr. Li is studying how environmental and nutritional factors affect human health using ongoing cohort and cross-sectional studies. 

Journal Editor

• • Technical Editor, Journal of the American Heart Association

  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Public Health 

Journal Editorial Board Member

• • Editorial Board Member, BMC Public Health

Journal Reviewer

• • Lancet Planetary Health; International Journal of Epidemiology; Environment International; Environmental Pollution; Environmental Research; Breast Cancer Research, Journal of the American Heart Association, Nutrients; Frontiers in Public Health; Journal of Public Health; Obesity Research & Clinical Practice; BMC Public Health; Journal of Epidemiology; Int J Environ Res Public Healt, INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing.

Publication List

Refereed Papers (International)

1. GBD 2019 Asia and All Cancers Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Temporal patterns of cancer burden in Asia, 1990–2019: a systematic examination for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study. The Lancet Regional Health-Southeast Asia 2024;x:100333. 

2. Chien-Ju Wang#, Hui-Wen Yang#, Ming-Chieh Li*. Association between phthalate exposure and the risk of depressive symptoms in the adult population of the United States. Chemosphere. 2023;334:139031. 

3. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risks, 1990-2022. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 2023;82(25):2350–2473.

4. GBD 2019 Allergic Disorders Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al.  Global, regional, and national burden of allergic disorders and their risk factors in 204 countries and territories, from 1990 to 2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Allergy. 2023;78(8):2232-2254.

5. GBD 2021 Diabetes Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al.  Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. Lancet. 2023;402(10397):203-234.

6. GBD 2019 Chronic Respiratory Diseases Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al.  Global burden of chronic respiratory diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: an update from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. eClinicalMedicine. 2023;59:101936.

7. Shih-Pi Lin, Hsin-Yu Fang, Ming-Chieh Li*. The relationship between overweight and obesity and insufficient micronutrient intake: A nationwide study in Taiwan. Journal of Nutritional Science. 2023;12:e48. (ESCI) (SCOPUS)

8. Tsung-Ju Tsai, Ming-Chieh Li*. Adherence to daily food guides is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes: The Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023, 20(3), 2246. (SCOPUS)

9. Ming-Chieh Li*. Better adherence to the Taiwan Daily Food Guide is associated with a reduced risk of osteoporosis: a population-based study in Taiwan. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy. 2022;15:2023-2030.

10. Hui-Ju Wen, Shu-Li Wang, Ming-Chieh Li, Yue Leon Guo. Aspergillus sensitization associated with current asthma in children: NHANES 2005-2006. Epidemiology and Health 2022;44:e2022099. 

11. Ming-Chieh Li*. The associations between adherence to daily food guide and psychiatric morbidity: a population-based study in Taiwan. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2022;13:1022892.

12. Ming-Chieh Li*. Associations between adherence to the Taiwan Dietary Reference Intakes of micronutrients and the risk of type 2 diabetes. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022;19(19), 12242.

13. GBD 2019 Cancer Risk Factors Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet. 2022;400(10352): 563-91.

14. GBD 2019 Diabetes Mortality Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Diabetes mortality and trends before 25 years of age: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol 2022;10(3):177-192.

15. Ming-Chieh Li*. Urinary phenols and parabens in relation to hearing loss: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering 2022;20(1):331-335.

16. Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. JAMA Oncology 2022;8(3):420–444.

17. GBD 2019 Adolescent Young Adult Cancer Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet Oncology 2022:23(1):27-52.

18. GBD 2019 Adolescent Mortality Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Lancet  2021;398(10311):1593-1618.

19. Local Burden of Disease Exclusive Breastfeeding Collaborators, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Mapping inequalities in exclusive breastfeeding in low- and middle-income countries, 2000-2018. Nature Human Behaviour 2021;5(8):1027-1045.

20. GBD-NHLBI-JACC Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Writing Group, Ming-Chieh Li, et al. Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2020;76(25):2982-3021.

21. Ming-Chieh Li*, Hsin-Yu Fang. Adherence to daily food guides is associated with lower risk of metabolic syndrome: the Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan. Nutrients 2020;12:2955. 

22. Ming-Chieh Li*. Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances are associated with increased hearing impairment: a re-analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.  International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020;17:5836. (SCOPUS)

23. Ming-Chieh Li, Ching-Yu Lin, Yue Leon Guo*. Urinary concentrations of phthalates in relation to circulating fatty acid profile in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2004 and 2011-2012. Environmental Pollution 2020;265(Pt B):114714. 

24. Ming-Chieh Li, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Andrea Bellavi, Paige L. Williams, Tamarra James-Todd, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro, Yu-Han Chiu*. Serum beta-carotene modifies the association between phthalate mixtures and insulin resistance: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2006. Environmental Research 2019;178:108729. 

25. Ming-Chieh Li, Yu-Han Chiu, Audrey J. Gaskins, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Feiby L. Nassan, Paige L. Williams, John C. Petrozza, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro for the EARTH Study Team. Men’s intake of vitamin C and β-carotene are positively related to fertilization rate but not to live birth rate in couples undergoing infertility treatment. Journal of Nutrition 2019;149(11):1977-1984. 

26. Ming-Chieh Li, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Mariel Arvizu, Yu-Han Chiu, Jennifer B. Ford, Paige L. Williams, Jill Attaman, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro* for the EARTH Study Team. Waist circumference in relation to outcomes of infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technologies. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 2019;220:578.e1-13.

27. Kang-Yi Su#, Ming-Chieh Li#, Nian-Wei Lee, Bing-Ching Ho, Chiou-Ling Cheng, Yu-Chen Chuang, Sung-Liang Yu*, Yue Leon Guo*. Perinatal polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans exposure are associated with DNA methylation changes lasting to early adulthood: findings from Yucheng second generation. Environmental Research 2019;170:481-486. (#co-first authors)

28. Ming-Chieh Li, Feiby L. Nassan, Yu-Han Chiu, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Paige L. Williams, Irene Souter, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro*. Intake of antioxidants in relation to outcomes of infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technologies. Epidemiology 2019;30:427-434. 

29. Hung-En Liu, Ming-Chieh Li*. Factors influencing the willingness to participate in medical research: a nationwide survey in Taiwan. PeerJ 2018;6:e4874.

30. Shao-Yi Cheng, Ming-Chieh Li, Shu-Li Chia, Kuo-Chin Huang, Tai-Yuan Chiu, Ding-Cheng Chan*, Han-Mo Chiu*. Factors affecting compliance with confirmatory colonoscopy after a positive fecal immunochemical test of the national colorectal screening program. Cancer 2018;124:907-915.

31. Ming-Chieh Li, Chi-Hsien Chen, Yue Leon Guo*. Phthalates esters and childhood asthma: a systematic review and congener-specific meta-analysis. Environmental Pollution 2017;229:655-660.  PROSPERO registration number: CRD42016049017 

32. Ping-Chi Hsu#, Ming-Chieh Li#, Yeu-Chin Lee, Pao-Lin Kuo, Yueliang Leon Guo*. Polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans increased abnormal sperm morphology without alterations in aneuploidy: The Yucheng study. Chemosphere 2016;165:294-297. (#co-first authors)

33. Ming-Chieh Li, Pau-Chung Chen, Pei-Chien Tsai, Masutaka Furue, Daisuke Onozuka, Akihito Hagihara, Hiroshi Uchi, Yoshimura Takesumi, Yue Leon Guo*. Mortality after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated dibenzofurans: a meta-analysis of two highly exposed cohorts. International Journal of Cancer 2015;137:1427-32 

34. Ming-Chieh Li, Hung-Pin Wu, Chiu-Yueh Yang, Pau-Chung Chen, George H. Lambert, Yue Leon Guo*. Gestational exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans induced asymmetric hearing loss: Yucheng children study. Environmental Research 2015:137;65-71. 

35. Hsuan Su, Shy-Shin Chang, Chien-Min Han, Kai-Yun Wu, Ming-Chieh Li, Chen-Ying Huang, Chyi-Long Lee, Jiunn-Yih Wu, Chien-Chang Lee*. Inflammatory markers in cord blood or maternal serum for early detection of neonatal sepsis- A systemic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Perinatology 2014;34;268-274.

36. Hsin-Yi Ho, Chao-Wei Chen, Ming-Chieh Li, Yu-Pao Hsu, Shih-Ching Kang, Erh-Hao Liu, Ko-Hung Lee. A novel and effective acupuncture modality as a complementary therapy to acute pain relief in inpatients with rib fractures. Biomedical Journal 2014;37:147-155. 

37. Ming-Chieh Li, Pei Chien Tsai, Pau-Chung Chen, Chia Jung Hsieh, Yue-Liang Leon Guo*, Walter J. Rogan. Mortality after exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and dibenzofurans: 30 years after the "Yucheng Accident". Environmental Research 2013;120;71-75.

Refereed Papers (Domestic or Local)

1. Ming-Chieh Li*. Comments on the School Health Act amendment: focusing on the issues of healthy eating education and genetically modified foods. Taiwan J Public Health 2022;41(3):252-257. (TSSCI journal) (in Chinese)

2. Hung-En Liu, Ming-Chieh Li*. Conflict of interest issues in biomedical research: Taiwanese attitudes and their implications for legal policy. Angle Health Law Review 2017;13:97-116. (in Chinese)

3. Ming-Chieh Li, Hung-En Liu*. Regulation of biomedical researchers' conflict of interest in Taiwan with a focus on the disclosure of conflict of interest by the researchers. Taiwan J Public Health 2016;35:239-244. (TSSCI journal) (in Chinese)

4. Daniel Fu-Chang Tsai, Ming-Chieh Li. The Ethical-legal Issues in Living Non-relative Organ Donation. Formosan J. Medicine 2012;16: 649-659. (in Chinese)

5. Yi- Fan Chen, Wen-Ling Yeh*, Ko-Hong Lee, Ming-Chieh Li, Tsung-Hsien Yang, Hsin-Chia Huang, Tsung-Bin Huang, Hsin-Yi Ho. Intravenous Ondansetron as antiemetic prophylaxis for postoperative nausea and vomiting after shoulder arthroscopy. Chang Gung Medical Journal 2011;34: 205-212. 

6. Ming-Chieh Li, Yue Leon Guo*. Dioxin's Effects on Glucose Homeostasis and Type 2 Diabetes. Formosan J. Medicine 2010;14: 189-198. (in Chinese)

Conference Abstracts

• Chien-Ju Wang#, Hui-Wen Yang#, Ming-Chieh Li*. Association between phthalate exposure and the risk of depressive symptoms in the adult population of the United States. 35th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2023), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2023.9.17 ~ 2023.9.21, (Poster presentation) 

• Tsung-Ju Tsai, Ming-Chieh Li*. Adherence to daily food guide is associated with a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes. 2022 Taiwan Public Health Joint Annual Conference. 2022.10.14~2022.10.16. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Chi-Hsien Chen, Ching-Yu Lin, Tzu-Chieh Chou, Yue Leon Guo*.  Relationships between urinary phthalate metabolites and lipidomic profile in a Taiwanese elderly population. 34th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2022). 2022.9.18 ~ 2022.9.21. (E-Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li*.  Urinary phenols and parabens in relation to hearing loss: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. 33rd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2021). (E-Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li*, Hsin-Yu Fang. Obese people do not have a higher chance of adherence to recommended daily intake for the most nutrients. ASN's meeting, Nutrition 2021. (E-Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li. Serum per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in relation to hearing loss. 32nd Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2020).  Fully virtual conference, 2020.8.24 ~ 2020.8.27. (E-Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Yue Leon Guo. Urinary concentrations of phthalate metabolites in relation to circulating fatty acid profile，31st Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE 2019)，Utrecht, Netherlands, 2019.8.25 ~ 2019.8.28. (Oral presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Lidia Minguez-Alarcon, Mariel Arvizu, Yu-Han Chiu, Jennifer Ford, Paige L. Williams, John C. Petrozza, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro. Waist circumference in relation to outcomes of infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technologies. Fertility and Sterility 110(4):e205 (doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.596) 2018 ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo, Denver, Colorado, USA, October 6-10, 2018. (Poster presentation)

• Irene Souter, Ming-Chieh Li, Mariel Arvizu, Yu-Han Chiu, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Paige L. Williams, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro. The association of dietary antioxidants and antral follicle counts among women undergoing infertility treatments. Fertility and Sterility 110(4):e125-e126 (doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.376) 2018 ASRM Scientific Congress & Expo, Denver, Colorado, USA, October 6-10, 2018. (Poster presentation)

• Hung-En Liu, Ming-Chieh Li. Who trust doctors conducting medical research? -- results of a nationwide representative survey in Taiwan. 2018 EACME Annual Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 6-8, 2018. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Yu-Han Chiu, Feiby L. Nassan, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Paige L. Williams, Irene Souter, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro*. Men's pre-treatment intake of antioxidants in relation to couple related outcomes of assisted reproductive technologies. ASN's inaugural flagship meeting, Nutrition 2018, Boston, MA, USA, June 9-12, 2018. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Yu-Han Chiu, Feiby L. Nassan, Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, Paige L. Williams, Irene Souter, Russ Hauser, Jorge E. Chavarro*. Pre-treatment intake of antioxidants in relation to outcomes of infertility treatment with assisted reproductive technologies. ASN's inaugural flagship meeting, Nutrition 2018, Boston, MA, USA, June 9-12, 2018. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Chi-Hsien Chen, Yue Leon Guo*. The phthalates esters and childhood asthma: a systematic review and congener-specific meta-analysis. 22nd Asian Conference on Occupational and Environmental Health. Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April 27-30, 2017. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Hung-Pin Wu, Chiu-Yueh Yang, Pau-Chung Chen, George H. Lambert, Yue Leon Guo*. Gestational Exposure to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dibenzofurans Induced Asymmetric Hearing Loss: Yucheng Children Study. 26th Annual International Society for Environmental Epidemiology Conference (ISEE). Seattle, Washington, USA, August 24-28, 2014. (Poster presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Pei-Chien Tsai, Pau-Chung Chen, Chia-Jung Hsieh, Yue Leon Guo*. Mortality in a Population Highly Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans: 30 Years after Yucheng Accident. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2011 Sep; 68(Supple 1): A83. (doi:10.1136/oemed-2011-100382.273) The 22nd International Conference on Epidemiology in Occupational Health (EPICOH), Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-9, 2011. (Poster discussion)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Yue Leon  Guo*. Chronic effects of Taiwanese People Highly Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dibenzofurans (PCBs/PCDFs) -A Mortality Analysis of Yucheng Subjects. Epidemiology: January 2011 - Volume 22 - Issue 1 - p S56 (doi: 10.1097/01.ede.0000391833.42084.5c) International Society of Exposure Sciences-International Society of Environmental Epidemiology (ISES-ISEE) 22nd Annual Conference, Seoul, Korea, 28 August-1 September 2010: Chemicals and Environmental Health Issues: Persistent Organic Chemicals. (Oral presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Pau-Chung Chen, Yue Leon Guo*. People Highly Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dibenzofurans (PCBs/PCDFs) Have Lower Glucose Levels Compared with Unexposed Group. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2010 Sep; 60(Suppl 1): A7. (doi: 10.1136/oem.2010.60608.21) 1st International Symposium of Reproductive Hazards in the Workplace and Environment (RHICOH 2010), Taipei, Taiwan, April 20-21, 2010. (Oral presentation)

• Ming-Chieh Li, Pau-Chung Chen, Yue Leon Guo*. Increased Kidney and Heart Disease Mortalities in 6-28 Years Follow-Up of the Taiwanese People Highly Exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Dibenzofurans (PCBs/PCDFs). The 41st Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health (APACPH) Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, December 3-6, 2009. (Poster  presentation)