Distinguished Chair Professor, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine (1961-1968)
Professional Experience
Lectr., Dept. of Internal Med., Coll. of Med., NTU (1975-1978), Assc. Prof. (1978-1983), Dir., Grad. Inst. of Clinical Med. (1985-1991), Dean, National Taiwan University College of Medicine (2001-2007)
Specialties
Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Awards and Honors
National Outstanding Science and Technology Award of the Republic of China, Executive Yuan (1984)
Abbott Laboratories Research Award (1986)
Outstanding Research Award in Biology and Medicine,
National Science Council (1987-1993)
Outstanding Academic Award (Medicine), Ministry of Education (1989)
Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C. (1992)
Grand Award, Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA)(1993)
Hou Jin-Duei Outstanding Contribution Award in Basic Science (1994)
Outstanding Scholar Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (1995-1997)
Elected Member, The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS, 2001)
National Chair-Professor of Medicine, Ministry of Education (1997-2003), Lifetime Chair-Professor (2004-)
Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa), Kaohsiung Medical University (2002)
President, International Association for the Study of the Liver (2004-2006)
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2005)
Outstanding Achievement Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (2005)
Caring Physicians of the World, World Medical Association (2005)
Trieste Science Prize (TWAS, 2006)
Presidential Science Prize, Taiwan (2007)
International Recognition Award, European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)(2009)
The 15th Nikkei Asia Prize in Science, Technology and Innovation (2010)
Distinguished Clinician Educator/Mentor Award, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)(2011)
Doctor of Philosophy (honoris causa), China Medical University (2014)
Fellow, American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD Fellow, 2014)
Taiwan Association for the Study of the Liver Mentor Award (TASL Mentor, 2015)
First Rank Health and Welfare Medal, Ministry of Health and Welfare (2015)
Baruch. S. Blumberg Prize, Hepatitis B Foundation (2018)
Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon, R.O.C (2018)