Taiwan Society of Gene Therapy_Director

DirectorHsin-Chien Yen

Professional license
  • Board-Certified Pediatrician, Taiwan Pediatric Association
  • Board-Certified Neonatologist, Taiwan Society of Neonatology
  • Board-Certified Subspecialist in Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism
Educational qualifications
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University
Experience
  1. Resident Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  2. Research Fellow, Division of Neonatology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  3. Research Fellow, Division of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  4. Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Taichung Veterans General Hospital
  5. Adjunct Attending Physician, Department of Pediatrics, Lee’s General Hospital
Areas of expertise
  1. General Pediatrics and Neonatology
  2. Pediatric Preventive Care and Vaccination Consultation
  3. Pediatric Genetic and Metabolic Disorders (including growth and developmental disorders, precocious puberty, diabetes mellitus, thyroid disorders, inborn errors of metabolism, and congenital anomalies due to chromosomal abnormalities)
  4. Precision Medicine
Professional writings
  • Maternal Autoimmune Disease and Childhood-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: A Nationwide Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study. Pediatr Diabetes. 2026 Jan 20;2026:3418021.
  • Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Immune Thrombocytopenia: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. Frontiers in pediatrics. 2022 Mar 18;10:837101.
  • Sex-specific genetic variants associated with inguinal hernia in a Taiwanese population. International Journal of Medical Sciences. 2023 Mar 27;20(5):607-615.