Pei-Shih Chen,
Chair, Division of Institutional Research and Sustainable Development
Professor, Department of Public Health, College of Health Science,
Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
Email: pschen@gap.kmu.edu.tw
EDUCATION
⚫ Ph.D., Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, National
Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. (2005)
⚫ Bachelor, Department of Public Health, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan,
R.O.C. (2005)
CURRENT POSITION
⚫ Professor of Public Health Department, Kaohsiung Medical University,
Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Researcher of Department of Clinical Medicine Research, Kaohsiung Medical
University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Deputy Director of Environmental Medicine Center, Kaohsiung Medical
University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Secretariat of Institutional Research and Planning office, Kaohsiung
Medical University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Deputy Director of Medical and Policy Center, Kaohsiung Medical University,
Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Chief Sustainability Officer of Sustainable Development Office, Kaohsiung
Medical University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Sustainable Development Office of Institutional Research Center,
Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Medical Technology and Policy Research Center, Kaohsiung Medical
University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Joint Appointment Professor of Institute of Environmental Engineering, National
Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Public Health Specialist Certification Exam, Ministry of Health and
Welfare, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Ministry of Health and Welfare of Laboratory Biosafety Manual
Editorial Team, Ministry of Health and Welfare, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of First Group Occupational Disease identification of Worker
Occupational Accident Insurance, Ministry of Labor, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Labor and Occupational Safety and Health Institute of Standards
Limits of Permissible Exposure of Occupational hazard factor, Ministry of
Labor, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Air Pollution and Health Board, Environmental Protection
Administration, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Taiwan Public Health Association
⚫ Director of Occupational Hygiene Association of Taiwan (TOHA)
⚫ Chairman of Organization Committee of Taiwan Association for Aerosol
Research (TAAR)
⚫ Director of Taiwan Society of Indoor Environmental Quality
⚫ Director of Air Pollution Prevention of Fund Management Board, New Taipei
City Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Protection Fund Management Board, Kaohsiung City
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Impact Assessment Review Board, Kaohsiung City
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Handing of Public Nuisance Disputes Committee, Kaohsiung City
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Director of Outstanding Award Selection of Environmental Education, Tainan City
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Protection Fund Management Board, Tainan City
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Impact Assessment Review Board, Pingtung County
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Air Pollution Reduction Promotion Group, Chiayi City Government,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Assessment Review Board, Penghu County
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Environmental Protection Fund Management Board, Penghu County
Government, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
⚫ Advisor of Port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan International Ports Corporation, Ltd of
Appeals and Review Committee.
⚫ Advisor of Department of Engineering and Technologies of Environmental
Engineering, National Science and Technology Council, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
SCI PAPER
⚫ Jia Lin Zhang, Tsu-Nai Wang#, Pei-Chen Lin, Kuan-Ting Lin, Yu-Han Chen, Jyun-Min
Jhang, Ting-Ching Yao, Yuan-Chung Lin*, Pei-Shih Chen*. Impacts of night market on
indoor air quality and lung function of children in nearby households. Journal Of Exposure
Science And Environmental Epidemiology accepted in 31 Jan, 2025.
⚫ Jia Lin Zhang, Guan-Yu Liao, Hong-Yi Lin, Jie-An Xie, Wan-Chen Li, Huang-Chi Chen, Da
Wei Wu, Huai-Lei Juan, Jia-Yu Kuo, Pei-Shih Chen* (2024, Nov). Enhancing indoor air
quality and cardiopulmonary health in patients with asthma by photocatalytic oxidation and
filters air cleaner. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, 482, 136573.
⚫ Jia Lin Zhang, Yu-Chun Wang, Yi Lien Lee, Chun-Yuh Yang*, Pei-Shih Chen* (2024,
May). Airborne Influenza Virus in Daycare Centers.. Viruses-Basel.
⚫ Jia Lin Zhang, Zi-Yu Chen, Si-Ling Lin, Chwan-Chuen King, Chen-Chih Chen*, Pei-Shih
Chen*. Airborne Avian Influenza Virus in Ambient Air in the Winter Habitats of Migratory
Birds. Environmental Science & Technology, (2022, Oct) 56(22), 15365–15376.
⚫ Da-Wei Wu, Szu-Chia Chen, Hung-Pin Tu, Chih-Wen Wang, Chih-Hsing Hung, Huang-Chi
Chen, Tzu-Yu Kuo, Chen-Feng Wang, Bo-Cheng Lai, Pei-Shih Chen*,
Chao-Hung Kuo.The Impact of the Synergistic Effect of Temperature and Air Pollutants on Chronic Lung
Diseases in Subtropical Taiwan. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021 Aug 21
⚫ Yu-Chuan Yen, Chun-Yuh Yang, Tsu-Nai Wang, Pei-Chun Yen, Chi-Kung Ho, Kristina D.
Mena, Tzu-Chi Lee, Kang-Shin Chen, Yuan-Chung Lin & Pei-Shih Chen*. Household
airborne endotoxin associated with asthma and allergy in elementary school-age children: a
case–control study in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2020 Mar 25.
⚫ Yu-Chuan Yen, Chun-Yuh Yang, Chi-Kung Ho, Pei-Chun Yen, Yu-Ting Cheng, Kristina D.
Mena, Tzu-Chi Lee, Pei-Shih Chen*. Indoor Ozone and Particulate Matter Modify the
Association between Airborne Endotoxin and Schoolchildren's Lung Function. Science of
the Total Environment Volume 705, 25 February 2020, 135810.
⚫ Yu-Chuan Yen, Chun-Yuh Yang, Kristina Dawn Mena, Yu-Ting Cheng and Pei-Shih Chen*.
Cooking/Window Opening and Associated Increases of Indoor PM2.5 and NO2
Concentrations of Children’s Houses in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Appl. Sci. 2019, 9, 4306
⚫ Yu-Chuan Yen, Chun-YuhYang, Kristina Dawn Mena, Yu-TingCheng, Chung-ShinYuan, P.S.
Chen*. Jumping on the bed and associated increases of PM10, PM2.5, PM1, airborne
endotoxin, bacteria, and fungi concentrations. Environmental Pollution. Volume 245,
February 2019, Pages 799-809.
⚫ P.S. Chen, Y.S. Chen, H.H. Lin, P.J. Liu, W.F. Ni, P.T. Hsueh, S.H. Liang, C. Chen, Y.L.
Chen*. Airborne Transmission of Melioidosis to Humans from Environmental Aerosols
Contaminated with B. pseudomallei. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (2015)
10;9(6):e0003834.
⚫ Y.L. Chen, Y.C. Yen, C.Y. Yang, M.S. Lee, C.K. Ho, K.D. Mena, P.Y. Wang, P.S. Chen*.
The concentrations of ambient Burkholderia pseudomallei during typhoon season in
endemic area of melioidosis in Taiwan. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. (2014)
29;8(5):e2877.
⚫ Chen P.S.*, Tsai FT, Lin CK, Yang CY, Chan CC, Young CY, Lee CH. Ambient Influenza
and Avian Influenza Virus during Dust Storm Days and Background Days. Environ Health
Perspect. 118(9):1211-1216 Sep. 2010.
⚫ P.S. Chen*, C. K. Lin, F. T. Tsai, C. Y. Yang, C. H. Lee, Y.S. Liao, C.Y. Yeh, C. C. King, J.
L. Wu, Y. C.Wang, K. H. Lin. Quantification of Airborne Influenza and Avian Influenza
Virus in a Wet Poultry Market using a Filter/Real-time qPCR Method. Aerosol Science and
Technology. 43: 290-297 APR 2009.
⚫ Chen, P.S.*and Li, C. S. Concentration Profiles of Airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis in
a Hospital. Aerosol Science and Technology. 42 (3): 194-200 March 2008.
⚫ Chen,P.S. and Li, C. S*. Real-time monitoring for bioaerosols - Flow Cytometry. The
Analyst. 2007, 132, 14-16.
⚫ Chen,P.S. and Li, C. S*. Bioaerosol Characterization by Flow Cytometry with
Fluorochrome. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 2005, 7, 950 – 959.
⚫ Chen P.S., Li CS*. Quantification of airborne Mycobacterium tuberculosis in health care
setting using real-time qPCR coupled to an air-sampling filter method. Aerosol Science and
Technology39 (4): 371-376 APR 2005.
⚫ Chen, P.S. and Li, C. S*. Sampling Performance for Bioaerosols by Flow Cytometry with
Fluorochrome. Aerosol Science and Technology. 2005 39(3). Mar 231-237.
⚫ Chen, P.S. and Li, C. S*. Real-Time Quantitative PCR with Gene Probe, Fluorochrome, and
Flow Cytometry for Bioaerosol Analysis. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 2005.
7:257-262.
⚫ Fu-Jen Cheng, Chien-Er Huang, Pei-Shih Chen, Yu-Lun Tseng, Ching-Shu Lai(2025). New
evidence on the nephrotoxicity of fine particulate matter: potential toxic components from
different emission sources. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety accepted in 23 Jan,
2025.
⚫ Liao, T. C., Tsai, P. C., Lin, M. C., Wu, C. C., Chen, H. C., Chen, P. S., Lin, Y. C., Chen, K.
S., & Wang, T. N. (2024). Exploring Occupational Asthma gen-Related Asthma Phenotypes:
A Cluster Analysis and Machine Learning Study. Allergy, 10.1111/all.16422. Advance online
publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.16422
⚫ Pei-Cheng Cheng, Kassian T. T. Amesho, Yin-Cheng Huang, Yuan-Chung Lin, Feng-Chih
Chou, Tsu-Nai Wang, Pei-Shih Chen, Kang-Shin Chen, Ken-Lin Chang & Chien-Hung
Lee. Comprehensive evaluation of air quality: incense burning and night market emissions in
Kaohsiung, Taiwan, using the ISCST3 air quality model. Air Qual Atmos
Health (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01634-y
⚫ Chen TY, Chen SC, Wang CW, Tu HP, Chen PS, Hu SC, Li CH, Wu DW, Hung CH, Kuo
CH. The impact of the synergistic effect of SO2 and PM2.5/PM10 on obstructive lung
disease in subtropical Taiwan. Front Public Health. 2023 Sep 22;11:1229820. doi:
10.3389/fpubh.2023.1229820.
⚫ Lin FC, Chen PS, Lin YC, Lin MC, Wu CC, Chen KS, Lee CH, Wang TN. Body
composition modify the association between ambient particulate matter and lung function
among asthma patients. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2023 Aug;30(37):88060-88071. doi:
10.1007/s11356-023-28597-4.
⚫ Quang-Oai Lu, Chien-Cheng Jung, How-Ran Chao, Pei-Shih Chen, Chia-Wei Lee, Quynh
Thi Phuong Tran, Jyun-Yi Ciou, Wei-Hsiang Chang.Investigating the associations between
organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) and fine particles in paired indoor and outdoor
air: A probabilistic prediction model for deriving OPFRs in indoor environments. Environ
Int. 2023 Apr;174:107871. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2023.107871. Epub 2023 Mar 11.PMID:
36931197
⚫ Da Wei Wu, Li-Hsin Chang, Po-Chou Yang, Tzu-Yu Kuo, Dong-Lin Tsai, Huang-Chi Chen,
Hui-Lan Yuan, Pei-Shih Chen, Szu-Chia Chen, I-Mei Lin *. Anxiety is a mediator between
heart rate variability and quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of
Personalized Medicine, 2022 May 12
⚫ Ho-Hsiang Lin, Chung-Shin Yuan* , Wang-Kun Chen, Chang-Tang Chang, Pei-Shih
Chen .On-site measurement and simulation of indoor particulate matter distributed in a
single room with stratified flow field.Indoor and Built Environment 0(0) 1–20,March 2020
⚫ Lu, Jhih-Yuan, Tung, Tao-Hsin, Shen, Sheng-Ang∗, Huang, Chien, Chen, Pei-Shih.The
effects of psychotherapy for depressed or posttraumatic stress disorder women with
childhood sexual abuse history: Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
MEDICINE. Volume 99, April 2020
⚫ Y.S. Tsai, Y.T. Tseng, P.S. Chen, M.C. Lin, C.C. Wu, M.S. Huang, C.C. Wang, K.S. Chen,
Y.C. Lin, T.N. Wang*. Protective effects of elafin against adult asthma. Allergy and Asthma
Proceedings. (2016) 37(2):15-24.
⚫ T.H. Chen, T.H. Tung, P.S. Chen, S.H. Wang, C.M. Chao, N.H. Hsiung, C.C. Chi*. The
Clinical Effects of Aromatherapy Massage on Reducing Pain for the Cancer Patients: Meta-
Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative
Medicine. (2016) 2016:9147974.
⚫ C.C. Chang, P.S. Chen, C.Y. Yang*. Short-term effects of fine particulate air pollution on
hospital admissions for cardiovascular diseases: a case-crossover study in a tropical city.
Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A: Current Issues. (2015) 78(4):267-
277.
⚫ J.-J. MU, P.-Y. CHENG, Y.-S. CHEN, P.S. CHEN AND Y.-L. CHEN* The occurrence of
melioidosis is related to different climatic conditions in distinct topographical areas of
Taiwan. Epidemiol. Infect. (2014), 142, 415–423.
⚫ Y.K. Lin, C.K. Chang, S.C. Chang, P.S. Chen, C. Lin, Y.C. Wang, Temperature, nitrogen
dioxide, circulating respiratory viruses and acute upper respiratory infections among
children in Taipei, Taiwan: A population-based study. Environmental Research. 120 (2013)
109–118.
⚫ Y.H. Liao, P.S. Chen, H.F. Chiu, C.Y. Yang. Magnesium in Drinking Water Modifies the
Association Between Nitrate Ingestion and Risk of Death from Esophageal Cancer. Journal
of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 76(2013)192–200.
⚫ J.J. Mu, P.Y. Cheng, Y.S. Chen, P.S. Chen, Y.L. Chen*.Case cluster shifting and contaminant
source as determinants of melioidosis in Taiwan. Tropical Medicine & International
Health (on line) 2012.
⚫ S.S. Tsai, P.S. Chen, Y.H. Yang, S.H. Liou, T.N. Wu, F.C. Sung, C.Y. Yang. Air pollution
and hospital admissions for myocardial infarction: are there potentially sensitive groups? J
Toxicol Environ Health A. 75(2012) 242-251.
⚫ J.J. Mu, P.Y. Cheng, Y.S. Chen, P.S. Chen, Y.L. Chen*. Case cluster shifting and
contaminant source as determinants of melioidosis in Taiwan. Tropical Medicine &
International Health. 17(2012)1005-1013.⚫ L.J. Hung, S.S. Tsai, P.S. Chen,
Y.H. Yang, S.H. Liou, T.N. Wu, C.Y. Yang*. Traffic Air
Pollution and Risk of Death from Breast Cancer in Taiwan: Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
as a Proxy Marker. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 12(2012) 275–282.
⚫ H. F. Chiu, S. S. Tsai, P.S. Chen, Y. H. Liao, S. H. Liou, T. N. Wu5, C. Y. Yang. Traffic Air
Pollution and Risk of Death from Gastric Cancer in Taiwan: Petrol Station Density as an
Indicator of Air Pollutant Exposure. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part
A, 74:1215–1224, 2011.
⚫ Chiu H.F., Tsai S.S., Chen P.S., Wu T.N., Yang C.Y.. Does calcium in drinking water modify
the association between nitrate in drinking water and risk of death from colon cancer? J
Water Health. 2011 Sep;9(3):498-506.
⚫ H.W. Kuo, P.S. Chen, S.C. Ho, L.Y. Wang, C.Y. Yang. Trihalomethansein in drinking water
and the risk of death from rectal cancer: dose hardness in drinking water matter? Journal of
Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 73(2010) 807–818.
⚫ M. F. Cheng, S. C. Ho, H. F. Chiu, T. N. Wu, P.S. Chen, and C. Y. Yang. Consequences of
Exposure to Asian Dust Storm Events on Daily Pneumonia Hospital Admissions in Taipei,
Taiwan. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A,71: 1295–1299, 2008 Oct.
⚫ C. H. Lee., J. M. Lee, D. C. Wu, Y. G. Goan, S. H. Chou, I. C. Wu, E. L. Kao, T. F. C., M. C.
Huang, P.S. Chen, C. Y. Lee, C. T. Huang, H. L Huang, C. Y. Hu, Y. H. Hungl, M. T. Wu.
Carcinogenetic impact of ADH1B and ALDH2 genes on squamous cell carcinoma risk of the
esophagus with regard to the consumption of alcohol, tobacco and betel quid. International
Journal of Cancer. 2008 Mar 15;122(6):1347-56.
⚫ M. F. Cheng, S. S. Tsai, T. N. Wu, P.S. Chen and C. Y. Yang. Air Pollution and Hospital
Admissions for Pneumonia in A Tropical City: Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Journal of Toxicology
and Environmental Health, Part A, 70: 2021–2026, 2007 Dec.
⚫ Lee, C. H., D. C. Wu, J. M. Lee, I. C. Wu, Y.G. Goan, E. L. Kao, H. L. Huang, T.F. Chan,
S.H. Chou, Y.P. Chou, C.Y. Lee, P.S. Chen , C. K. Ho, J. He, M.T. Wu. Carcinogenetic
impact of alcohol intake on squamous cell carcinoma risk of the esophagus in relation to
tobacco smoking. European Journal of Cancer. 2007 May;43(7):1188-99.
⚫ Li, C. S., Chia, W. C., Chen, P.S. Fluorochrome and flow cytometry to monitor
microorganisms in treated hospital wastewater.Journal of Environmental Science & Health,
Part A: Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 2007,Feb;42(2):195-
203.