Chen Chien-jen

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Chen Chien-jen in 2006

Chen Chien-jen ( Chinese  陳建仁 , Pinyin Chén Jiànrén ; born June 6, 1951 in Chishan , now part of Kaohsiung ) is an epidemiologist and politician of the Republic of China in Taiwan . He was Vice President of the Republic of China in Taiwan from May 20, 2016 to May 20, 2020.

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Chen was born and raised in a Roman Catholic family in Taiwan. He studied at the National Taiwan University in Taipei , where he graduated with a B.Sc. (1973) and Master of Public Health (1977). He then obtained his doctorate (Sc.D.) in epidemiology and human genetics from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore , USA in 1982 . He then worked as a lecturer and later professor at the National Taiwan University. Since 2011 he has been Vice President of Academia Sinica . He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fu Jen Catholic University and has been the Robert J. Ronald Chair Professor of Fu Jen since 2020.

In scientific terms, Chen dealt with topics from the field of molecular and environmental epidemiology, including the epidemiology of chronic arsenic poisoning and the epidemiology of tumor viruses and the diseases caused by them (e.g. hepatitis B ). Chen is the author of several scientific books and the author or co-author of several hundred scientific publications. He has received various awards for his scientific work. In 2010 he was made a knight of the Papal Order of Gregory . He has been a Knight of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem since 2013 . He is a member, corresponding member or honorary member of various scientific societies.

He gained greater prominence through his role in the 2003 SARS epidemic, which he accompanied as one of the leading Taiwanese epidemiologists and as Minister of Health for the Taiwanese government. Although Taiwan was directly affected by the epidemic, it had difficulties using the resources of the World Health Organization (diagnostic tests, epidemiological data, etc.) as it was not a member of the United Nations . This was criticized at the time by Chen and other Taiwanese public health experts. Despite the political isolation, Taiwanese scientists, including Chen, worked successfully in international collaborations to research SARS. It also managed to contain the SARS epidemic in Taiwan, causing only 37 deaths there.

On November 16, 2015, the top candidate who gave Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Tsai Ing-wen announced that Chen Chien-jen her running mate and candidate for the office of vice president in the upcoming presidential election in the Republic of China on January 16, 2016 be going . The nomination of the esteemed scientist Chen gave the DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen a boost in popularity in the polls. Following his nomination as a vice-presidential candidate, allegations of plagiarism were raised against Chen from among political opponents. The allegations concerned a 2007 scientific publication by Chen in Cancer magazine and were rejected by both Chen and Tsai as unfounded or dismissed as a "political smear campaign". After Tsai Ing-wen won the presidential election, Chien-jen was elected Vice President on May 20, 2016. In 2017, Chen was elected to the National Academy of Sciences . In the 2020 presidential election , he no longer stood as a candidate and resigned from the office of vice president on May 20, 2020.

On June 6, 2020, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Sun Yat-sen National University .

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  2. ^ A b Zhou Chi: DPP Presidential Candidate Announces Her Running Mate. November 16, 2015, accessed December 25, 2015 .
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  4. ↑ 輔仁 大學 學校 財團 法人 董事會 第 18 屆 第 16 次 會議 摘要
  5. ↑ 輔仁 大學 醫學院 聘請 中研院 陳建仁 院士 擔任 第一 屆 劉建仁 神父 紀念 講座 教授
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  10. ↑ Opposition presents vice-presidential candidates. Radio Taiwan International (German service), November 16, 2015, accessed December 25, 2015 .
  11. ^ Tseng Wei-chen: Reporter's Notebook: DPP's Chen in demand, KMT's Wang shunned. Taipei Times, December 20, 2015, accessed December 25, 2015 .
  12. ↑ Chen Hui-ping, Jonathan Chin: KMT revives Chen plagiarism claim. Taipei Times, November 18, 2015, accessed December 25, 2015 .
  13. ↑ Austin Ramzy: Tsai Ing-wen Sworn In as Taiwan's President, as China Watches Closely. In: The New York Times , May 19, 2016 (English).
  14. ↑ Emerson Lim: President Tsai sworn in, commences her second term. Focus Taiwan, May 20, 2020, accessed June 15, 2020 .
  15. ↑ 影音》 中山大學 沙灘 畢 典 前 副 總統 陳建仁 獲頒 名譽 博士
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Chen is the family name here, Chien-jen is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Chen, Chien-jen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 陳建仁
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese epidemiologist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Chishan, now part of Kaohsiung , Republic of China (Taiwan)