Chuang Jen-hsiang

Chuang Jen-hsiang (Chinese: 莊人祥; pinyin: Zhuāng Rénxiáng; born May 18, 1966) is a Taiwanese physician-scientist and bioinformatician who has been the vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare since 2025.

Chuang was born on May 18, 1966, in Lukang, Taiwan.^[1] After graduating from Taipei Municipal Chien Kuo High School,^[2] he received a government scholarship to study medicine at National Yang-Ming University, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) in 1992 and a Master of Science (M.S.) in public health in 1994.^[3] As a medical student, he interned at Taichung Veterans General Hospital.^[3]

Chuang completed graduate studies in the U.S., earning an M.Phil. in medical informatics in 2000 and his Ph.D. in biomedical informatics in 2003, both from Columbia University.^[3] His doctoral dissertation, completed under professors George Hripcsak and Carol Friedman, was titled, "Automated abstraction of medical records for assessing patient outcomes".^[4]

Chuang was a lecturer of social medicine at National Yang-Ming University from 1994 to 2003.^[5] After receiving his doctorate, he was a joint associate professor of public health, social medicine, and bioinformatics at the university from 2003 to 2005.^[3]

In February 2005, Chuang joined the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as its deputy director of national health.^[3] He was an associate researcher at the CDC from 2005 to 2013 and became its deputy director-general in July 2013.^[5] On February 22, 2023, Chuang was appointed as the agency's director-general, succeeding Chou Jih-haw.^[6]

In September 2025, Chuang was appointed vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.^[7]

• Chien, Yu-San; Su, Chia-Ping; Tsai, Huai-Te; Huang, Angela S.; Lien, Chia-En; Hung, Min-Nan; Chuang, Jen-Hsiang; Kuo, Hsu-Sung; Chang, Shan-Chwen (February 1, 2010). "Predictors and outcomes of respiratory failure among hospitalized pneumonia patients with 2009 H1N1 influenza in Taiwan". Journal of Infection. 60 (2): 168–174. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2009.12.012. ISSN 0163-4453. PMID 20036689.
• Chen, Wan-Chin; Huang, Angela S.; Chuang, Jen-Hsiang; Chiu, Chen-Chung; Kuo, Hsu-Sung (March 2011). "Social and economic impact of school closure resulting from pandemic influenza A/H1N1". Journal of Infection. 62 (3): 200–203. doi:10.1016/j.jinf.2011.01.007.
• Wei, Sung-Hsi; Yang, Ji-Rong; Wu, Ho-Sheng; Chang, Ming-Chuan; Lin, Jen-Shiou; Lin, Chi-Yung; Liu, Yu-Lun; Lo, Yi-Chun; Yang, Chin-Hui; Chuang, Jen-Hsiang; Lin, Min-Cheng; Chung, Wen-Chen; Liao, Chia-Hung; Lee, Min-Shiuh; Huang, Wan-Ting (December 2013). "Human infection with avian influenza A H6N1 virus: an epidemiological analysis". The Lancet. 1 (10): 771–778. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(13)70221-2. PMC 7164810. PMID 24461756.
• Iuliano, A Danielle; Roguski, Katherine M; Chang, Howard H; Muscatello, David J; Palekar, Rakhee; Tempia, Stefano; Cohen, Cheryl; Gran, Jon Michael; Schanzer, Dena; Cowling, Benjamin J; Wu, Peng; Kyncl, Jan; Ang, Li Wei; Park, Minah; Redlberger-Fritz, Monika (March 2018). "Estimates of global seasonal influenza-associated respiratory mortality: a modelling study". The Lancet. 391 (10127): 1285–1300. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)33293-2. PMC 5935243. PMID 29248255.