Chen Pei-jer
{{Short description|Taiwanese hepatologist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Chen Pei-jer
| native_name = {{nobold|陳培哲}}
| native_name_lang = zh-hant
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}
| nationality = Republic of China
| fields = Hepatology
| workplaces = {{unbulleted list |National Taiwan University |NTU Hospital | Academia Sinica}}
| education = {{unbulleted list |National Taiwan University (MD) |University of Pennsylvania (PhD)}}
}}
Chen Pei-jer ({{zh|t=陳培哲|p=Chén Péizhé}}; born 1955) is a Taiwanese hepatologist and an academician of Academia Sinica.
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Early life and education
Chen Pei-jer was raised by his grandparents in Shalu, Taichung, while his parents worked in northern Taiwan. He and his three siblings had a strict routine, awakening at 6:00 am daily to exercise and do chores alongside their grandfather, followed by Chinese calligraphy practice.{{Cite web |title=2020 第二十七屆東元獎：陳炳煇 先生 |url=http://www.tecofound.org.tw/teco-award/2021/download/prev-winner_27_03.pdf |access-date=2020-06-09 |publisher=東元科技文教基金會 |language=zh-hant}}{{Cite web |title=享受工作、活得自在 |url=https://www.gvm.com.tw/article/9290 |access-date=2021-06-09 |author=謝宏媛 |work=遠見雜誌 |date=15 February 2000 |publisher=遠見天下文化 |language=zh}} Chen earned a medical degree from National Taiwan University in 1981, and he completed a doctorate at University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1987.
Career
Upon completing his doctorate, Chen returned to National Taiwan University as a postdoctoral researcher, later joining the faculty in 1987.{{cite news |title=Pei-Jer Chen, MD., Ph.D. |url=http://www.ndhu.edu.tw/ezfiles/0/1000/img/2106/20130530_2_about.pdf |accessdate=11 December 2018 |publisher=National Dong Hwa University |date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214064745/http://www.ndhu.edu.tw/ezfiles/0/1000/img/2106/20130530_2_about.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Pei-Jer Chen, M.D., Ph.D |url=http://brsseminar.nhri.org.tw/userfiles/files/2018/04Speaker/P1.pdf |website=2020 Biomedical Research Symposium of National Health Research Institutes |publisher=National Health Research Institutes |access-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608044442/http://brsseminar.nhri.org.tw/userfiles/files/2018/04Speaker/P1.pdf |archive-date=8 June 2021 |language=zh-hant |url-status=live}} He was elected a member of Academia Sinica in 2006, and into The World Academy of Sciences in 2011.{{cite news |title=Pei-Jer Chen |url=http://www.apdw2015.org/download/program/SP-L8/Chair/SP-L8_C1_Pei-Jer%20Chen_CV.pdf |accessdate=11 December 2018 |publisher=Asian Pacific Digestive Week Federation |date=2015}}{{cite news |title=Pei-Jer Chen |url=https://academicians.sinica.edu.tw/index.php?r=academician-n%2Fshow&id=279&_lang=en |access-date=10 June 2021 |agency=Academia Sinica}}
Chen specializes in hepatitis research.{{cite news |last1=Hsu |first1=Stacy |title=Risk of Hepatitis A from raw shellfish, CDC says |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/12/06/2003606101 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=6 December 2014}}{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Alison |title=NTU to develop new cure for HBV |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/06/04/2003563943 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 June 2013}} He helped treat patients during the 2003 SARS outbreak,{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Melody |title=SARS team ready for WHO meet |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/06/16/2003055430 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=16 June 2003}}{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Debby |title=Researchers develop new test for SARS |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/06/04/2003053856 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=4 June 2003}} and was invited to a SARS-related seminar hosted by the World Health Organization,{{cite news |title=DOH keeps up pressure on the WHO |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/06/14/2003055180/1 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 June 2003}} but did not attend because he was unable to isolate sufficiently after treating SARS patients, per the regulations in force for that meeting.{{cite news |last1=Chen |first1=Melody |title=PFP lawmaker to sit by China's side |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/06/17/2003055560 |access-date=10 June 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=17 June 2003}} Chen was invited to the 2009 World Health Assembly as part of the Chinese Taipei delegation.{{cite news |last1=Shih |first1=Hsiu-chuan |last2=Ko |first2=Shu-ling |last3=Hsu |first3=Jenny W. |title=WHO invites 'Chinese Taipei' to WHA |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2009/04/30/2003442391 |accessdate=11 December 2018 |work=Taipei Times |date=30 April 2009}} During the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, Chen served on the vaccine review committee until late May 2021.{{cite news |last1=Hsiao |first1=Sherry |title=COVID-19: Government intolerant of diverse opinions: KMT |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2021/06/09/2003758862 |access-date=10 June 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=9 June 2021}} Upon announcing his resignation from the body in June, Chen stated that the committee would struggle to remain neutral when reviewing Taiwanese-made vaccines.{{cite news |last1=Pan |first1=Jason |title=Former vaccine committee member accused of working at Chinese firm |url=https://taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2021/06/10/2003758912 |access-date=10 June 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=10 June 2021}}
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Category:National Taiwan University alumni
Category:Taiwanese hepatologists
Category:Academic staff of the National Taiwan University
Category:Members of Academia Sinica
Category:University of Pennsylvania alumni
Category:COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan
Category:20th-century Taiwanese physicians