Yi-Chia Lee
Department of Internal Medicine, Taiwan University Hospital
- A prominent gastroenterologist at National Taiwan University Hospital.
- Holds the positions of professor of internal medicine, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, and Institute of Clinical Medicine at the College of Medicine of NTU.
- The deputy director of the Department of Medical Research at NTUH.
- Research focus is stomach cancer screening and prevention, encompassing disease natural course evaluation, risk factor identification, and preventive program design and assessment.
- Groundbreaking work addresses H. pylori as the primary cause of stomach cancer and emphasizes the need for eradication.
- Major achievement lies in designing a comprehensive stomach cancer prevention program tailored to specific populations.
- This program has been successful in reducing stomach cancer incidence through innovative approaches like mass eradication, the two-in-one method, and the index case method.
- Work has provided long-term evidence of benefits and clarified theoretical risks, making it a successful healthcare policy in Taiwan.
- 国立台湾大学附属病院消化器内科主治医
- 国立台湾大学内科学教授、公衆衛生学院疫学・予防医学大学院教授、臨床医学研究所教授を兼任
- 国立台湾大学医療研究部副部長
- 研究の焦点は胃がんのスクリーニングと予防、疾患の自然経過評価、危険因子の特定、予防プログラムの設計と評価など
- 画期的な研究はピロリ菌の除菌による胃がんの化学予防。
- 主な研究成果は、特定の地域・集団に合わせた人口ベース的な胃がん予防プログラムを発足し、ピロリ菌の大規模除菌、ツーインワン法、インデックスケース法などの革新的なアプローチを通じて胃がんの発生率を減らすことに成功。
