Chang Shan-chwen | |
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張上淳 | |
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| Education | National Taiwan University (MD,PhD) |
| Known for | Medical researcher and academic administrator |
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| Institutions | National Taiwan University andHospital Central Epidemic Command Center |
| Website | Chang's Faculty Page at National Taiwan University. |
Chang Shan-chwen (Chinese:張上淳) is a Taiwanese medical researcher and academic administrator. He convenes the advisory specialist panel of theCentral Epidemic Command Center (CECC), which is associated with theCenters for Disease Control in Taiwan.[1] Chang Shan-chwen is vice president ofNational Taiwan University and professor of medicine in the university's medical college.[2]
Chang graduated fromNational Taiwan University with aDoctor of Medicine (M.D.) and aPh.D. in clinical medicine. He has previously held posts including chief of the Division of Infection, Immunology and Rheumatology within the Department of Internal Medicine atNational Taiwan University Hospital; and dean of the National Taiwan University College of Medicine.[citation needed]
Chang regularly attended press conferences to provide updates about thecoronavirus in Taiwan.[3] He says that of the current confirmed cases in Taiwan, the symptoms are mainly fever, respiratory symptoms, and loss of olfactory taste.[4]
He noted that the two groups most susceptible to coronavirus are students and members of tour groups.[5] He has also said there has been an increasing numbers of confirmed COVID-19 infected patients with diarrhoea.[6] He has noted that the CECC decided to expand screening to patients with pneumonia – hoping to detect those infected with COVID-19 more quickly and before they infect others.[7] In March 2020, Chang helped to investigate one particularly mysterious domestic case of COVID-19.[8]
Chang responded to questions about links between smoking and susceptibility to symptoms of the coronavirus, saying it is too early to draw conclusions.[9] He has also pointed out that his colleagues have been communicating withThe World Health Organization (WHO), which is taking a great interest in how Taiwan is dealing so effectively with the coronavirus.[10]
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