Academic Degree(s)

Ph.D.

E-mail

lordowen@mail.cmu.edu.tw

Current Position

• Assistant Professor
• Assistant Research Fellow, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taiwan. 2016~present.

Professional Experience

• Research Fellow, Show-Chwan Health Care System, Taiwan. 2015~2016.
• Project assistant Professor, Institute of Brain Science, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan. 2013~2014.

Education & Training

• PhD of Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University. 2001~2010
• Master of Science, Institute of Neuroscience, National Yang-Ming University. 1996~1999
• Bachelor of Science, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, Chung-Gung University. 1992~1996

Awards

• 2012        Financial Aid in the 14th World Congress on Pain, Milan, Italy
• 2010        Excellent work in The Annual contest of academic paper, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
• 2004        Fukuoka award (Best posters award) in the 8th International Evoked Potentials Symposium, Fukuoka, Japan

Research Grants

• The neurochemical mechanisms in brain for acupuncture intervention on primary dysmenorrhea: an MRS study/Principal Investigator/MOST 107-2314-B-039-058-MY2/Aug. 2018~Jul. 2020
• The brain mechanisms of acupuncture intervention on sanyinjiao in primary dysmenorrhea: brain imaging studies (2^nd and 3^rd year)/Principal Investigator/MOST 106-2314-B-039-012/Aug. 2017~Jul. 2018
• The brain mechanisms of acupuncture intervention on sanyinjiao in primary dysmenorrhea: brain imaging studies/Principal Investigator/CMU CMU105-S-25 /Sep. 2016~Jul. 2017
• The chemical and functional brain connectivity in primary dysmenorrhea and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: brain imaging study / Principal Investigator /NSC 102-2314-B-010-058/Oct. 2013~ Sep. 2014
• The association between premenstrual emotion changes and menstrual pain in the brain: the brain imaging study/Principal Investigator/Taipei City Hospital 102TPECH03/Aug 2013~Jul. 2014

Committee & Membership

• Member of Board of Directors, Taiwanese Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research (TSNPR)
• Member, International Association for Study of Pain (IASP)
• Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)

Selected Publication

• Ching-Yuan Lai, Jen-Huan Chiang, Jaung-Geng Lin, Hung-Rong Yen, Cheng-Hao Tu*, Yi-Hung Chen* (2018). Chinese herbal medicine reduced the risk of stroke in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A population-based retrospective cohort study from Taiwan. PLoS One, 13(9): e0203473.
• Lin-Chien Lee, Yueh-Hua Chen, Chia-Chu Lin, Wei-Chi Lee, Intan Low, Cheng-Hao Tu, Chih-Che Chou, Chou-Ming Cheng, Tzu-Chen Yeh, Li-Fen Chen, Hsiang-Tai Chao, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2018). Unaltered intrinsic functional brain architecture in young women with primary dysmenorrhea. Scientific Reports, 8: 12971.
• Ting-Hsuan Wu⁺, Cheng-Hao Tu⁺, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Wei-Chi Li, Intan Low, Chih-Ying Chuang, Tzu-Chen Yeh, Chou-Ming Cheng, Chih-Che Chou, Li-Fen Chen*, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2016). Dynamic changes of functional pain connectome in women with primary dysmenorrhea. Scientific Reports, 6: 24543.
• Shyh-Yuh Wei, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Cheng-Hao Tu, Ming-Wei Lin, Wei-Chi Li, Intan Low, Horng-Der Shen, Li-Fen Chen*, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2016). The BDNF Val66Met polymorphism is associated with the functional connectivity dynamics of pain modulatory systems in primary dysmenorrhea. Scientific Reports, 6: 23639.
• Shyh-Yuh Wei, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Cheng-Hao Tu, Wei-Chi Li, Intan Low, Chih-Ying Chuang, Li-Fen Chen, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2016). Changes in functional connectivity of pain modulatory systems in women with primary dysmenorrhea. PAIN, 157(1): 92-102.
• Wei-Chi Li⁺, Cheng-Hao Tu⁺, Tzu-Chen Yeh, Li-Fen Chen* and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2015). High prevalence of incidental brain findings in primary dysmenorrhea. European Journal of Pain, 19(8): 1071-1074.
• Lin-Chien Lee⁺, Cheng-Hao Tu⁺, Li-Fen Chen, Horng-Der Shen, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Ming-Wei Lin*, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2014). Association of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Gene Val66Met Polymorphism with Primary Dysmenorrhea. PLoS One, 9(11): e112766.
• Cheng-Hao Tu, David M Niddam, Tzu-Chen Yeh, Jiing-Feng Lirng, Chou-Ming Cheng, Chih-Che Chou, Hsiang-Tai Chao, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2013). Menstrual pain is associated with rapid structural alterations in the brain. PAIN, 154(9): 1718-1724.
• Cheng-Hao Tu, David M. Niddam, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Li-Fen Chen, Yong-Sheng Chen, Yu-Te Wu, Tzu-Chen Yeh, Jiing-Feng Lirng, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2010). Brain morphological changes associated with cyclic menstrual pain. PAIN, 150(3): 462-468.
• Cheng-Hao Tu⁺, David M. Niddam⁺, Hsiang-Tai Chao, Ren-Shyan Liu, Ren-Jen Hwang, Tzu-Chen Yeh, and Jen-Chuen Hsieh* (2009). Abnormal cerebral metabolism during menstrual pain in primary dysmenorrhea. NeuroImage, 47(1):28-35.