Yen-Fu Chen
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Yen-Fu Chen |
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Professor |
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Current Position |
Professor, Department of Health and Welfare, University of Taipei Honorary Professor, University of Birmingham |
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Degree |
BSc in Pharmacy, National Taiwan University MSc in Biopharmacy, King’s College London MPH, University of Nottingham PhD in Public Health Medicine, University of Nottingham |
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Experiences |
Associate Professor, University of Birmingham (2025/01-2025/07) Associate Professor, University of Warwick (2019-2024) Senior Research Fellow, Principal Research Fellow, University of Warwick (2014-2018) Research Fellow, University of Birmingham (2002-2014) |
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Expertise |
Evidence synthesis, systematic review, meta-analysis, health technology assessment, health services research, research methodology |
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Courses |
Data analysis for health and welfare research, Appraisal of academic papers, Qualitative research, Resource connection, communication and coordination |
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yfchen@utaipei.edu.tw |
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Office phone number |
02 2871-8288 ext |
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Research Projects |
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Journal Publications |
Recent publications; for full list of publications, see Google Scholar
Elfeky A, Chen Y-F, Grove A, Couper K, Court R, Tomassini S, Wilson A, Hooper A, Buckle A, Vadeyar S, Thompson M, Uthman O, Yeung J. Perioperative oxygen therapy: an overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. British Journal of Anaesthesia; published online 6 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2025.04.020
Lilford R, Chen Y-F, Sutton M, Hofer T. Hospital league tables, targets, and performance incentives should be used with care. BMJ. 2025;389:e083517.
Lilford RJ, Daniels B, McPake B, Bhutta ZA, Mash R, Griffiths F, Omigbodun A, Pinto EP, Jain R, Asiki G, Webb E, Scandrett K, Chilton PJ, Sartori J, Chen Y-F, Waiswa P, Ezeh A, Kyobutungi C, Leung GM, Machado C, Sheikh K, Watson SI, Das J. Improving primary health-care services in LMIC cities. The Lancet Global Health. 2025;13(5):e795-6.
Lilford RJ, Daniels B, McPake B, Bhutta ZA, Mash R, Griffiths F, Omigbodun A, Pinto EP, Jain R, Asiki G, Webb E, Scandrett K, Chilton PJ, Sartori J, Chen Y-F, Waiswa P, Ezeh A, Kyobutungi C, Leung GM, Machado C, Sheikh K, Watson SI, Das J. Supply-side and demand-side factors affecting allopathic primary care service delivery in low-income and middle-income country cities. The Lancet Global Health. 2025;13(5):e942-53.
Lilford RJ, Daniels B, McPake B, Bhutta ZA, Mash R, Griffiths F, Omigbodun A, Pinto EP, Jain R, Asiki G, Webb E, Scandrett K, Chilton PJ, Sartori J, Chen Y-F, Waiswa P, Ezeh A, Kyobutungi C, Leung GM, Machado C, Sheikh K, Watson SI, Das J. Policy and service delivery proposals to improve primary care services in low-income and middle-income country cities. The Lancet Global Health. 2025;13(5):e954-66.
Geppert J, Auguste P, Asgharzadeh A, Ghiasvand H, Patel M, Brown A, Jayakody S, Helm E, Todkill D, Madan J, Stinton C, Gallacher D, Taylor-Phillips S, Chen Y-F. Software with artificial intelligence derived algorithms for detecting and analysing lung nodules in CT scans: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2025;29(14):1-233. https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/JYTW8921
Scandrett K, Colquitt J, Court R, Whiter F, Shinkins B, Takwoingi Y, Loveman, Emma Todkill D, Gill P, Lasserson D, Al-Khudairy L, Grove A, Chen Y-F. Rapid tests to inform triage and antibiotic prescribing decisions for adults presenting with suspected acute respiratory infection: a rapid evidence synthesis of clinical effectiveness and cost-utility studies. Health Technol Assess. 2025;29(13):1-114.
Zanganeh M, Jiang Y, Brown A, Chen Y-F, Arasaradnam RP, Andronis L, on behalf of the SUMU-Endo project group. Single-use versus multiple-use accessories in gastrointestinal endoscopy: a systematic review of economic evaluations. BMJ Open Gastroenterology 2025;12:e001712. doi: 10.1136/bmjgast-2024-001712
Osuh ME, Oke GA, Lilford RJ, Osuh JI, Harris B, Owoaje E, Lawal FB, Omigbodun A, Adedokun B, Chen Y-F. Systematic review of oral health in slums and non-slum urban settings of Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): Disease prevalence, determinants, perception, and practices. PLOS ONE 2024;19(11):e0309319. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309319
Geppert J, Asgharzadeh A, Brown A, Stinton C, Helm EJ, Jayakody S, Todkill D, Gallacher D, Ghiasvand H, Patel M, Auguste P, Tsertsvadze A, Chen Y-F, Grove A, Shinkins B, Clarke A, Taylor-Phillips S. Software using artificial intelligence for nodule and cancer detection in CT lung cancer screening: systematic review of test accuracy studies. Thorax 2024;79:1040-1049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2024-221662
Patel M, Auguste P, Madan J, Ghiasvand H, Geppert J, Asgharzadeh A, Helm E, Chen Y-F, Gallacher D. Translating potential improvement in the precision and accuracy of lung nodule measurements on computed tomography scans by software derived from artificial intelligence into impact on clinical practice—a simulation study. BJR|Artificial Intelligence 2024;1(1): ubae010. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjrai/ubae010
Lange MG, Neophytou C, Cappuccio FP, Barber TM, Samantha Johnson S, Chen Y-F. Sex differences in the association between short sleep duration and obesity: a systematic-review and meta-analysis. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases 2024;34(10): 2227-2239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2024.06.008
Montagnon M, Chen Y-F, Grove A, Park J-E, Obadia J-F, Armoiry X. Reconciling conflicting evidence in the evaluation of the MitraClip system: Assessment of and response to the MITRA-FR and COAPT trials by key stakeholders. Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine. Published online 27 May 2024. https://doi.org/10.1111/jebm.12614
Selemani A, Wella K, Chen Y-F, Vicente-Crespo M, Uthman O, Igumbor J. A Scientometric Analysis of Africa’s Health Science Journals Indexed in International and Regional Databases: A Comparative Analysis. International Journal of Public Health 2024;68:1606415. DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2023.1606415
Osuh ME, Oke GA, Lilford RJ, Osuh JI, Lawal FB, Gbadebo SO, Owoaje E, Omigbodun A, Adedokun B, Chen Y-F, Harris B. Oral health in an urban slum, Nigeria: residents’ perceptions, practices and care-seeking experiences. BMC Oral Health 2023;23(1):657. DOI: 10.1186/s12903-023-03303-5
Osuh ME, Oyaniran OH, Tunde-Alao TS, Lawal FB, Oke GA, Osuh JI, Harris B, Chen Y-F, Lilford R. Tooth adornment among siblings living in an urban slum in Nigeria: Health implications for a vulnerable population. Clinical Case Reports 2023;11(1):e6563.
Evans C, Chen Y-F, Chouhan G, Hammond L. Publishing audit and service evaluations: comparing student work and the published literature. Health Professions Education 2022;8(2):Article 4. Available at: https://hpe.researchcommons.org/journal/vol8/iss2/4 DOI: 10.55890/2452-3011.1023
Park JE, Kibe P, Yeboah G, Oyebode O, Harris B, Ajisola MM, Griffiths F, Aujla N, Gill P, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. Factors associated with accessing and utilisation of healthcare and provision of health services for residents of slums in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review of recent literature. BMJ Open 2022;12(5):e055415. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055415
Osuh ME, Oke GA, Lilford RJ, Owoaje E, Harris B, Taiwo OJ, Watson SI, Hemming K, Quinn L, Chen Y-F. Prevalence and determinants of oral health conditions and treatment needs among slum and non-slum urban residents: Evidence from Nigeria. PLOS Global Public Health 2022;2(4):e0000297. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000297
Yeboah G, Porto de Albuquerque J, Troilo R, Tregonning G, Perera S, Ahmed SAKS, Ajisola M, Alam O, Aujla N, Azam SI, Azeem K, Bakibinga P, Chen Y-F, Choudhury NN, Diggle PJ, Fayehun O, Gill P, Griffiths F, Harris B, Iqbal R, Kabaria C, Ziraba AK, Khan AZ, Kibe P, Kisia L, Kyobutungi C, Lilford RJ, Madan JJ, Mbaya N, Mberu B, Mohamed SF, Muir H, Nazish A, Njeri A, Odubanjo O, Omigbodun A, Osuh ME, Owoaje E, Oyebode O, Pitidis V, Rahman O, Rizvi N, Sartori J, Smith S, Taiwo OJ, Ulbrich P, Uthman OA, Watson SI, Wilson R, Yusuf R. Analysis of OpenStreetMap Data Quality at Different Stages of a Participatory Mapping Process: Evidence from Slums in Africa and Asia. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 2021;10(4):265. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi10040265 [International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) The Jack Dangermond Award – Best Paper 2021]
Bion J, Aldridge C, Beet C, Boyal A, Chen Y-F, Clancy M, Girling A, Hofer T, Lord J, Mannion R, Rees P, Roseveare C, Rowan L, Rudge G, Sun J, Sutton E, Tarrant C, Temple M, Watson S, Willars J, Lilford R. Increasing specialist intensity at weekends to improve outcomes for patients undergoing emergency hospital admission: the HiSLAC two-phase mixed-methods study. Health Services and Delivery Research 2021;9(13). DOI: 10.3310/hsdr09130
Aujla N, Chen Y-F, Samarakoon Y, Wilson A, Grolmusová N, Ayorinde A, et al. Comparing the use of direct observation, standardized patients and exit interviews in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of methods of assessing quality of primary care. Health Policy and Planning 2021;36(3)341-56. DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czaa152
Ahmed SAKS, Ajisola M, Azeem K, Bakibinga P, Chen Y-F, Choudhury NN, et al. Impact of the societal response to COVID-19 on access to healthcare for non-COVID-19 health issues in slum communities of Bangladesh, Kenya, Nigeria and Pakistan: results of pre-COVID and COVID-19 lockdown stakeholder engagements. BMJ Global Health 2020;5(8):e003042. DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003042
Bion J, Aldridge C, Girling AJ, Rudge G, Sun J, Tarrant C, Sutton E, Willars J, Beet C, Boyal A, Rees P, Roseveare C, Temple M, Watson SI, Chen Y-F, Clancy M, Rowan L, Lord J, Mannion R, Hofer T, Lilford R. Changes in weekend and weekday care quality of emergency medical admissions to 20 hospitals in England during implementation of the 7-day services national health policy. BMJ Quality & Safety. 2021;30(7):536-546. URL: https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/qhc/early/2020/11/06/bmjqs-2020-011165.full.pdf
Ayorinde AA, Williams I, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. Publication and related bias in quantitative health services and delivery research: a multimethod study. Health Serv Del Res 2020;8:33. DOI: 10.3310/hsdr08330
Ayorinde AA, Williams I, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. Publication and related biases in health services research: a systematic review of empirical evidence. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2020;20:137. Published online 1 June 2020. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-020-01010-1
Williams I, Ayorinde AA, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. Stakeholder views on publication bias in health services research. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2020;25(3):162-71. Published online 3 February 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1355819620902185
Ayorinde AA, Williams I, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. Assessment of publication bias and outcome reporting bias in systematic reviews of health services and delivery research: a meta-epidemiological study. PLoS ONE 2020;15(1): e0227580. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227580
Chen Y-F. Taiwan and the World Health Assembly/World Health Organization: Perspectives from Health Services and Research. International Journal of Taiwan Studies 2020;3: 10-27.
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Conference Presentations |
Chen Y-F. Workshop: When an overview of systematic reviews is not enough - challenges in synthesizing evidence from both reviews and primary studies. Global Evidence Summit, 10-13 September 2024, Prague.
Ghosh I, Adams D, Sutherland D, Gauly J, Brown A, Chen Y-F, Seers K. Understanding the challenges of using and managing medication for people with a learning disability and their carers: a meta-ethnography. Society for Social Medicine and Population Health 68th Annual Scientific Meeting: 4-6 September 2024, Glasgow, UK.
Elfeky A, Tomassini S, Court R, Wilson A, Thompson M, Grove A, Chen Y-F, Yeung J. Workshop: Undertaking overview of systematic reviews – methods, challenges and the way forward (as identified by a group of clinical academics and methodologists who recently figured it all out). Cochrane Colloquium, 4-6 September 2023, London.
Ayorinde AA, Williams I, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ, Chen Y-F. A multi-method study to explore publication and related bias in health services and delivery research. Cochrane Colloquium, 2-6 December 2019, Online.
Chen Y-F, Williams I, Ayorinde AA, Mannion R, Song F, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ. Have I (only) got good news for you? A multi-method investigation of publication and outcome reporting biases in health services delivery research (HSDR). HSRUK 2019 Conference, 2-3 July 2019, Manchester.
Lilford RJ, Morton A, Stewart G, Watson S, Chen Y-F. Use of Bayesian networks to facilitate evidence synthesis and evaluation of interventions in complex systems. Workshop for the Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, 6-8 September 2017, Manchester.
Chen Y-F, Shojania KG, Mannion R, Song F, Hofer TP, Ayorinde A, Williams I, Skrybant M, Lilford RJ. Publication and related biases in health services and delivery research: the dog that did not bark? HSRUK Symposium 2017, 6-7 July 2017, Nottingham.
Chen Y-F, Hemming K, Chilton PJ, Gupta KK, Altman DG, Lilford RJ. Systematic reviews across multiple indications. 3rd International Society for Evidence-based Health Care Conference, 6-9 November 2014, Taipei.
Chen Y-F, Stevens A, Hemming K, Lilford R. Secular trends and evaluation of complex interventions: the rising tide phenomenon. 2014 Campbell Collaboration Colloquium, 16-19 June 2014, Belfast.
Chen Y-F. Using systematic reviews to inform clinical practice, policy and research – development and challenges. Taiwan Scientific Symposium, 2 March 2013, Coventry.
Chen Y-F. Making the best use of low-level evidence. In: Evaluating evidence for medical devices – international experiences (Workshop W6, co-presenters Pwu R-F, Ahn J, Wells GA). International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 5th Asia-Pacific Conference, 2-4 September 2012, Taipei.
Chauhan H, Dhesi B, Patel N, Uppal A, Mohammed J, Ahmad A, Greenheld W, Chen Y-F. News media coverage of NICE's decisions on new health technologies. Society for Social Medicine 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, 6-8 September 2010, Belfast. [Published in: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010;64(Suppl 1):A20. doi:10.1136/jech.2010.120956.50]
Uthman O, Bayliss S, Chen Y-F, Meads C. A bibliometric analysis of 100 most cited systematic review and meta-analysis articles. VI Annual Meeting Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), 22-24 June 2009, Singapore. [Published in: Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 2009;38 Suppl (6): S36-37.
Moore D, Chen Y-F, Jowett S, Barton P. Treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): a challenging HTA. V Annual Meeting Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi), 6-9 July 2008, Montreal, Canada.
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Research Projects |
10/2023 – 09/2025 National University of Ireland. Evidence Synthesis Ireland Fellowship Scheme. (Chief Investigator)
09/2023 – 03/2025 UK NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme: NIHR154798, Innovative ventilation technologies in adults and children: an evidence synthesis to inform clinical practice and future research priorities (Joint-Lead Applicant, PI Dr Keith Couper)
06/2023 – 05/2025 UK NIHR Health & Social Care Research Programme: NIHR152311, SUMU-Endo: Single-use versus Multiple-use Endoscopes in gastroenterology: multi methods analysis to balancing infection control and environmental impact (Co-investigator; PI Prof Ramesh Arasaradnam)
04/2023 – 03/2028 UK NIHR Evidence Synthesis Programme: NIHR153453, West Midlands - Evidence Synthesis Group (WM-ESG): Production of Evidence Syntheses for the Evidence Synthesis Programme (Joint-Lead Applicant, PI Prof Amy Grove)
10/2022 – 09/2027 UK NIHR Coventry Health Determinant Research Collaboration (HDRC): NIHR151356, (Named researcher, PI Ms Susan Frossell, Coventry City Council)
09/2022 – 02/2024 UK NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme: NIHR150687, Medication support interventions and strategies for people with learning disabilities - a mixed methods evidence synthesis (Chief Investigator)
12/2021 – 04/2023 UK NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme: NIHR132987, Perioperative oxygen therapy: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses (Co-investigator, PI Dr Joyce Yeung)
2017 – 2021 UK NIHR Global Health Research: NIHR 16/136/87, NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Improving Health in Slums at University of Warwick: (Named researcher, PI Prof Richard Lilford)
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