Chieh-Hsiu Liu, MD, MSc, DPhil

Biography

Dr. Chieh-Hsiu Liu is an Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), and a practicing geriatrician at NCKU Hospital in Tainan, Taiwan. His research is situated at the intersection of geriatric medicine, health services research, and comparative long-term care policy. He is particularly interested in the development and evaluation of innovative care models and policies that integrate health and social care for older adults and their family caregivers. His work draws on mixed-methods and interdisciplinary approaches, with a strong emphasis on clinically and policy-relevant research.

Dr. Liu is actively engaged in international academic collaborations and policy advocacy. He is currently involved in cross-national research projects that explore care poverty and the design of comprehensive policy frameworks for children, older adults, and individuals with disabilities. In Taiwan, he serves on the Long-Term Care Policy Advisory Board at the National Health Research Institutes and offers policy input and consultation to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Labor, and the Hakka Affairs Council. He also collaborates closely with civil society organizations and currently serves on the boards of the Taiwan Association of Family Caregivers and the Taiwan Society for Care Research.

His current and recent projects explore the development, evaluation, and implementation of integrated geriatric care models and their incorporation into medical education. These initiatives include building hospital-to-community social prescribing networks; developing care navigation platforms that support older adults, family caregivers, and healthcare professionals during care transitions; and designing community-oriented, service-learning geriatrics curricula for medical students.

Clinical and Research Focus

• Geriatric models of care
• Geriatrics at the hospital-to-home/community interface
• Integrated health and social care
• Social prescribing
• Comparative long-term care policy
• Implementation research
• Community-oriented geriatrics education

Current Academic and Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University
• Consultant Geriatrician, Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Previous Academic and Professional Appointments

• Director, Department of Family Medicine, Taoyuan General Hospital, Ministry of Health and Welfare
• Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, National Tsing Hua University
• Adjuvant Assistant Professor, Institute of Health and Welfare, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
• Medical Affairs Officer, Preparatory Office for the Geriatric Hospital, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
• Director, Community Health Center, National Taiwan University Hospital Chu-Tung Branch

Education

• DPhil, University of Oxford, UK
• MSc, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• MD, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan

Clinical Training

• Fellowship in Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Taiwan University Hospital
• Residency in Family Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital

Certification

• Taiwanese Board of Geriatrics and Gerontology
• Taiwanese Board of Family Medicine

Publications

• ORCID (opens in a new tab)
• Research NCKU (opens in a new tab)
• Google Scholar (opens in a new tab)

Current and Recent Research Projects

1. From Care Poverty to Care Sustainability: A Capability Approach to Balancing Needs and Costs in Care and Support for Children, Older Adults, and Persons with Disabilities (2024–2026)Team of Excellence Research Program, National Science and Technology Council
2. Connecting and Empowering: Enhancing Health Humanities and Medical Education Development and Advancing Interdisciplinary Research (2023–2026)Capacity-Building Program for Medical Education, National Science and Technology Council
3. Development and Evaluation of Digital Health–Enabled, Hospital–Community Interface Geriatric Integrated Care Models (2025)Holistic Care Research Grant, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
4. Policy Evaluation and Re-design of Hakka Community Long-Term Care Centers (2024)Hakka Affairs Council and Commerce Development Research Institute
5. Exploring the Developmental Process of Total Nursing Care in Public Hospitals Using Mixed Methods (2023)Research Grant, Ministry of Health and Welfare
6. Developing a Function-Based, Digitally Facilitated Integrated Care Model for Older Adults: Interprofessional Collaboration Linking Home, Community, and Hospital Settings (2022)National Health Research Institute