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
Research NCKU
Google scholar

Current and recent research projects:
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

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

Development and Evaluation of Digital Health–Enabled, Hospital–Community Interface
Geriatric Integrated Care Models (2025)
Holistic Care Research Grant, National Cheng Kung University Hospital

Policy Evaluation and Re-design of Hakka Community Long-Term Care Centers (2024)
Hakka Affairs Council and Commerce Development Research Institute

Exploring the Developmental Process of Total Nursing Care in Public Hospitals Using
Mixed Methods (2023)
Research Grant, Ministry of Health and Welfare

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

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