Project Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Shih-Tsung Huang, Ph.D., Pharm.D., is a Project Assistant Professor at the School of Pharmacy, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He obtained his Doctor of Philosophy and Master's degree from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy at National Taiwan University, following his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the same institution. Dr. Huang's research interests encompass pharmacoepidemiology, geriatric epidemiology, gerontechnology, drug safety assessment, health economics, and outcomes research, as well as clinical pharmacy.
Dr. Huang's professional experience includes positions as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology in Japan and the Center for Healthy Longevity and Aging Sciences at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. His academic journey also involved roles as a doctoral candidate learning assistant and research assistant at various institutions.
Throughout his career, Dr. Huang has received numerous accolades, including the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award at the 2023 International Association of Gerontology and Geriatric Asia/Oceania Regional Congress and multiple research grants. His work has been recognized with several prestigious awards, such as the Wang Ming-Ning Outstanding Medical Research Award and the Taiwan University College of Medicine Outstanding Graduate Research Paper Award.
Dr. Huang has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, with over 25 articles in high-impact journals such as The Lancet Healthy Longevity, Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, and Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. His research has contributed significantly to understanding frailty, polypharmacy, and their impacts on health outcomes in older adults. He has also presented his work at numerous international conferences, demonstrating his commitment to sharing knowledge and advancing the field of geriatric pharmacoepidemiology.