Current Position_____________________________________________________________  Deputy Director-General, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan  Adjunct Attending Physician, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital  Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine Contact _______________________________________________________________________ Office of Deputy Director-General Phone: +886-2-2394-5203 Taiwan Centers for Disease Control Fax: +886-2-2391-8543 6 Linsen South Rd, Taipei City, Taiwan 100 Email: loyichun@cdc.gov.tw Education_____________________________________________________________________ M.D. National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan Medicine, 2001 Professional Training_______________________________________________________ 2003–2006 Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Internal Medicine Resident, Department of Internal Medicine 2006–2008 Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Chief Resident and Clinical Infectious Disease Fellow, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine 2008–2009 Field Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health, Taipei, Taiwan, Medical Officer, Field Epidemiology Training Program 2009–2011 Epidemic Intelligence Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, assigned to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Professional and Academic Positions_____________________________________ 2002–2003 Head of Laboratory, Mzuzu Central Hospital, Republic of Malawi 2008–2016 Medical Officer, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 2 2009–2011 Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA (assigned to Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services) 2012–2016 Director, Field Epidemiology Training Program, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan 2013–2016 Director, Office of Preventive Medicine, Centers for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan Field Work in Africa_________________________________________________________ Nov 2001–Jun 2003 Republic of Malawi, Volunteer Medical Physician, Department of Medicine, Mzuzu Central Hospital May 2010–Jun 2010 Federal Republic of Nigeria, Medical Epidemiologist, Childhood Lead Poisoning Investigation Task Force, Zamfara State Oct 2010–Nov 2010 Federal Republic of Nigeria, Medical Epidemiologist, Childhood Lead Poisoning Investigation Task Force, Zamfara State Aug 2014–Sep 2014 Federal Republic of Nigeria, FETP Director, Advocacy Visit to Taiwanese Community in Lagos and Ebola Emergency Operation Center, Lagos Academic Awards and Honors______________________________________________ 2004 Dec Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital 2005 Dec Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital 2006 Dec Best Medical Resident Award, National Taiwan University Hospital 2007 Jul Award for Excellence in Teaching as Chief Resident, National Taiwan University Hospital 2008 Sept Best Poster Award, the 9th Taipei International Conference on HIV/AIDS, 27-28 September 2008, Taipei, Taiwan 2009 Dec Young Investigator Award, Taiwan AIDS Society 2010 Dec NCEH/ATSDR Honor Award (Nigeria Lead Poisoning Investigation Task Force), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2014 May Best Public Servant Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare 2015 July Best Scientific Research Award, Ministry of Health and Welfare 2016 Jan Young Investigator Award, Taiwan AIDS Society Professional Certifications and Memberships___________________________ 2001–pres. Physician, Taiwan, License 033551 2006–pres. Diplomate in Internal Medicine, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine, No. 7614, Certified 12/04/2006 Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 3 2009–pres. Diplomate in Infectious Diseases, Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan, No. 436, Certified 01/11/2009 2015–pres. Academic Teaching Rank of Lecturer, Ministry of Education, No. 140784, Certified 02/01/2015 2003–pres. Member, Taiwan Medical Association 2006–pres. Member, Taiwan Society of Internal Medicine 2006–pres. Member, Taiwan AIDS Society 2007–pres. Member, Infectious Diseases Society of Taiwan 2008–pres. Member, Nosocomial Infection Control Society of Taiwan Scientific Committee Service________________________________________________ 2007–2008 Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2008. Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/public/Attachment/83241619571.pdf 2009–2010 Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2010. Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/public/data/0111810173271.pdf 2012–2013 Expert Consultant to Taiwan Centers for Disease Control in the revised Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS 2013. Available from http://www.cdc.gov.tw/uploads/files/201310/1e64c227-32fc-49ab-8bfc-9484ec50c4f3.pdf Teaching Experience_________________________________________________________ Taiwan Medical Mission to Malawi 2003 Mar HIV/AIDS Clinical Workshop, Instructor and Coordinator, Mzuzu Central Hospital, Malawi 2003 Apr HIV/AIDS Counseling Workshop, Instructor and Coordinator, Mzuzu Central Hospital, Malawi Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan 2009 Apr Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS, HIV Workshop, Instructor, Taiwan Red Cross Society National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan 2006–2008 Clinical Internal Medicine, Medical Chief Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Publications and Creative Work___________________________________________ Peer-reviewed Scientific Articles 1. Lo YC, Chuang JH, Huang YF, Liu DP, Chou JH. GBD 2017 and HIV estimates for Taiwan. Lancet HIV 2020;7:e224. (PMID: 32243822) 2. Lin KY, Sun HY, Chen YH, Lo YC, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Chuang YC, Pan SC, Cheng Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 4 A, Hung CC, Fang CT, Chang SC. Effect of a hepatitis A vaccination campaign during a hepatitis A outbreak in Taiwan, 2015-2017: a modeling study. Clin Infect Dis 2020;70:1742−49. (PMID: 31157857) 3. Chen WC, Chiang PH, Liao YH, Huang LC, Hsieh YJ, Chiu CM, Lo YC, Yang CH, Yang JY. Outbreak of hepatitis A virus infection in Taiwan, June 2015 to September 2017. Euro Surveill 2019;24:pii=1800133. (PMID: 30968822) 4. Wu HH, Shen YT, Chiou CS, Fang CT, Lo YC. Shigellosis outbreak among MSM living with HIV: a case-control study in Taiwan, 2015−2016. Sex Transm Infect 2019;95:67−70. (PMID: 29535222) 5. Cheng CY, Wu HH, Zou H, Lo YC. Epidemiological characteristics and associated factors of acute hepatitis A outbreak among HIV-coinfected men who have sex with men in Taiwan, June 2015–December 2016. J Viral Hepat 2018;25:1208−15. (PMID: 29741291) 6. Liu CH, Sun HY, Liu CJ, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Lo YC, Liu WC, Su TH, Yang HC, Hong CM, Tseng TC, Chen PJ, Chen DS, Hung CC, Kao JH. Generic velpatasvir plus sofosbuvir for hepatitis C virus infection in patients with or without human immunodeficiency virus coinfection. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2018;47:1690−8. (PMID: 29665069) 7. Lin KY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Chuang YC, Cheng A, Pan SC, Chen GJ, Sun HY, Hung CC, Chang SC. Comparable serologic responses to 2 different combinations of inactivated HAV vaccines in HIV-positive patients during the acute hepatitis A outbreak in Taiwan. J Infect Dis 2018;218:734−8. (PMID: 29668951) 8. Lin KY, Hsieh SM, Sun HY, Lo YC, Sheng WH, Chuang YC, Cheng A, Pan SC, Chen GJ, Hung CC, Chang SC. Serologic responses and effectiveness of hepatitis A vaccination among HIV-positive individuals during the outbreak of acute hepatitis A. Hepatology 2018;68:22−31. (PMID: 29328508) 9. Cheng HY, Hung MN, Chen WC, Lo YC, Su YS, Wei HY, Chen MY, Tuan YC, Lin HC, Lin HY, Liu TY, Wang YY, Wu FT. Ice-associated norovirus outbreak predominantly caused by GII.17 in Taiwan, 2015. BMC Public Health 2017;17:870. (PMID: 29116002) 10. Lo YC. Implementation of the IHR Joint External Evaluation: Taiwan's Experiences. Health Secur 2017;15:132−6. (PMID: 28418741) 11. Chen MY, Lo YC, Chen WC, Wang KF, Chan PC. Recurrence after successful treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Taiwan. PLOS One 2017;12:e0170980. (PMID: 28125692) 12. Liao YS, Liu YY, Lo YC, Chiou CS. Azithromycin-nonsusceptible Shigella flexneri 3a in men who have sex with men, Taiwan, 2015−2016. Emerg Infect Dis 2017;23:345−6. (PMID: 28098533) 13. Chen MY, Chen WC, Chen PC, Hsu SW, Lo YC. An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis associated with asymptomatic food handlers in Kinmen, Taiwan. BMC Public Health 2016;16:372. (PMID: 27143036) 14. Chiou CS, Izumiya H, Kawamura M, Liao YS, Su YS, Wu HH, Chen WC, Lo YC. The worldwide spread of ciprofloxacin-resistant Shigella sonnei among HIV-infected men who have sex with men, Taiwan. Clin Microbiol Infect 2016;22:383.e11−6. Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 5 (PMID: 26806133) 15. Liu CH, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Hsieh SM, Lo YC, Liu CJ, Su TH, Yang HC, Liu WC, Chen PJ, Chen DS, Hung CC, Kao JH. Peginterferon plus ribavirin for HIV-infected patients with treatment-naïve acute or chronic HCV infection in Taiwan: a prospective cohort study. Sci Rep 2015;5:17410. (PMID: 26616669) 16. Lo YC, Tsai MS, Sun HY, Hung CC, Chuang JH. National trend and characteristics of acute hepatitis C among HIV-infected individuals: a matched case-control study — Taiwan, 2001−2014. PLOS One 2015;10:e0139687. (PMID: 26439381) 17. Huang AS, Chen WC, Huang WT, Huang ST, Lo YC, Wei SH, Kuo HW, Chan PC, Hung MN, Liu YL, Mu JJ, Yang JY, Liu DP, Chou JH, Chuang JH, Chang FY. Public health responses to reemergence of animal rabies, Taiwan, July 16−December 28, 2013. PLOS One 2015;10:e0132160. (PMID: 26162074) 18. McKerr C, Lo YC, Edeghere O, Bracebridge S. Evaluation of the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System for dengue fever in Taiwan, 2010−2012. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2015;9:e0003639. (PMID: 25794177) 19. Lo YC, Hung CC. Prevalence of HIV infection and risky sexual practices among adult males with travel-associated Entamoeba histolytica infection in Taiwan, 2006−2013. Travel Med Infect Dis 2015;13:104−5. (PMID: 25593040) 20. Lo YC, Ji DD, Hung CC. Prevalent and incident HIV diagnoses among Entamoeba histolytica-infected adult males: a changing epidemiology associated with sexual transmission — Taiwan, 2006−2013. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014;8:e3222. (PMID: 25299178) 21. Wei SH, Yang JR, Wu HS, Chang MC, Lin JS, Lin CY, Liu YL, Lo YC, Yang CH, Chuang JH, Lin MC, Chung MC, Liao CH, Lee MS, Huang WT, Chen PJ, Liu MT, Chang FY. Human infection with avian influenza A H6N1 virus: an epidemiological analysis. Lancet Respir Med 2013;1:771−8. (PMID: 24461756) 22. Tsai MS, Chang SY, Lo YC, Yang CJ, Sun HY, Liu WC, Wu PY, Hung CC. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) coinfection accelerates immunologic progression in patients with primary HIV infection in an area of hyperendemicity for HBV infection. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2013;208:1184−6. (PMID: 23840045) 23. Lo YC, Chen WC, Huang WT, Lin YC, Liu MC, Kuo HW, Chuang JH, Yang JR, Liu MT, Wu HS, Yang CH, Chou JH, Chang FY. Surveillance of avian influenza A(H7N9) virus infection in humans and detection of the first imported human case in Taiwan, 3 April to 10 May 2013. Eurosurveilance 2013;18:pii:20479. (PMID: 23725865) 24. Lo YC, Chuang JH, Kuo HW, Huang WT, Hsu YF, Liu MT, Chen CH, Huang HH, Chang CH, Chou JH, Chang FY, Lin TY, Chiu WT. Surveillance and vaccine effectiveness of an influenza epidemic predominated by vaccine-mismatched influenza B/Yamagata-lineage viruses in Taiwan, 2011−12 season. PLOS One 2013;8:e58222. (PMID: 23472161) 25. Halldin CN, Suarthana E, Fedan KB, Lo YC, Turabelidze G, Kreiss K. Increased respiratory disease mortality at a microwave popcorn facility with worker risk of bronchiolitis obliterans. PLOS One 2013;8:e57935. (PMID: 23469109) 26. Fanfair RN, Benedict K, Bos J, Bennett SD, Lo YC, Adebanjo T, Etienne K, Deak E, Derado G, Shieh WJ, Drew C, Zaki S, Sugerman D, Gade L, Thompson EH, Deanna Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 6 AS, Engelthaler DM, Schupp JM, Brandt ME, Harris JR, Lockhart SR, Turabelidze G, Park BJ. Necrotizing cutaneous mucormycosis after a tornado, Joplin, Missouri, in 2011. New England Journal of Medicine 2012;367:2214–25. (PMID: 23325557) 27. Lo YC, Dooyema CA, Neri A, Durant J, Jefferies T, Medina-Marino A, Ravello L, Thoroughman D, Davis L, Dankoli RS, Samson MY, Ibrahim LM, Okechukwu O, Umar-Tsafe NT, Dama AH, Brown MJ. Childhood lead poisoning associated with gold ore processing: a village-level investigation — Zamfara State, Nigeria, October–November 2010. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012;120(10):1450–55. (PMID: 22766030) 28. Lo YC, Turabelidze G, Lin M, Friedberg Y. Prevalence and determinants of recent HIV testing among sexually active men who have sex with men in St. Louis metropolitan area, Missouri, 2008. Sex Transm Dis 2012;39:306–11. (PMID: 22421699) 29. Dooyema CA, Neri A, Lo YC, Durant J, Dargan PI, Swarthout T, Biya O, Gidado SO, Haladu S, Sani-Gwarzo N, Nguku PM, Akpan H, Idris S, Bashir AM, Brown MJ. Outbreak of fatal childhood lead poisoning related to artisanal gold mining in northwestern Nigeria, 2010. Environ Health Perspect 2012;120:601–7. (PMID: 22186192) 30. Benedict K, Adebanjo T, Harris J, Lockhart S, Peterson J, McClinton S, Gade L, Etienne K, Hurst S, Benjamin L, Whitney A, Bolcen S, Brandt M, Park B, Turabelidze G, Bos J, Hedrick E, Byrd D, Fanfair RN, Bennett S, Lo YC. Fatal fungal soft-tissue infections after a tornado ― Joplin, Missouri, 2011. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2011;60:992. 31. Lo YC, Weis K, Henry CJ, Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Stanek D, Blackmore C, Lingamfelter D, Dudley MH, Shadomy SV, Shieh WJ, Drew CP, Batten BC, Zaki SR. Severe leptospirosis with presentations similar to pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Florida and Missouri, USA. Emerg Infect Dis 2011;17:1145–46. (PMID: 21749799) 32. Lo YC, Wu PY, Hsieh CY, Chen MT, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Sun HY, Liu WC, Hung CC, Chang SC. Late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy: role of socio-behavioral factors and medical encounters. J Formos Med Assoc 2011;110:306–15. (PMID: 21621151) 33. Lo YC, Patrick SL, Turabelidze G, Marx H, Grim A, Lane MA, Weil GJ, Bailey TC, Önen NF, Demertzis LM, Tuteur PG, Hayes EV, Davila SZ, Folk SM, Mitchem RE, Kammerer E, Fannon Jr LP, Jones JL, Wilkins PP. Human paragonimiasis after eating raw or undercooked crayfish — Missouri, July 2006−September 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:1573–6. (PMID: 21150864) 34. Cheng CY, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Chung CS, Chen YC, Chang SC. Clinical presentations, laboratory results and outcomes of patients with Kikuchi’s disease: emphasis on the association between recurrent Kikuchi’s disease and autoimmune diseases. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2010;43:366–71. (PMID: 21075702) 35. Lo YC, Patrick S, Turabelidze G, Yates K, Myers A, Nasci R, Gibney K. La Crosse virus neuroinvasive disease — Missouri, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 7 2010;59:869–71. (PMID: 20651642) 36. Biya O, Gidado S, Haladu S, Toloug G, Nguku P, Durant J, Davis LB, Brown MJ, Neri A, Dooyema C, Lo YC. Outbreak of acute lead poisoning among children aged <5 years — Zamfara, Nigeria 2010. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2010;59:846. 37. Cheng CY, Hung CC, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Lo YC, Liu WC. Risk of pneumocystosis after early discontinuation of prophylaxis among HIV-infected patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy. BMC Infect Dis 2010;10:126. (PMID: 20492660) 38. Tsou TP, Lin CH, Lo YC, Li YS, Chiu CH. Outbreak of influenza in an overseas student travel group—Taiwan 2008. Scand J Infect Dis 2010; 42: 375–8. 39. Lo YC, Hung CC, Lai CS, Wu Z, Nagano I, Maeda T, Takahashi Y, Chiu CH, Jiang DD. Human trichinosis after consumption of soft–shelled turtles, Taiwan. Emerg Infect Dis 2009;15:2056–8. (PMID: 19961701) 40. Lo YC, Lauderdale TL, Chang SY, Hsiao CF, Hung CC, Chang SC. Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization among HIV-1 infected patients who had received 23–valent polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2009;42:234–42. (PMID: 19812857) 41. Lin CY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC. Kaposi’s sarcoma in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Taiwan. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2009;42:227–33. (PMID: 19812856) 42. Lo YC, Chang SY, Sheng WH, Hung CC, Chang SC. Association of pancreatic autoantibodies and human leukocyte antigen haplotypes with resolution of diabetes mellitus following therapy for hepatitis C virus infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection: case report and review of the literature. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2009;21:478–81. (PMID: 19369830) 43. Lo YC, Chen MY, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Sun HY, Liu WH, Wu PY, Wu CH, Hung CC, Chang SC. Risk factors for incident diabetes mellitus among HIV-infected patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in Taiwan: a case-control study. HIV Med 2009;10:302–9. (PMID: 19220492) 44. Lin CY, Sun HY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC. Aetiology of cavitary lung lesions in patients with HIV infection. HIV Med 2009;10:191–8. (PMID: 19207599) 45. Wu UI, Chen MY, Hu RH, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Lo YC, Hung CC, Chang SC. Peritonitis due to Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with AIDS: report of five cases and review of the literature. Int J Infect Dis 2009;13:285–90. (PMID: 18955006) 46. Lin PH, Lo YC, Chiang FT, Wang JL, Jeng YM, Fang CT, Chang SC. Acute Q fever presenting as fever of unknown origin with rapidly progressive hepatic failure in a patient with alcoholism. J Formos Med Assoc 2008;107:896–901. (PMID: 18971160) 47. Liang SH, Lo YC, Lin HH, Chang SY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Hung CC, Chang SC. Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis and infectious complications among human immunodeficiency virus–infected injection drug users at a referral hospital. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2008;41:200–8. (PMID: 18629414) Curriculum vitae June 1, 2020 Philip Yi-Chun Lo, M.D. 8 48. Chang SY, Sun HY, Ji DD, Lo YC, Wu CH, Wu PY, Liu WC, Hung CC, Chang SC. Cost–effectiveness of detection of intestinal amebiasis by using serology and specific–amebic–antigen assays among persons with or without human immunodeficiency virus infection. J Clin Microbiol 2008;46:3077–9. (PMID: 18596142) 49. Hung CC, Hung MN, Hsueh PR, Chang SY, Chen MY, Hsieh SM, Sheng WH, Sun HY, Huang YT, Lo YC, Hsiao CF, Chang SC. Risk of recurrent nontyphoid Salmonella bacteremic in HIV–infected patients in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy and an increasing trend of fluoroquinolone resistance. Clin Infect Dis 2007;45:e60–7. (PMID: 17682981) 50. Chung HC, Wang JT, Sun HY, Wang JL, Lo YC, Sheng WH, Hsieh SM, Fang CT, Hseuh PR, Chen YC, Chang SC. Clinical experience of 17 cases of imported malaria at a Taiwan university hospital, 1999–2005. J Microbiol Immunol Infect 2007;40:209–15. (PMID: 17639160) Chapters 1. Lo YC. “Recommendations of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected individuals” in Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 4nd edition, 2013, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. 2. Lo YC, Hung CC. “Laboratory tests for HIV-infected adults” in Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 3nd edition, 2010, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. 3. Lo YC, Hung CC. “Laboratory tests for HIV-infected adults” in Guidelines for Diagnosis and Treatment of AIDS, 2nd edition, 2008, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. 4. Lo YC, PY Chu, HW Huang. “Chikungunya fever” in A Clinical Guide to Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. 5. Lo YC, MT Tsai, HS Tsai. “Contagious pustular dermatitis (Orf)” in A Clinical Guide to Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan. 6. Lo YC, MT Tsai, CY Tseng. “Baylisascariasis (raccoon roundworm)” in A Clinical Guide to Zoonosis, 2nd edition, 2009, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan.