Curriculum Vitae
CONTACT INFORMATION
Name: Joseph Wu (吳宗樹)
Photo:
Address:
P.O. Box 1088, Mzuzu 2, Malawi
Telephone:
+265-999-210386
+265-1-311-077
Email: wcsg@lukeinternational.no
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 4, Oct, 1981
Place of Birth: Taichung City, Taiwan
Citizenship: Taiwan
Sex: Male
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Work History:
Country Director
2008 - present Luke International Norway, Malawi
Senior Lecture
2008 – present Department of Biomedical Science, Mzuzu University, Malawi
Program Manager:
2008 – present Pingtung Christian Hospital, Taiwan
Research Associate:
2003 – 2004
1. Piloting of a real-time Syndrome Surveillance System for Detecting Emerging/Reemerging
Infectious Disease After Identifying Important Elements from Current Surveillance in Taiwan,
DOH92-DC-SA03
2. Intra-familial Transmission and Development of SARS in Contacts of SARS, Veterinarians, Elderly
and Residents Living in Highly Affected Areas in Taipei City, NSC92-2751-B002-020-Y
2005 – 2006
1. Establishing an Integrative Emergency Department Based Real-time Automatic Syndromic
Surveillance, Feedback System and Evaluating the Effectiveness of Syndromic Surveillance System to
Detect Emerging Infectious Diseases/Bioterrorism Outbreak in Taiwan (Continue Project) ,
DOH94-DC-1113, DOH95-DC-1021
Project Manager:
2007 - Development of HIV/AIDS ART patient electronic data system pilot study in Malawi
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EDUCATION
High School:
National Overseas Chinese Experimental Senior High School, Taiwan (1999)
University:
B.S. in Public Health, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Taiwan (2003)
Graduate School:
M.S. in Epidemiology, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan
University (2006)
SPECIALIST
Epidemiology, public health informatics, international health, health information system development,
program management and coordination
PUBLICATIONS
(A) Journal Papers
1. Wen TH, Lin NH, Chao DY, Hwang KP, Kan CC, Lin KC, Wu JT, Huang SY, Fan IC, King CC. Spatial–temporal patterns of
dengue in areas at risk of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 2002. Int J Infect Dis (2010) Apr;14(4):e334-43.
Epub 2009 Aug 27.
2. Yen M-Y, Wu T-SJ, Chiu AW-H, Wong W-W, Wang P-E, et al. Taipei's Use of a Multi-Channel Mass Risk Communication
Program to Rapidly Reverse an Epidemic of Highly Communicable Disease. PLoS ONE (2009) 4(11): e7962.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007962
3. Lu HM, Chen H, Zeng D, King CC, Shih FY, Wu TS, Hsiao JY: Multilingual chief complaint classification for syndromic
surveillance: An experiment with Chinese chief complaints. International Journal of Medical Informatics 2008.
4. Wu TS, Shih FY, Yen MY, Wu JS, Lu SW, Chang KC, Hsiung C, Chou JH, Chu YT, Chang H, et al: (2008) Establishing a
nationwide emergency department-based syndromic surveillance system for better public health responses in Taiwan. BMC
Public Health 2008, 8:18.
5. Chung-Ming Liu, Shu-Hua Lin, Ying-Chen Chen, Katherine Chun-Min Lin, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Chwan-Chuen King.
(2007) Temperature Drops and the Onset of Severe Avian Influenza A H5N1 Virus Outbreaks. PLoS ONE 2(2): e191
6. Hsin-Min Lu, Chwan-Chuen King, Tsung-Shu Wu, Fuh-Yuan Shih, Jin-Yi Hsiao, Daniel Zeng, Hsinchun Chen (2007).
Chinese Chief Complaint Classification for Syndromic Surveillance. Intelligence and Security Informatics: Biosurveillance.
Daniel Zeng, Ivan Gotham, Ken Komatsuet al. New York, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 4506/2007: 11-22.
7. Yi-Da Chen, Chunju Tseng, Chwan-Chuen King, Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Hsinchun Chen (2007). Incorporating Geographical
Contacts into Social Network Analysis for Contact Tracing in Epidemiology: A Study on Taiwan SARS Data. Intelligence and
Security Informatics: Biosurveillance. New York, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 4506/2007: 23-36.
8. CC Lin, Jin-Yi Hsiao, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, YZ Ju, CL Kao, YC Liao, SL Chang, BS Chiang, YC Ju, Chwan-Chuen King.
(2007) Epidemiology and Surveillance of Human Influenza Virus Epidemic. Taiwan Epidemiology Bulletin 2007；23(5)：
254-272
9. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu. (2006) Establishing Emergency Department-Based Infectious Disease Syndromic Surveillance
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System
in
Taiwan–Aberration
Detection
Methods,
Epidemiological
Characteristics,
System
Evaluation
and
Recommendations. Thesis for graduation from Graduate Institute of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, National Taiwan
University
10. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, YZ Ju, Chwan-Chuen King. (2005) Syndromic Surveillance – To Detect Unpredictable Infectious
Disease Outbreak in Early Stage. Taiwan Epidemiology Bulletin 2005；21(5)：327-334
11. YZ Ju, Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, SL Shu, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, FC Hu, Chwan-Chuen King. (2005) Evaluation of Nosocomial
Infection Prevention Control Measure through the International Outbreak of SARS in 2003. Taiwan Epidemiology Bulletin
2005；21(7)：477-498
12. MH Wu, KB Huang, ZC Tsai, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, YC Huang, Chwan-Chuen King (2005) Epidemiological Analysis of
Dengue/Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in 2001 – 2003 in Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Public Health 2005；24(5)：
452-459
(B) Conference Papers
1. Amy Gottlieb, Lucius Mwalwanda, Joseph TS Wu, Sabine Joukes, Oliver Jintha, Andreas Jahn. (2009) An Evaluation of
Electronic Data Systems for Antiretroviral Therapy in Four Facilities in Malawi. Oral presentation in the 7th Annual Public
Health Information Network (PHIN) Conference in Atlanta, USA.
2. Chwan-Chuen King, Tsung-Shu Wu, Jin-Yi Hsiao, Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, Muh-Yung Yen, Der- Ming Liu, Shiou-Wen Lu,
Chi-Ming Kevin Chang, Chien-Tsai Liu, Li-I Mei, et al: (2007) Comparison of Chief-Complaint vs. ICD-9 Data Used in an
Emergency Department based Hospital Syndromic Surveillance System in Metropolitan Taipei, Taiwan. Advances in Disease
Surveillance 2007, 2:202. Abstracts from the 2006 Syndromic Surveillance Conference: Evaluation and Performance
Testing
3. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, SH Frank Wu, WL Huang, TS Lee, CR Tsai, K Liu, Kwong-Leung Joseph Yu. (2007) The ART
Electronic Data System Development and Paper System Transferring Experience in Malawi. Oral presentation in Annual
Meeting of Taiwan Public Health Association.
4. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, SH Frank Wu, KC Chen, K Liu, Kwong-Leung Joseph Yu. (2007) The ART HL7 Messaging
Standard and TESMART Data Export Utility in Malawi. Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public Health
Association.
5. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, Muh-Yung Yen, CS Chiu, Jin-Yi Hsiao, CH Chu, YR Su, SS Kuao,
Chwan-Chuen King. (2006) The Recommendations of Syndromic Surveillance System Application to Important Syndrome
Groups from Epidemiological Prospective in Taiwan. Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public Health
Association.
6. Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu, Ping-Ing Lee, Fuh-Yuan Frank Shih, Chuan-Liang Kao, Jyh-Yuan Yang, Hour-Young Chen, Jr-How
Chou, Chan-Hsien Chiu and Chwan-Chuen King, (2005) Rapid Enterovirus-71 Monitoring System - Using the Emergency
Department Based Syndromic Surveillance System in Taiwan., Seattle, Washington, USA, National Syndromic Surveillance
Conference.
7. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, MY Yen, CC Chiu, YW Wang, PY Lee, HS Wu, CH Chiu, YR Su, SS Kuao,
Chwan-Chuen King (2005) Rapid Detection of Human Influenza with ED-based Syndromic Surveillance System in Taiwan,
Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public Health Association.
8. Chwan-Chuen King, YC Ju, YZ Ju, LM Huang, CY Lin, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, HY Cheng, BR Chen, CL Kao, (2005) The
Historical Review and Future Preparation for Pandemic Human Influenza Outbreak, Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of
Taiwan Public Health Association.
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9. Chwan-Chuen. King, M. Yen, S. Lu, T.S Wu, F. Shih, J. Wu, M.Pan (2004) Taiwan Syndromic Surveillance Systems to Detect
Infectious Disease Outbreak. National Syndromic Surveillance Conference in Boston, MA, USA.
10. Chan-Hsien Chiu, Tsung-Shu Wu, Jiunn-Shyan Julian Wu, Shiou-Wen Lu, Fuh-Yuan Shih, An-Jing Lung, Muh-Yung Yen,
Kevin Chi-Ming Chang, Chao Hsiung, Jamii Wu, Chien-Hui Lu, and Chwan-Chuen King
(2004) Syndromic Surveillance
System Using Emergency Department Patients Medical Information in Taiwan：The Automation Informatics System of Data
Collection and Processing, 2004 International Conference of Taiwan Association for Medical Informatics.
11. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, Muh-Yung Yen, Shiou-Wen Lu, HC Yu ,Fuh-Yan Frank Shih, CS Chiu, CS Wu, CR Fu, An-Jing
Lung, ML Pan, WR Su, CY Luwo, C Shiong, WD Chiu, YC Fan, HS Wu, CH Chiu, YR Su, Chwan-Chuen King (2004) The
Emergency Department Based Syndromic Surveillance after SARS Outbreak in Taiwan, 2004 Oral presentation in Annual
Meeting of Taiwan Public Health Association.
12. Chwan-Chuen King, SL Shu, CY Yang, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, SC Huang,
Muh-Yung Yen, BR Shue, PC Chen, CF Lue,
HY Chen, HS Wu, YC Wu, CS Wu, LC Hsu, DS Lin, MS Ho, CC Chang, SY Wu, SY Rong, H Chang, YR Su, CC Chen (2004)
SARS－Novel Coronavirus Epidemic and Future Prevention in Taiwan, 2004 Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan
Public Health Association.
13. TH Wen, MD Su, MH Wu, YC Huang, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, YC Fan, Chwan-Chuen King(2004) Spatial Prediction Model
of Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Taiwan, 2004 Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public Health
Association.
14. YC Huang, MH Wu, CC Lee, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, CK Chiu, Chwan-Chuen King(2004) Sero-epidemiological Study of
Dengue Infection in Elementary School Children Cohort in 2004 in Southern Taiwan, 2004 Oral presentation in Annual
Meeting of Taiwan Public Health Association.
15. CC Kan, MH Wu, PF Lee, Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu, CC Lee, YC Huang, SC Lin, YC Fan, KN Bai, Chwan-Chuen King (2004)
Using Spatial Analysis Approach to Predict High Risk Are for Dengue Outbreak. 2004 Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of
Taiwan Public Health Association..
16. MH Wu，DY Chao，MM Lu，YW Lee，Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu，KT Yang，HC Tsue，Chwan-Chuen King(2003)。
Epidemiological Study of Dengue Outbreak in Ping-Tong in 2002，Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public
Health Association.
17. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu，MH Wu，LC Hsieh，DY Chao，KT Yang，HC Tsue，YW Lee，YC Tsai，WH Tsai，LR Lin，
MR Han，CJ Kong，YC Fan，Chwan-Chuen King(2003)。The 50 Years Historical Review and Epidemiological Comparison
of
2001-2002 Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Epidemic in Taiwan， Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public
Health Association.
18. Chwan-Chuen King, FY Shih, MY Yen, FC Hu, JS Wu, FK Chang, LW Lin, CY Yang, HY Chen, TS Wu, DJ Wang, KT Chen,
HT Yu, C Hsiung, SW Lu, CM Chang, ST Liu, CM Huang, MS Ho, CJ Fu, H Chang, IJ Su, M Marx, H Sobel (2003).
Syndromic surveillance of infectious disease in Taiwan before and after the challenge of SARS, National Syndromic
Surveillance Conference in New York, USA.
19. Tsung-Shu, Joseph, Wu，TH Wen，CH Chiang，DY Chao，MH Wu，MI Liao，MC Kao，SM Liao，HW Yen，YC Fan，
MD Su，CC King (2002)。The Epidemiology of Dengue Fever/Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Kaohsiung During 2001-2002，
Oral presentation in Annual Meeting of Taiwan Public Health Association.
(C) Newspaper Article
1. King Chwan-chuen Wu Tsung-shu, Taipei Times, Wednesday, May 07, 2008, Page 8. Facing the challenges of outbreak
prevention
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