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Facing the media, Kan Kan talked about and incisively analyzed the epidemic trend in COVID-19. Chen Xiuxi, deputy dean of the School of Public Health at National Taiwan University, is very professional in epidemiological research, but this is not his ambition since childhood. However, in the process of clinical training for dentists, I gradually found myself in love with scientific research and resolutely entered the field of public health research.

Go to public health and serve the community.

Chen Xiuxi talked about his feelings of choosing to take off his white robe and serve in the public health sector. She said with emotion: "This society needs to increase a little heterogeneity, and different interdisciplinary talents are needed to maintain Taiwan Province's top position in the field of health care. In order to make medical care more yuan, professionals with medical background must be gradually introduced into other scientific and cultural fields, and Chen Xiuxi is the first group affected by the changes of the times.

During the clinical training of dentists, she encountered various oral problems. Chen Xiuxi thought: "It seems that the problems encountered by many patients are not just personal matters. Can clinical work like dentists really achieve the purpose of prevention and health care? He observed that the origin of many diseases is not only in individual cases, but also involves the interaction between patients' behavior and the environment, and even has a great relationship with psychological and social policies.

This inspired him to study. Therefore, during his internship, he actively contacted public health-related fields and was attracted by the research methods of epidemiology and biostatistics, so he continued to study at the Institute of Public Health of Yangming Medical College (now Yangming University) at that time.

Lose Europe and broaden your horizons.

After graduating from graduate school, Chen Xiuxi once wanted to enter the civil service system and join the ranks of defending the country with his own strength, so he participated in the health administrative college entrance examination and successfully obtained the college entrance examination qualification; More actively strive for studying abroad at public expense, successfully apply for admission to Cambridge University in England, and start another journey of healthy living at public expense.

I am studying for a doctorate in biostatistics at Cambridge University in England. At that time, deeply influenced by the European socialist system thought, he actively paid attention to the standards of people's health and equality, thought about how to popularize more advanced medical services, and then brought them back to Taiwan Province Province to give back to the society.

Under the circumstance of karma, Chen Xiuxi participated in the Swedish cancer screening project. "The socialist countries in Europe have long had the concept of cancer screening." He believes that the state has the obligation to protect people from preventable chronic diseases and cancer. Therefore, * * * spared no effort to promote the health screening program and implement it in the community. On the other hand, in the United States, because of the health insurance system, health protection can only be obtained through private contracts. For those who can't afford the premium, they can't enjoy good medical services. "Medical care should be done by adding more topics that care about people's health. 」

Embrace ideas and give back to the society.

After returning to China from 65438 to 0996, it coincided with the beginning of the universal medical insurance system, the change of the domestic medical system, and the germination of the concept of health examination. "People in Taiwan Province Province should also enjoy equal health rights and interests like people in European socialist countries. With this idea, he wants to apply his field research experience in Sweden to domestic public health services, and he actively participates in the planning of local medical and health examination research.

Teaching and scientific research are Chen Xiuxi's favorites. Therefore, even though she had taken up a teaching post at the School of Public Health of National Taiwan University, she still trained primary health workers through school education and strengthened relevant knowledge background as the seeds of preventive health care. On the other hand, he also actively participated in the community cancer screening project and began to plan the "community integrated family screening" activity, combining breast cancer, colorectal cancer, oral cancer, liver cancer and cervical cancer. , suffering from chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia. , starting from the family, going deep into the community and rural areas. This model was quoted by many county and city health units in the future and praised by American Cancer Medical Association and Family Medical Association.

In addition, he also successfully established a screening platform of mathematical statistics through data, which can accurately assess people's health status, establish a personalized medical model for breast cancer, and develop risk diagnosis markers for colorectal cancer.

Educational mission, cultivating new blood

Chen Xiuxi has a background as a clinician and scholar, and also shoulders the task of educating the next generation. Chen Xiuxi carefully analyzed the significance of these different roles to herself. He pointed out that clinicians' care for patients has its limitations and limited influence. "But if you want to enter the field of preventive medicine, it will involve national policies; Policy belongs to public affairs, and scholars can pay more attention to it. 」

He explained in the field of public health that "the complete connotation of public health should be interdisciplinary knowledge composed of public administrative affairs and health problems. In foreign countries, there was no independent department in university education in the past, but each department should have a public health science, which is to serve the public with policies and legal norms, so that people's health can reach the maximum happiness standard. But if you are just a clinician, you can only see a single patient and the number of people you can take care of is limited, which is very different from the thinking of scholars who focus on research.

In addition to loving research, Chen Xiuxi also bears a strong educational mission. "The middle-aged generation born in the postwar baby boom, like the quicksand generation, is also a so-called sandwich generation, with both parents of Gaotang to take care of and children of future generations to raise and promote. Because of deep feelings, I pay more attention to inheriting the mission.

"As a scholar, you must also have a skill, that is, standing at the forefront of industries and policies, constantly seeking new and different, and assisting in the formulation of policies. This is also the most attractive part. He said that his other identity is a professor, so he is willing to support the younger generation and often encourages students: "Everything is not as expected and planned along the way. You must keep learning and enriching yourself in this process, and you can come in handy when you are useful in the future. 」

After all, it is very important to set goals in life, but there is not only one way to achieve them, which may happen randomly, but if you have the strength, you can seize the opportunity.

The trend of public health, it is in power.

Referring to the current situation of the domestic public health system, Chen Xiuxi believes that from the institutional point of view, science and technology have profoundly influenced the concept of young people, especially in the post-IT era when the IT industry is booming, the education system has also changed, covering all medical education.

"Now, public health needs to be analyzed in combination with big data. The application of big data has changed the education system of the younger generation and the industrial structure in various fields, including the application of the Internet of Things and handheld devices, and the educational connotation must also change accordingly. 」

As Chen Xiuxi said when invited to participate in the "2020 Precision Cancer Prevention Summit Forum", using big data as the basis of precision medical care can achieve the effect of accurate personal medical care and effective allocation of medical resources, so that Taiwan Province Province can spend limited resources on people in need while pursuing valuable medical care, and maximize health benefits.

He also made a clear definition of precision medicine, which can produce maximum benefits with limited resources, such as using expensive anticancer drugs on cancer friends who need it most and have the most obvious effect, thus improving the average remaining life. "Taking the national health insurance as an example, the big data generated by the health insurance database is efficient and accessible, and it can make decisions, provide measures related to people's health problems, and accurately guess the occurrence of diseases. This is a necessary professional field of modern public health. 」

Religious principles, comfort and health

I am busy with scientific research and teaching on weekdays. Do you have time to rest? Speaking of health, Chen Xiuxi smiled shyly: "Actually, I seldom take vacations. Even when I am resting, I am still thinking. But when he was young, he loved climbing mountains very much, and he could enjoy thinking in the process of climbing mountains. But now I am busy with work, time is limited, and my knees are not good, so I gradually change to jogging or walking.

"I can jog twice a week and run five kilometers at a time." He said that he would exercise simply to stay away from the "three highs". He used to run on the treadmill in the gym. Now, due to the serious epidemic in COVID-19, he has changed to jogging or hiking on the river bank. In the process of running, he kept thinking about creative ideas and various omissions and improvements in teaching and treating people.

As for the way he relaxes the pressure, it is also very special. "I study writing as a way to relieve stress;" The sense of accomplishment of completing a research article is a kind of relaxation. In addition, Chen Xiuxi often studies the teachings of various religions and interprets Buddhist scriptures, the Bible and the Koran. From a scientific point of view. "After intensive reading, you will find many problems in reality and find solutions; Sometimes just use your head to find a way out. 」