Dr Li-Chia Chen
Senior Lecturer

Overview
I am a hospital pharmacist by background, trained in pharmacy practice research and methodologies in evidence-based medicine, drug utilisation research, pharmacoepidemiology, and health economics. I have a progressing and balanced professional and academic profile and have insightful scope of international teaching and study of pharmacy in higher education institutes.
My current research focuses on the quality of patient-centred healthcare and explores issues of medicine use and outcomes from the perspectives of patients, payers and health care providers. I often used mixed methods (including both qualitative and quantities methodologies) in a variety of disease areas to explore policy, drug utilisation, and patient safety-related issues. In particular, I have many experiences in using secondary databases, such as the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database and the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.
Currently, my research emerges in two themes around optimising the use of opioids for chronic non-cancer pain management and the adherence, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of long-term breast cancer therapeutics. I am also involved in several projects in developing and evaluating pharmacy services.
I taught in both undergraduate (MPharm) and postgraduate (MScClinPharm) programmes in evidence-based medicine, critical appraisal, randomised control trials design and statistics, epidemiology study design and health economic evaluation. I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
External positions
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham
1 Apr 2010 → 31 Dec 2016
Assistant Professor, Kaohsiung Medical University
1 Aug 2007 → 31 Mar 2010
Lecturer, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology University
1 Aug 1999 → 31 Jul 2001
Director of Pharmacy Department, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology Hospital
1 Jul 1999 → 30 Sep 2001
Chief Clinical Pharmacist, Foo-Yin Institute of Technology Hospital
1 Jan 1999 → 30 Jun 1999
Pharmacist, National Cheng Kung University Hospital
1 Sep 1997 → 30 Nov 1998
Teaching Assistant, National Cheng Kung University
1 Aug 1996 → 31 Jul 1997
Pharmacist, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital
1 Oct 1993 → 30 Jul 1994
Areas of expertise
- RS Pharmacy and materia medica - pharmacy practice
- RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - pharmacoepidemiology, health economics
- RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology - drug utilisation research , Evidence-based practice
- RZ Other systems of medicine
Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains
Education / academic qualifications
- 2005 - Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical and cost-effectiveness of selective COX-2 inhibitors compared to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in postoperative pain management, The University of Manchester (2001 - 2005)
- 1996 - Master of Science, Drug Utilization Evaluation Study of Antiplatelet Agent-Ticlopidine in a Medical Center, National Cheng Kung University (1994 - 1996)
- 1993 - Bachelor of Science School of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Kaohsiung Medical University (1989 - 1993)
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Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation