Hsieh, Yu-Hsiang, Ph.D.

Yu-Hsiang Hsieh, PhD, MSc. Assistant Professor Department of Emergency Medicine

Education
National Taiwan University, Epidemiology (MSc., 1993)
Johns Hopkins University, Epidemiology (Ph.D., 1999)

Post-Doctoral Fellow
NIAID, NIH (2001)

Dr. Hsieh, training in infectious diseases epidemiology, has extensive experience in infectious diseases diagnostics, HIV/STI screening, epidemiology, and biostatistical data analysis. For the past 13 years he has been a collaborator on many projects conducted by the Division of Infectious Diseases at JHU. Previously he was on the faculty for Department of Public Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan from 2001-2004.

Since joining the department, Dr. Hsieh began building his research career, translating his skills in epidemiology and biostatistics to focused studies in acute aspects of HIV, STDs and other infectious diseases which commonly present to emergency settings, as well as studies in disaster medicine and preparedness. He is an author of 70 peer-review articles and over 100 conference abstracts. 

He has served as invited reviewer for: International AIDS Conference; IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis; Treatment and Prevention; Physicians’ Information and Education Resource (PIER);  American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine;  International Trachoma Initiative (ITI); and 17 peer-reviewed journals including: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes; American Journal of Epidemiology; PLoS One; Sexually Transmitted Infections; Medical Care; Current HIV Research;  International Journal of STD & AIDS;  Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases; Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness;  Journal of Public Health Management & Practice;  Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease;  Journal of Women’s Health;  International Journal of Women's Health;  Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology;  Journal of Postgraduate Medicine;  SAHARA Journal; and Ophthalmic Epidemiology.