Daniel Tzu-Hsuan Chen

Daniel is a research fellow in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford. With a background in rehabilitation medicine and epidemiology, his research focuses on non-communicable disease prevention, particularly smoking and tobacco use, respiratory diseases, and cancer prevention. Daniel's work uses large-scale datasets and routinely collected health records to understand population health and help shape healthcare policies.

Daniel is passionate about improving public health outcomes through evidence-based research and policy development. He has published manuscripts on tobacco prevention and smoking cessation using national datasets, cancer epidemiology, and COVID-19 vaccination safety and efficacy studies for vulnerable populations using the large primary care database. Additionally, he was also involved in lung cancer studies, focusing on inequalities in treatment, diagnosis, and health outcomes.

Currently, Daniel leads projects funded by Health Data Research UK, the Inflammation and Immunity Driver Programme, focused on using health-related datasets to assess the impact of winter fuel poverty on respiratory health in older adults in the UK. He is also leading projects on exploring the disparities in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine uptake in the English population.

Daniel earned his PhD in Clinical Medicine Research (Public Health) from Imperial College London, where he conducted research on tobacco control and the global epidemiology of poly-tobacco product use. Originally from Taiwan, he holds an MSc in Rehabilitation Medicine from National Taiwan University. Prior to his PhD candidature, he practiced as a licensed physiotherapist in Taiwan and worked in academic, non-governmental, and industrial settings as a public health scientist.