Secretary-General Name: Chi-Wei Lin, MD, PhD, MBA Email: julienlin.ahla@gmail.com
2011-2017	Director, Center of Medical Education Assessment and Research, E-Da Hospital
2017-2018	Associate Director, Community Medicine Department, E-Da Hospital
2017-2018	Deputy Secretary General, Asian Health Literacy Association
2010-	Teaching-oriented Visiting Staff, Department of Medical Education, E-Da Hospital
2014-	Editor, Taiwan Journal of Family Medicine
2015-	Medical Ethics Course Coordinator, I-Shou University School of Medicine
2016-	Director, Taiwan Health Evaluation and Promotion Association
2017-	Supervisor, Taiwan Association of Family Medicine
2018-	Director, Center of Faculty Development, E-Da Hospital
2018-	Director, Family Medicine and Community Medicine Department, E-Da Hospital
2019-	Secretary General, Asian Health Literacy Association

Deputy Secretary-General Name: WEN-HSUAN HOU, MD, MSc, PhD Email：houwh@tmu.edu.tw
2014/08	Present Research Fellow Cochrane Taiwan
2012/08	Present Attending Physician Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
2017/08	Present Supervisor Taiwan Evidence-Based Medicine Association
2018/08	Present Professor Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, College of Medicine/Master Program in Long-Term Care, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University/School of Gerontology Health Management, College of Nursing, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan

Deputy Secretary-General

Name: Alex Chen M.D., M.Sc., PhD Candidate
http://www.imperialwhocc.org/staff-members/dr-alex-chen/

I am Dr Alex Chen (M.D., M.Sc., PhD Candidate), the Assistant Secretary General of Asian Health Literacy Association (AHLA), the Medical Director at Novartis Japan, a board-certified attending physician, a senior medical advisor at multinational corporations, and the awardee of 2018 Top 10 Outstanding Youth Award, one of the most prestigious awards in Taiwan.

I have clinical practice experience (10 years); research expertise in real-world big data & epidemiology (9 years); multinational working experience (6 countries - UK, USA, Japan, Korea, Taiwan); International NGO senior manager/president experience (6 years); radio anchor experience (3 years).

I received my M.D. Degree in 2008 and the M.Sc. Degree for International Health in 2010. I was a PhD Postgraduate researcher at the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. I got four scholarships to obtain international research experience in the USA (UCLA) in 2009, Japan (Nagasaki University) in 2010, UK (Imperial College) since 2014 and Korea (KAIST) in 2015.

I completed my clinical training in occupational medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital, the most prestigious university hospital in Taiwan, and was promoted directly to an attending physician at Hsinchu Science Park Clinic (HSPC), the only hospital at Hsinchu Science Park (considered as Silicon Valley in Taiwan) after my residency training. I was also a senior industrial medicine advisor to support the world-leading multinational corporations in IT and Finance industries. I headed the Health Management Units, developed disease prevention & health promotion programs and set up the risk assessment protocols.

I was the CEO of European Federation of Taiwan Health Alliance (EFTHA). I represented INGOs to provide several speeches in the UK Parliament, Scottish Parliament, European Union Committee, as well as the world top universities or research institutes. I am the spokesperson for the media and keep the healthy relationship with governments or other INGOs.

Deputy Secretary-General Name: Ru-Yi Huang, M.D., M.P.H Email: ed107774@edah.org.tw
2014/08	Present Research Fellow Cochrane Taiwan
2014 - 2017	Physician, Department of Family Medicine Visiting Staff, Department of Medical Education. Director, Center for International Medical Education, E-Da Hospital
2013 – 2014	Visiting Scientist, Environmental and Occupational Medicine and Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health, Boston
2011 – 2012	Attending Physician, Family Medicine Mennonite Christian Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
2008 – 2010	Chief Resident and Resident, Family Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Assistant Secretary-General Name: Sri Handayani, SKM, M.Kes Lecturer, Universitas Dian Nuswantoro
August 2019	Present Director of AHLA Indonesia Country Office
February-June 2019	Consultant in KNCV Jawa Tengah
2019	Trainer of Health Advocate in Hue Province, Vietnam
2017-2019	AHLA Indonesia Country office Secretary, Dian Nuswantoro University
2018	Present Assessor BNSP, LSP Dian Nuswantoro University
2018	Field Officer SA KNCV for public private mix in Semarang
2017	Field Officer SA KNCV for mapping health facilities in Semarang
2014	Present Lecturer of Public Health, Faculty of Health, Dian Nuswantoro University

Assistant Secretary-General Name: Adwoa Owusuaa Koduah Email: owusuaa.koduah@connect.polyu.hk /owusuaa.koduah@gmail.com PhD Student,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
2006-2009	Diploma in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, Pantang Nurses’ Training College, Ghana
2012-2014	Bachelor of Science in Nursing, The Central University College, Ghana
2016-2018	Master of Philosophy (Nursing) School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
May 2011 to August 2019	Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) / Nursing Officer, Accra Psychiatric Hospital, Ghana

Assistant Secretary-General
Name: Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, M.D., M.Sc.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1320-964X

Email: nguyenthiphuongthao@hueuni.edu.vn

Dr. Thao graduated with a Master's degree (Honor Diploma) in Health Policy, Planning and Financing, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary). She is currently a researcher at Health Management Training Institute, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hue University.

She received several international academic awards, including Corvinus Best Paper and Stipendium Hungaricum grants.
Her research interests are health policy, health economics, Health Technology Assessment, HRQoL tools, and health literacy.

Secretariat

Name: Angel Yu-An Yang
Email: M536108001@tmu.edu.tw

FB: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001741584871

Angel Yang gratuated from master degree of global health and development, Taipei Medical University, a part-time research assistant in the WHO project, and oral health lecturer in the senior center. She actively participates in several public health conferences and summits abstracts. Also, she has various experiences of organizing and joining volunteer services to the aboriginal tribe, Thailand, Kirgistan and so on.

During the working and service experiences, she found enthusiasm and the importance of health literacy and health communication. Therefore, she plans to keep studying Ph.D. in the coming year and devoted herself to improving health literacy and international health.

Secretariat

Name: Le Duc Huy, M.D.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3129-027X

Email: leduchuy@hueuni.edu.vn

Dr. Huy is a medical doctor in preventive medicine, a lecturer, and a researcher at Health Management Training Institute, Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam. He completed the fellowship program given by the International Society for Quality in Health Care in 2021. Currently, he is pursuing the M.B.A Degree in the Master Program of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan.

He is also a key coordinator in the first aid project, which conducted evaluation studies and provided free training courses for over 800 Vietnamese students between 2020 and 2021. In addition, he actively participated in and reported at various international conferences regarding public health, health literacy, patient safety, and health policy. His research focuses on health literacy, bibliometric study, health policy, adolescent health, and application of artificial intelligence in health care management.

2020-2022 AHLA Secretariat

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