Dr. Shao-Yi Cheng is currently Professor and Director of the Department of Family Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University. Dr. Cheng received her M.D. and MSc from National Taiwan University and completed the training in Family Medicine from National Taiwan University Hospital. She completed her DrPH. in Health Policy and Management from Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2011.
Her research interest involves cancer screening, women’s health, end-of-life care and quality of dying. She has founded palliative care research network in Taiwan, East-Asia and has been actively collaborating with many countries for cross- cultural studies. After comparing the physician perceived quality of dying in three countries, she has moved into cohort project named as EASED (East-Asian collaborative Study to Elucidate the Dying process) I and II. During the COVID pandemic, she has published many papers as the first author such as Annals of Internal Medicine. In addition, she has collaborated with MD Anderson Cancer Center and published a RCT trial on JAMA ONCOLOGY in 2024. She is currently one of the council members of the APHN.
Dr. Cheng is President of the Taiwan Academy of Hospice Palliative Medicine and leading many international collaborations. Dr. Cheng is Editor-in-Chief of Taiwan Journal of Hospice Palliative Care. She is also reviewer of many internationally renowned journals such as Annals of Internal Medicine, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Palliative Medicine, Journal of Palliative Medicine, BMC Palliative Care, Oncologist and used to serve on the Editorial Board of BMC Palliative Care.