- Assistant Professor
School of Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Science, National Tsing Hua University
Dr. Ya-Ching Chou, a native of Taipei, Taiwan, earned her Ph.D. from National Taiwan University in 2011. She has extensive experience in molecular biology and experimental research, having served as a post-doctoral fellow at National Taiwan University and Taipei Medical University. Since 2017, she has been a research fellow at the Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Taipei Medical University Hospital. In 2019, she worked as an Assistant Research Fellow, the Department of Biological Science and Technology, Center for Intelligent Drug Systems and Smart Bio-devices (IDS2B) of National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Currently, she holds the position of Assistant Professor at the School of Medicine of National Tsing Hua University. Dr. Chou’s accomplishments in endometriosis include the 2016 Young Investigator Travel Grants Award from the Taiwan Endometriosis Society (TES), the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award of 2018 and 2019 Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE), the Prize Paper award (Basic Science) of the 2020 Taiwanese Society of Reproductive Medicine (TSRM), the Award for Paper Presentation of 2020 TES, and the Outstanding Paper Award of 2021 TES. Her groundbreaking work includes the first genome-wide association study in Taiwan, which revealed a connection between phthalate exposure and endometriosis, and the identification of Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) and human leukocyte antigen-C (HLA-C) allorecognition. Dr. Chou’s research interests are centered around the pathogenesis, genetic factors, and environmental exposure of endometriosis.