Biography

Pin-Hui Lee is the senior medical officer of Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TCDC), Ministry of Health and Welfare. Pin-Hui has been in the division of chronic infectious disease for 15 years and devoted to the national tuberculosis(TB) control program and STI/HIV prevention and control. The research and operational projects lead by Pin-Hui included non-communicable disease and risk of TB, programmatic management of drug-resistant TB, effectiveness of latent TB infection treatment in long-term care facilities and correctional institutes, and M-pox immunization and vaccine safety projects among prioritized populations in Taiwan.

Expertise

TB Diagnostics
Public Health

Key Impacts

Effectiveness of latent TB infection treatment among individuals in correctional facilities, Taiwan

TPT significantly reduces TB risk in correctional facilities. Individuals who did not receive TPT had more than a 15-fold increased risk of developing active TB compared to those who underwent treatment, highlighting the critical role of preventive therapy in correctional facilities.

Source: Conference 2024