Curriculum vitae

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Education

• M.S., Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan, August 2022 to January 2026. Thesis: Meta-analyses of phonological-based and auditory-based training effects on school-aged children with reading difficulties.
• University Special Student (Visiting International Student Program), Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Wisconsin–Madison, September 2023 to May 2024. 18 graduate credits, GPA 3.75/4.00. Funded by a Taiwan Ministry of Education scholarship.
• B.Ed., Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, September 2018 to June 2022. GPA 3.92/4.30.

Research and work experience

• Research Collaborator, Department of Psychiatry, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, 2023 to present. Senior collaborator: Dr. Chih-Cheng Lai, Department of Internal Medicine.
• Graduate Research Assistant (part-time, remote), Special Education Center, National Taiwan Normal University, February to May 2024. Translated and localized Mind Reader theory-of-mind teaching materials; managed and analyzed data for a longitudinal study of theory-of-mind development in children with hearing loss.
• Graduate Research Assistant (part-time), aphasia research, Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Asia University, October 2022 to May 2023. EEG, eye-tracking and behavioral studies in adults with aphasia: participant testing, data collection, and statistical analysis in R and SPSS; contributed to manuscript preparation.
• Teaching Assistant (part-time), Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, Asia University, October 2022 to May 2023. Courses: Acquired Language and Cognitive-Communication Disorders in Adults; Introduction to Communication Disorders.
• Speech-Language Pathology Intern, Asia University Hospital (clinical practicum: language, articulation and swallowing disorders).
• Undergraduate Research Assistant (part-time), Cognitive and Hedonic-Affective Neuroscience Laboratory, National Tsing Hua University, September 2019 to September 2021. Recruited and tested participants, coded data and ran preliminary analyses for behavioral studies; assisted with EEG and fMRI studies of humor processing, emotion regulation and theory of mind.

Training programs

• Taiwan Ministry of Education "Youth Overseas Dream" scholar, UCLA biomedical engineering and quantum science summer program, Los Angeles, July to September 2026. Mentor: Dean Hung-Rong Yen.

Awards and scholarships

• "Youth Overseas Dream" Scholarship (US$13,000), Taiwan Ministry of Education, for the UCLA biomedical engineering and quantum science summer program, 2026.
• International Conference Travel Grants (US$2,975 in total), National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan, 2023 to 2025.
• Study Abroad Programme for Future Scholars in the Humanities and Social Sciences (US$41,666), Taiwan Ministry of Education, for study at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2023 to 2024.
• Yin Shu-tian Scholarship (NT$100,000 per year), National Tsing Hua University, 2018-19 and 2019-20.
• National Champion (group), sign-language song competition, 2019.

Certifications and tests

• IELTS Academic 8.0 (June 2026).
• Completed the Fellows Program in Aging, Hearing and Public Health (Taiwan edition), Johns Hopkins Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health, July 2024.
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Certified Rater, September 2023.
• Sign Language Training for Early Intervention Personnel and Parents of Children with Disabilities, Taiwanese Association of Sign Language Interpreters, October 2024.

Skills

• R, SPSS
• Stata
• Systematic review and meta-analysis (PRISMA, RoB 2, GRADE), dose-response meta-analysis, trial sequential analysis; Review Manager (RevMan)
• Methods used in TriNetX-based studies: propensity-score matching, Kaplan-Meier analysis, Cox models

Languages

• Mandarin (native)
• Taiwanese (fluent)
• English (IELTS 8.0)
• Taiwanese Sign Language (basic)