Shiu Ming-neng

Shiu Ming-neng is a Taiwanese physician and epidemiologist. He was the Vice Minister of Health and Welfare in the Executive Yuan from 2013 to 2016.

Education Shiu graduated from National Taiwan University (NTU) with a bachelor's degree in pharmacy in 1983 and earned a Bachelor of Medicine (M.B.) from National Yang-Ming University in 1990. He then returned to NTU and earned a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.) in 1998 and his Ph.D. in epidemiology from the university in 2002. His master's thesis was titled, "A study on the natural history of oral leukoplakia and oral cancer" (Chinese: 口腔白斑及口腔癌自然病史之探討). His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Oral leukoplakia and oral cancer: Natural history patterns and screening evaluation".