Dr. Weng, also known as "Joey", is a researcher and board-certified family medicine physician. He received his MD from National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan and his MPH at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, focusing on epidemiology and biostatistics. After medical school, he served in the Taiwanese Navy as a medical officer. Dr. Weng completed his residency at the NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency and was a postdoctoral research fellow in cancer epidemiology and surgical oncology at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include clinical epidemiology, thyroid disorders, cancer epidemiology - especially breast cancer, emerging diseases, addiction medicine and outcome analysis.
| Weng CH, Zhou S, Saal A, Hafferty M, McGuire DC, Chan PA. "BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccine Effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and Variants in the Urban Underserved Population." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 106, no. 1, 2023, pp. 26-28. |
| Tse CS, Weng CH, Kwon M, Wolk CB, Brown LA, Malani K, Shah SA, Fine SD. "Increased Risks for Suicide, Self-Harm, Substance Use, and Psychiatric Disorders in Adults With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Study in the United States From 2007 to 2017." Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2023. |
| Tse, Chung Sang, Shah, Samir A., Saha, Sumona, Taleban, Sasha, Horst, Sara, Lutz, Megan, Fiske, Hannah, Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Hunt, Melissa G., Brown, Lily, Bonhomme, Brittaney, Kuehnel, Robert, Weaver, Alandra, Cross, Raymond, Long, Millie D., Lewis, James. "S887 Health-Related Social Needs & Disease Activity Are Independently Associated With Moderate-to-Severe IBD-Related Disability." American Journal of Gastroenterology, vol. 118, no. 10S, 2023, pp. S661-S663. |
| Tse CS, Melmed GY, Siegel CA, Weng CH, Shah SA, Weaver SA, Oliver BJ, Elwyn G, van Deen WK. "Bidirectional Correlations Between Health Confidence and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Activity: A Nationwide Longitudinal Cohort Study." Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 2022. |
| Tse, Chung Sang, Melmed, Gil, Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Shah, Samir, Weaver, Alandra, Oliver, Brant, Elwyn, Glyn, Siegel, Corey, van Deen, Welmoed. "LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF HEALTH CONFIDENCE ON INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE OUTCOMES AND HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION." Gastroenterology, vol. 162, no. 3, 2022, pp. S91-S92. |
| Wieland DR, Wieland JR, Wang H, Chen YH, Lin CH, Wang JJ, Weng CH. "Thyroid Disorders and Dementia Risk: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study." Neurology, 2022. |
| Weng CH, L'Heureux A, Weng CH, Lin YT, Chen YH, Lin CH, Lin TH. "Association Between Thyroid Disorders and Pancreatic Cancer Risk: A Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study." Pancreas, vol. 50, no. 4, 2021, pp. e41-e43. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Butt, Wesley Wing Wah, Brooks, Meredith B., Clarke, Claudia, Jenkins, Helen E., Holland, Sabina D., Chiang, Silvia S. "Diagnostic Value of Symptoms for Pediatric SARS-CoV-2 Infection in a Primary Care Setting." [], 2021. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Butt, Wesley Wing Wah, Brooks, Meredith B., Clarke, Claudia, Jenkins, Helen E., Holland, Sabina D., Chiang, Silvia S. "Diagnostic value of symptoms for pediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection in a primary care setting." PLOS ONE, vol. 16, no. 12, 2021, pp. e0249980. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Saal, Andrew, McGuire, Daniel C., Chan, Philip A. "Persistently high SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate and incidence for Hispanic/Latinos during state reopening in an urban setting: a retrospective cohort study." Epidemiology and Infection, 2021, pp. 1-14. |
| Tse, Chung Sang, Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Kwon, Michelle, Shah, Samir A., Fine, Sean. "Sa570 SUICIDE RISK AMONG ADULTS WITH INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: A DECADE-LONG ANALYSIS FROM A UNITED STATES NATIONAL DATABASE." Gastroenterology, vol. 160, no. 6, 2021, pp. S-556-S-557. |
| Weng CH, Saal A, Butt WW, Bica N, Fisher JQ, Tao J, Chan PA. "Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccination and clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in Rhode Island, United States: a cohort study." Epidemiology and Infection, 2020, pp. 1-9. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Chan, Philip A. "BCG as an adjunct or alternative vaccine to prevent COVID-19?." Journal of Travel Medicine, 2020. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Okawa, Erin, Roberts, Mary, Park, Sue K., Umbricht, Christopher B, Manson, JoAnn, Eaton, Charles. "Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women with Medical History of Thyroid Disorder in the Women's Health Initiative." Thyroid, vol. 30, no. 4, 2020, pp. 519-530. |
| Weng, Chien‐Hsiang, Saal, Andrew, Butt, Wesley Wing Wah, Chan, Philip A. "Characteristics and Clinical Course and Outcome of COVID‐19 in Hispanic/Latino Patients in a Community Setting: A Retrospective Cohort Study." Journal of Medical Virology, vol. 93, no. 1, 2020, pp. 115-117. |
| Weng, Chien‐Hsiang, Saal, Andrew, Chan, Philip A. "Differences in Clinical Characteristics of Covid‐19 in Hispanic/Latino Population." Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020. |
| Weng, Chien-Hsiang, Saal, Andrew, Chan, Philip A. "High Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among the Uninsured Hispanic/Latino Population: a Retrospective Cohort Study." Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2020. |
| Weng CH, Wieland DR, Luo X, Webb KL, Papandonatos GD. "The effect of cannabis on prostate-specific antigen level among men in the United States: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey." World Journal of Urology, 2020. |
| L'Heureux A, Wieland DR, Weng CH, Chen YH, Lin CH, Lin TH, Weng CH. "Association Between Thyroid Disorders and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Adult Patients in Taiwan." JAMA Network Open, vol. 2, no. 5, 2019, pp. e193755. |
| Chang SL, Lin WL, Weng CH, Wu SJ, Tsai HJ, Wang SM, Peng CC, Chang JH. "Atropine use may lead to post-operative respiratory acidosis in neonates receiving ductal ligation: A retrospective cohort study." Pediatrics and neonatology, vol. 59, no. 2, 2018, pp. 136-140. |
| Weng CH, Tien CP, Li CI, L'Heureux A, Liu CS, Lin CH, Lin CC, Lai SW, Lai MM, Lin WY. "Mid-upper arm circumference, calf circumference and mortality in Chinese long-term care facility residents: a prospective cohort study." BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 5, 2018, pp. e020485. |
| Weng CH, Chen YH, Lin CH, Luo X, Lin TH. "Thyroid disorders and breast cancer risk in Asian population: a nationwide population-based case-control study in Taiwan." BMJ Open, vol. 8, no. 3, 2018, pp. e020194. |
| Weng CH, Wieland DR, L'Heureux A, Chen YH, Lin CH, Lin TH. "Thyroid Disorders and Colorectal Cancer Risk in Asian Population: a nationwide population-based case–control study in Taiwan." Thyroid, 2018. |
| Weng CH, Chen YH, Luo X, Lin CH, Lin TH. "Thyroid Disorders and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian Population: A Nationwide Population-Based Study." Thyroid, 2016. |
| Weng CH, Wang RC, Wu CC, Lin TH. "Treatment of synchronous adenocarcinoma and lymphoma of the stomach: A case report." Molecular and clinical oncology, vol. 5, no. 6, 2016, pp. 783-785. |
| Aragon Han P, Weng CH, Khawaja HT, Nagarajan N, Schneider EB, Umbricht CB, Witwer KW, Zeiger MA. "MicroRNA Expression and Association with Clinicopathologic Features in Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review." Thyroid, vol. 25, no. 12, 2015, pp. 1322-9. |
| Weng CH, Aragon Han P, Khawaja H, Nagarajan N, Schneider E, Umbricht CB, Zeiger M. "Mir-146b association with Lymph Node Metastasis in patients with Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Systematic Review." Thyroid, 2014. |
| Weng CH, Wang RC, Hsieh TY, Tsai CA, Lin TH. "Penicillium pneumonia in a patient with newly diagnosed Franklin disease." The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, vol. 344, no. 1, 2012, pp. 69-71. |
| Weng CH, Chen JB, Wang J, Wu CC, Yu Y, Lin TH. "Surgically curable non-iron deficiency microcytic anemia: Castleman's disease." Onkologie, vol. 34, no. 8-9, 2011, pp. 456-8. |
NHIRD Epidemiological Studies (Weng - co-PI)
2020-2023 (SC Health Care System)
| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | MPH | The Johns Hopkins University |
| 2010 | MD | National Yang Ming University |
| Resident Physician | NH Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, family medicine | 2014-2017 | Concord, NH |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Surgery | 2013-2014 | Baltimore, MD |
Fellow (FAAFP) - American Academy of Family Physicians
E. Chester Ridgway Trainee of American Thyroid Association, 2014 & 2015 & 2016
American Thyroid Association
American Academy of Family Physicians
American Association for Cancer Research
American Society of Clinical Oncology
Endocrine Society
American Public Health Association
| Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians | American Academy of Family Physicians | 2020- | |
| Diplomate | American Board of Family Medicine, Family medicine | 2017- | |
| Medical License | Rhode Island | 2017- | |
| Medical License | New Hampshire | 2014-2017 | |
| Medical License | Taiwan | 2010-Present |
