Yaung Chih-liang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yang.

Yaung Chih-liang^[1] (Chinese: 楊志良; pinyin: Yáng Zhìliáng; born 11 March 1946) is a Taiwanese physician and public health specialist. He was the Minister of the Department of Health of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2011.^[2]

Yaung Chih-liang
楊志良
13th Minister of the Department of Health
In office 6 August 2009 – 8 February 2011
Preceded by	Yeh Ching-chuan
Succeeded by	Chiu Wen-ta
Personal details
Born	(1946-03-11) 11 March 1946 (age 79) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Republic of China
Political party	Kuomintang
Education	National Taiwan Normal University (BM) National Taiwan University (MPH) University of Michigan (PhD)

Education

Yaung graduated from National Taiwan Normal University with a Bachelor of Medicine (B.M.) in health promotion and health education. He attended medical school at National Taiwan University, obtaining a Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), then pursued doctoral studies in the United States at the University of Michigan, where he earned his Ph.D. in population studies in 1979.^[3]

As a graduate student in Michigan, Yaung's studies were financed by the Population Council. His doctoral dissertation was titled, "Development Strategy, Relative Deprivation, and Fertility Behavior in Taiwan" and was completed under professors Yuzuru Takeshita, Albert Hermalin, Timothy Johnson, and George Simmons.^[4]