Public health literacy class for young adults

A picture book integrating epidemiology and preventive medicine, co-authored by Chen Jianren and children's science writer Hu Miaofen


Did the Black Death inspire the "Dance of Death" in art?
Can people who have survived a near-death experience donate blood?
Are there pyramids for infectious diseases?
Small Was polio ever a parent’s worst nightmare?
The advocate of "frequent hand washing" was actually sent to a mental hospital?

Through concise text and scientific images,
Let’s learn about humans and epidemics together.
These battles were heroic but also promoted the development of medicine.
Understand the pathogens, transmission routes and prevention and treatment methods of infectious diseases.
Seeing the post-epidemic era Infinite possibilities for the world’s humanity!


About the Author

Chen Jianren

Grandpa Daren has loved science classes since he was a child and has a particular interest in life sciences. He likes to ask why and he likes to do research. He holds a PhD in epidemiology from Johns Hopkins University in the United States. He believes that the work of epidemiologists is very interesting. Just like Sherlock Holmes or Detective Conan, they need to observe carefully and make serious reasoning. He is also internationally renowned for his research on blackfoot disease and viral hepatitis. When the SARS pandemic broke out in 2003, he served as the Director-General of the Department of Health and led the nation’s epidemic prevention efforts, while also working to improve Taiwan’s infectious disease prevention and control system. He also served as vice president of Academia Sinica and the 14th Vice President of the Republic of China.

Hu Miaofen

She has a moon-shaped face, big eyes, is a mother of a child, a popular science writer, and also the schoolmate of Grandpa Daren. Although he holds a master's degree from the Institute of Zoology at National Taiwan University, he plunged into the field of children's science education in order to accompany his children. He has been engaged in freelance work such as teaching, writing, translation, scientific display design, radio programs and children's science websites. His works include: "The World's No. 1 Dragon", "FORMAT-2 Rescue Files: Visitors from Wormhole No. 8", "Big Bird Village's Summer Rescue", "Dakeby's Case Series 1-10", "The 20 Most Interesting Chemistry Lessons in the History of Science", "The 20 Most Interesting Physics Lessons in the History of Science", "Tyrannosaurus Time Machine", "Brachiosaurus Slide", etc.