Dr Denise was born in Indonesia and graduated as a Medical Doctor from Universitas Gadjah Mada, which is one of the oldest and best medical schools in the country. Working as a medical doctor in a tropical country, she often tended to patients with infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. She noticed that these patients showed distinct clinical manifestations and responded differently to treatment. It drew her attention and led to her decision to pursue her Master’s degree education in the Tropical Medicine field in 2015, where she learned more specifically about the role of the immune system in disease prevention and/or progression. She finished her Master’s degree in 10 months and was later awarded a scholarship to continue her study in a double-degree Ph.D. program between Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia, and Taipei Medical University, Taiwan. From 2016 to 2019, she developed an interest in learning about immunology and proteomics, notably to decipher clinical sample profiles. After graduation, she worked as a medical researcher in the Tuberculosis Research Center, Wan Fang Hospital up to now. She is also currently appointed as Assistant Professor in the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, Taipei Medical University.

Dr Denise’s research interest is mainly on translational researches involving pulmonary diseases, including Tuberculosis, COVID-19, lung cancer, and COPD. She focuses more on the immunological perspective and adapting proteomics as an approach to achieve clinical precision medicine.

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