EDUCATION

• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Ph.D in Law
• Stanford Law School, J.S.M.
• Columbia Law School, LL.M.
• College of Law, National Taiwan University, LL.B.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Associate Research Fellow/ Associate Professor (tenured), Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica, 2/2021~present
• Associate Research Fellow, Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica, 2021 ~2024 (Joint appointment)
• Research Fellow, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, University of Hong Kong, 2/2019~present
• Technology Policy Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (9/2023~present)
• Steering Committee on Digital Health, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (11/2022~present)
• Advisory Committee on Biotechnology Regulatory Law and Strategies, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (1/2022~ present)
• Review Board, National Biobank Consortium of Taiwan (6/2022~present)
• Biobank Ethics and Governance Council, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (2019~2023)
• Consultation Board for Biobank Accreditation, Joint Commission of Taiwan (2019~2022)
• Consultation and Review Board, National Biobank Consortium of Taiwan (2019~2022)
• Assistant Research Fellow, Research Center for Information Technology Innovation, Academia Sinica, 2020 ~2021 (Joint appointment)
• Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, 4/2014~2/2021
• Research Officer, Centre for Medical Ethics and Law, University of Hong Kong, 1/2013~4/2014

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Legal Aspects of Translational Medicine and Biobanking
• Big Data, Privacy and Data Protection Law
• AI Governance and Law
• Law, Medicine and Global Health
• Law and Anthropology

ACADEMIC SERVICE

• Convener, AI Governance Laboratory, IEAS, Academia Sinica (11/2023~present)
• Institutional Review Board on Biomedical Science Research (IRB- BM), Academia Sinica (10/2018~present)
• Ethics and Governance Council (EGC) of Taiwan Biobank (3/2019~present)
• Institutional Review Board, Centers for Disease Control, Taiwan (1/2023~present)
• Review Board of Biobank Accreditation, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan (3/2019~present)
• Institutional Review Board, Development Center for Biotechnology (1/2024~present)
• Institutional Review Board, Tri-Service General Hospital (1/2024~present)
• Biobank Ethics and Governance Committee of Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital (7/2021~present)
• Data Security Committee, Taipei City Hospital (2021~2023)
• Review Editor, the Editorial Board of ELSI in Science and Genetics - Frontiers (2016~present)
• Editorial Board, EurAmerica (2022~2023)
• Convener, EU Core Research Group, IEAS, Academia Sinica (2017~2020)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

• Ministry of Science and Technology Stipend Award for Outstanding Scholars, Taiwan, 2019~2020; 2021~2022
• Ministry of Science and Technology Recruiting Outstanding Scholars Award, Taiwan, 2014~2017
• Academia Sinica Recruiting Outstanding Scholars Award, Taiwan, 2014~2016
• LSE Olive Stone Memorial Scholarship (Olive Stone Scholar), 2007~2009
• LSE Morris Finer Award for Socio-Legal Studies (Morris Finer Scholar), 2007~2008
• LSE Wedderburn Writing-Up Grant, 2010~2012
• LSE Department of Law Research Studentships, 2006~2011
• Ministry of Education Studying Abroad Scholarship (SAS962072UK12), Taiwan, 2007~2009

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

• Chih-hsing Ho, 2024, "Secondary Use of Health Data for Medical AI: A Cross-Regional Examination of Taiwan and the EU", Asian Bioethics Review, (SCImago, SCOPUS) (IF: 2.9)
• Chih-hsing Ho*, Ting-Yu Yu, 2024, "Exploring the Finnish FinnGen Project and the Biobank Act", 〈芬蘭FinnGen計畫與人體生物資料庫之規範初探〉Angle Health Law Review《月旦醫事法報告》, Volume 88, pp.116-132.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Examining Prposed Amendments to the Human Biobank Management Act",〈人體生物資料庫管理條例之修法芻議〉Journal of Healthcare Quality,《醫療品質雜誌》, Volume (6), pp. 6-10.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "On the secondary Use of Health Data-- A Case Study of Findata in Finland",〈健康資料二次利用之規範模式一以芬蘭Findata為例〉Angle Health Law Review《月旦醫事法報告》, Volume 83, pp. 134-150.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2022, "Digital Health Data Governance and the Legal Framework—  An Introduction",〈數位健康資料治理與法制— 企劃引言〉The Taiwan Law Review《月旦法學雜誌》, Volume 331, pp. 6-8.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2022, "The Integration, Application and Data Governance of Biomedical and Healthcare Data in NHS England",〈英國生醫健康資料之整合應用與資料治理規範〉The Taiwan Law Review《月旦法學雜誌》, Volume 331, pp. 9-23
• L. L. Hui, E. A.S. Nelson, H. B. Deng, T. Y. Leung, C. H. Ho, J. S.C. Chong, G. P.G. Fung, J. Hui and H. S. Lam, 2022, “The view of Hong Kong parents on secondary use of dried blood spots in newborn screening program”, BMC Medical Ethics, 23:105. (SCI) (IF: 3.0; SCI ranking: 31.3%)
• Yann Joly, Katherine Huerne, Mykhailo Arych, Yvonne Bombard, Aisling De Paor, Edward S. Dove, Palmira Granados Moreno, Calvin W.L. Ho, Chih-Hsing Ho, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Hannah Kim, Audrey Lebret, Timo Minssen, Katharina Ó Cathaoir, Anya E.R. Prince, Athira P.S. Nair, Margaret Otlowski, Michael S. Pepper, Rob Sladek,  Lingqiao Song, Torsten H. Voigt, Ma'n H. Zawati, Gratien Dalpé, 2021, “The Genetic Discrimination Observatory: Confronting Novel Issues in Genetic Discrimination,” Trends in Genetics. (SCI) (IF: 11.639; SCI ranking: 4%)
• Hannah Kim, Calvin WL Ho, Chih-hsing Ho, Athira P.S., Kazuto Kato, Leonardo De Castro, Hui Kang, Richard Huxtable, Hub Zwart, Jonathan Ives, Ilhak Lee, Yann Joly & So Yoon Kim, 2021, “Genetic Discrimination: Introducing the Asian Perspective to the Debate,” npj Genomic Medicine - Nature. (SCI) (IF: 6.083)
• Janos Meszaros, Chih-hsing Ho*, 2021, "AI Research and Data Protection: Can the Same Rules Apply for Commercial and Academic Research under the GDPR? ",Computer Law & Security Review: The International Journal of Technology Law and Practice. (SSCI) (IF: 3.3; SSCI ranking: 9.9%)
• Chih-hsing Ho*, Chen Liao, 2020, "AI Controversies on Personal Data Protection in the UK and EU—The Case of Google DeepMind"〈AI 個資爭議在英國與歐盟之經驗— 以 Google DeepMind 一案為例〉,The Taiwan Law Review《月旦法學雜誌》, Volume 302, pp. 127-156.
• Yann Joly, Gratien Dalpé, Charles Dupras, Bénédicte Bévière-Boyer, Aisling de Paor, Edward S. Dove, Palmira Granados Moreno, Calvin W. L. Ho, Chih-Hsing Ho, Katharina Ó Cathaoir, Kazuto Kato, Hannah Kim, Lingqiao Song, Timo Minssen, Pilar Nicolás, Margaret Otlowski, Anya E. R. Prince, Athira P. S. Nair, Ine Van Hoyweghen, Torsten H. Voigt, Chisato Yamasaki, Yvonne Bombard, 2020, "Establishing the International Genetic Discrimination Observatory", Nature Genetics. (SCI) (IF: 38.33; SCI ranking: 1.1%)
• Janos Meszaros, Chih-hsing Ho*, (both are first authors), 2019, "Building Trust and Transparency? Challenges of the Opt-out System and the Secondary Use of Health Data in England", Medical Law International. Volume 19 (2-3), pp. 159-181
• Janos Meszaros, Chih-hsing Ho, 2019, "Big Data and Scientific Research: the Secondary Use of Personal Data under the Research Exemption in the GDPR", Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies- Acta Juridica Hungarica. pp. 403-419
• Chih-hsing Ho*, Chen Liao, 2019, "A Comparative Study of Biobank Integration at an International Level (II): The Case of Finland Biobank Consortium"〈國際間人體生物資料庫整合模式之比較研究 (下) — 以芬蘭生物資料庫聯盟為例〉, Angle Health Law Review《月旦醫事法報告》, Volume 29, pp. 134-144.
• Chih-hsing Ho*, Chen Liao, 2019, "A Comparative Study of Biobank Integration at an International Level (I): The Case of EU BBMRI-ERIC "〈國際間人體生物資料庫整合模式之比較研究 (上) — 以歐盟 BBMRI-ERIC 為例〉, Angle Health Law Review《月旦醫事法報告》Volume 28, pp. 139-151
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2018, "Challenges of the EU General Data Protection Regulation for Biobanking and Scientific Research", Journal of Law, Information and Science, Volume 25, Issue 1, EAP. 1-20
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2017, "Rethinking Informed Consent in Biobanking and Biomedical Research: A Taiwanese Aboriginal Perspective and the Implementation of Group Consultation", Asian Bioethics Review, 9 (4): 353-365 (SCImago, SCOPUS)
• Go Yoshizawa, Teguh Haryo Sasongko, Chih-hsing Ho, Kazuto Kato, 2017, “Social and Communicative Functions of Informed Consent Forms in East Asia and Beyond”, Frontiers in Genetics, 8:99 (SCI) 
• Yi-Lin Lou, Chih-hsing Ho*, 2017, “Challenges of Persosnal Health Data Protection in the Era of Cloud Computing: A Comparative Legal Analysis"〈個人資料保護於雲端運算時代之法律爭議初探暨比較法分析: 以健保資料為例〉, National Taiwan University Law Journal《臺大法學論叢》Volume 46, Issue 2, pp. 339-422 (TSSCI) 
• Don Chalmers, Dianne Nicola, Jane Kaye, Jessica Bell, Alastair V Campell, Calvin WL Ho, Kazuto Kato, Jusaku Minari, Chih-hsing Ho, Colin Mitchell, Fruzsina Molnar-Gabor, Margaret Otlowski, Daniel Thiel, Stephanie M Fullerton and Tess Whitton, 2016, “Has the Biobank Bubble Burst? Withstanding the Challenges for Sustainable Biobanking in the Digital Era”, BMC Medical Ethics, 17:39. (SCI) (IF: 2.65; SCI ranking: 31.3%)

Edited Books

• Henry Sun, Chih-hsing Ho, Daniel FC Tsai edited, 2023, Rights Protection of Genetic Testing, Taipei: National Health Research Institutes, 232 pages. (孫以瀚、何之行、蔡甫昌主編 。(2023)《基因檢測之權益保護》。台北: 國家衛生研究院，232頁。)    

Book Chapters

• Chih-hsing Ho, forthcoming 2025, "Data Sovereignty and Genomic Data Across Borders: Taiwan in a Comparative Perspective", editor(s): Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci and Mark Fenwick, International Transfers of Health Data: A Global Perspective, Springer Nature.
• Chih-hsing Ho, forthcoming 2024, "Privacy and Transparency in Human-Robot Interaction", editor(s): Woodrow Barfield, Yueh-Hsuan Weng, and Ugo Pagallo, The Cambridge Handbook of the Law, Policy, and Regulation for Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge University Press.
• Chih-hsing Ho and Ting-Yu Yu, 2023, "Foreword: An Introdcuction"〈前言: 背景介紹〉, editor(s): Henry Sun, Chih-hsing Ho, Danieal FC Tsai, Rights Protection of Genetic Testing《基因檢測之權益保護》, pp.19-22, Taipei : National Health Research Institutes. 
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Comparative Analysis of Genetic Rights Protection in Different Countries"〈各國基因權利保護規範比較分析〉, editor(s): Henry Sun, Chih-hsing Ho, Danieal FC Tsai, Rights Protection of Genetic Testing《基因檢測之權益保護》, pp.67-79, Taipei : National Health Research Institutes.
• Henry Sun and Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Laws and Regulations of Genetic Testing in Taiwan"〈臺灣現行基因檢測管理規範〉, editor(s): Henry Sun, Chih-hsing Ho, Danieal FC Tsai, Rights Protection of Genetic Testing《基因檢測之權益保護》, pp. 83-87, Taipei : National Health Research Institutes. 
• Yueh-Hsuan Weng and Chih-hsing Ho, 2020, "Embodiment and Algorithms for Human-Robot Interaction", editor(s): Woodrow Barfield, The Cambridge Handbook of the Law of Algorithms: Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Government Regulation, pp. 736-756, Cambridge University Press.
• Janos Meszaros, Chih-hsing Ho, Marcelo Corrales, 2020,"Nudging Consent & the New Opt-Out System to the Processing of Health Data in England" in Legal Tech and the New Sharing Economy, edited by Marcelo Corrales Compagnucci, Nikolaus Forgó, Toshiyuki Kono, Shinto Teramoto and Erik P.M. Vermeulen, pp.93-113, Springer
• Chih-hsing Ho*, Tyng-Ruey Chuang, 2019, "Governance of Communal Data Sharing", editor(s): Angela Daly, S. Kate Devitt and Monique Mann, Good Data, pp. 202-213, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2019, "Configuration of the Notion of Privacy as a Fundamental Right in Taiwan— A Comparative Study with International Treaties and EU Rules", editor(s): Jerome A Cohen, William Alford, Chang-fa Lo, Taiwan and International Human Rights - A Story of Transformation, pp. 423-435, Springer.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2019, "Surrogacy in Taiwan", editor(s): Jens M. Scherpe, Claire Fenton-Glynn, Terry Kaan, Eastern and Western Perspectives on Surrogacy, pp. 378-396, Cambridge, UK: Intersentia. 
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2017, “To Punish or Not to Punish—The Question of Civil Disobedience and the Umbrella Movement”, editor: Brian Christopher Jones, Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements, pp.127-143, London and New York: Routledge.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2016, "Privacy: A Genealogy in the East and the West, editor(s): Chang-fa Lo, Nigel Li, Tsai-yu Lin, Legal Thoughts between the East and the West in the Multilevel Legal Order - A Liber Amicorum in Honour of Professor Herbert Han-Pao Ma, pp. 163-175, Springer.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2015, “The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons in Taiwan”, editor: Jens M. Scherpe, The Legal Status of Transsexual and Transgender Persons, pp. 425-440, Cambridge, UK: Intersentia.

Conference Papers

• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Participatory Governance in Genomics Research: Return of Results and Group Consent", paper presented at the International Conference on “Regulatory Governance of Emerging Health Technologies”,Center for Medical Ethics and Law, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2023-12-04~2023-12-06.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Building Responsible Medical AI: Overcoming Bias, Ensuring Privacy and Promoting Equity", paper presented at the 15th World Conference on Bioethics, Medical Ethics and Health Law", Portal, Portugal, 2023-10-16~2023-10-19
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2023, "Digital Health, Data Governance and the Legal Framework," paper presented at the CMEL Conference: Governance of Medical AI, Center for Medical Ethics and Law, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2023-05-09~2023-05-11.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2019, "Medical AI under GDPR," paper presented at the 8th Asian Privacy Scholars Network (APSN) Conference 2019, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2019-12-05~2019-12-06.
• Chih-hsinh Ho, 2018, "Law, Public Health and Governmentality in British Colonial Hong Kong in the Late Nineteenth-and Early Twentieth Centuries," paper presented at the Conference of Re-Configuring Colonial Medicine, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 2018-12-02.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2018, “Forming a Common Good? Ideas and Challenges of Communal Data Sharing,” paper presented at the “EASST 2018: Making Science, Technology and Society Together,” The European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST), Lancaster, United Kingdom, 2018-07-25~2018-07-28.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2017, “Legal and Ethical Challenges in Governing Biobanks”, paper presented at the International Conference on Governance of Biobanking in Biomedical Research, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2017-05-24 ~ 2017-05-26.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2017, “Gifts or Fictitious Commodities: Ownership, Consent, and the Use of Human Tissue and Data in Biomedical Research”, paper presented at the International Conference on “Who Owns Your Body?” The Centre for Medical Ethics & Law, The University of Hong Kong jointly organised with The Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences, The University of Cambridge, 2017-04-06 ~ 2017-04-07. 
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2016, “Challenges of the EU General Data Protection Regulation on Consent and Data Transfer for Biobanking and Biomedical Research”, paper presented at The Asian Privacy Scholars Network 5th International Conference, Auckland, New Zealand: The University of Auckland, 2016-12-13 ~ 2016-12-14.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2015, “Different Models of Governance: Large Population-Based Cohort Studies in a Comparative Perspective”, paper presented at the Conference of Translation in Healthcare – Exploring the Impact of New Technologies, University of Oxford: the Centre for Health, Law and Emerging Technologies (HeLEX), Oxford, UK: University of Oxford, 2015-06-23 ~ 2015-06-25.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2015, “From Colonial Medicine to Global Health: A Dialogue between Global Norms and Local Forms”, paper presented at the Harvard Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP)'s 2015 Conference, Harvard, MA, USA: Harvard Law School, 2015-06-01 ~ 2015-06-02.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2014, “A Dialogue Between Global Norms and Local Forms: the Case of National Biobanks”, paper presented at The 6th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science, University of Lisbon: University of Lisbon, 2014-09-04 ~ 2014-09-06.

Thesis and Dissertation

• Chih-hsing Ho, 2012, “Socio-Legal Perspectives on Biobanking: The Case of Taiwan", Ph.D. Dissertation, 267 pages, London School of Economics and Political Science.
• Chih-hsing Ho, 2006, “Crying Out For Justice: Ambiguous Property Rights and the Land Seizure Problems in China", J.S.M. Thesis, Stanford Law School.