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        The Department of Public Health and the Department of Parasitology were established by Prof. Petrus Tang and Prof. Ling-Ling Hsieh respectively when Chang Gung Medical College was founded in 1987. These two departments were merged as the Department of Public Health and Parasitology in 1998.  Prof. Ling-Ling Hsieh was appointed as the first department head of the new department. Between 2010 and 2023, Prof. Lin-Chen Wang served as the department head. In 2023, successed by Prof. Min-Chi Chen.