She has a BA in medicine from Kaohsiung Medical College, an MA from National Taiwan University's Institute of Public Health, another MA in public health from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, and a PhD in medicine from Kyorin University in Japan.
她擁有高雄醫學院醫學系學士、台大公衛碩士、美國約翰霍普金斯大學公共衛生碩士、日本杏林大學醫學博士等等專業學歷，自日本取得學位回國後，就在高雄醫學院任教。