Kuei-Min Chen, PhD, RN, FAAN, is the Vice President for Global Affairs and the Director of Center for Long-term Care Research at Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan. Since 2013 she has also overseen the Master’s Program of Long-term Care in Aging, which is the first master's program of long-term care in aging in southern Taiwan.

Professor Chen has been teaching, practicing, and conducting research in gerontological nursing for almost 30 years. Her research focuses on developing and applying various complementary/alternative therapies to promote the health of older populations. Professor Chen leads an interprofessional research team called the "Health Promotion of Older Adults," and has developed six innovative exercise programs for various older populations that are being used in 212 community care centers and 20 long-term care facilities in Taiwan and by researchers in Australia, England, India, and Hong Kong. They are: (1) the Simplified Tai-Chi Exercise Program (STEP), (2) the Silver Yoga (SY), (3) the Senior Elastic Band (SEB), (4) the Wheelchair-bound Senior Elastic Band (WSEB), (5) the Healthy Beat Acupunch (HBA), and (6) the Vitality Acupunch (VA).

Professor Chen has identified the key health indicators of older adults and developed the "Health Model for Older Adults", which has been highly cited by international scholars. Her work has been disseminated in international journals and conferences. Professor Chen is a national and international leader in research on physical activity intervention and its translation into practice for the purpose of improving the health of older adults.

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