Brown Center for Biomedical Informatics

Dr. Chen leads the Clinical Informatics Innovation and Implementation (CI³) Laboratory that is focused on leveraging Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology and data to improve healthcare delivery and biomedical discovery. Her current research projects involve the use of data, technology, and computational approaches for improving mental health (mental health informatics) and child health (pediatric informatics). Dr. Chen received a BS in Computer Science from Tufts University and PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Columbia University. Prior to joining Brown University in July 2015, she held appointments at Columbia University, Partners HealthCare/Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School, and the University of Vermont. Dr. Chen was previously Chair of the Biomedical Informatics, Library and Data Sciences (BILDS) Review Committee for the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and is currently Associate Editor for Methods of Information in Medicine and an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Biomedical Informatics.