Dr. Chen is a Research Associate Professor in College of Medicine (COM) Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences (BSBS), the Division of Cancer Research. She is also a Core Lab Manager for the Biomolecular Sciences (BMS) unit in BSBS.
Dr. Chen is trained in the field of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and has been conducting cancer research for 20 years. Her research is focused on the role of serine proteases and their inhibitors in epithelial cell tight junction regulation, in lipopolysaccharide- or cigarette smoke-induced inflammation, and in tumor invasion, migration and metastasis.