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Dr. Chen is a clinical psychologist, chronic pain specialist, and health services researcher. Her research focuses on social determinants of health and the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for chronic pain and trauma. Dr. Chen is currently supported by a VA Career Development Award and other VA and NIH grants focused on increasing patient involvement in treatment decision-making and leveraging VA’s national healthcare system data to examine disparities in access to telehealth treatments for chronic pain and co-occurring opioid use disorder.
She has also founded a therapy practice specializing in serving first and second-generation Asian Americans and is a long-term KD Coach client. Kemi and Jess have an open, freewheeling discussion covering:
For those at the beginning of their coaching journey, Dr. Chen leaves you with a golden nugget: investing in yourself is a bet you'll never regret. Embrace the journey, and let it unfold into something larger than you might have ever imagined.
Loved this convo? Please go check out Jess’s website at https://www.jessicachenphd.com!
Newsletter: If you'd like to learn more foundational career navigation concepts for women of color in academic medicine and public health, sign up for our KD Coaching Foundations Series: www.kemidoll.com/foundations.
You can text us here with any comments, questions, or thoughts!
Dr. Chen is a clinical psychologist, chronic pain specialist, and health services researcher. Her research focuses on social determinants of health and the implementation of evidence-based psychosocial interventions for chronic pain and trauma. Dr. Chen is currently supported by a VA Career Development Award and other VA and NIH grants focused on increasing patient involvement in treatment decision-making and leveraging VA’s national healthcare system data to examine disparities in access to telehealth treatments for chronic pain and co-occurring opioid use disorder.
She has also founded a therapy practice specializing in serving first and second-generation Asian Americans and is a long-term KD Coach client. Kemi and Jess have an open, freewheeling discussion covering:
For those at the beginning of their coaching journey, Dr. Chen leaves you with a golden nugget: investing in yourself is a bet you'll never regret. Embrace the journey, and let it unfold into something larger than you might have ever imagined.
Loved this convo? Please go check out Jess’s website at https://www.jessicachenphd.com!
Newsletter: If you'd like to learn more foundational career navigation concepts for women of color in academic medicine and public health, sign up for our KD Coaching Foundations Series: www.kemidoll.com/foundations.