Journal of Pain & Relief
Open Access

Biography

Dr. Chen is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in the Department of Internal Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. Dr. Chen earned her PhD degree in 1998 from the China Medical University, the Brain Research Institute. She then did seven years postdoctoral fellow and research scientist training at Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, Pharmacy in MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and in Beijing Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology prior to joining UTMB. Dr. Chen was also an Assistant Professor of Neuropharmacology at Neimeng National Medical University in China. Dr. Chen is a member of the International Association for Study of Pain and American Society of Neuroscience. She has been studying the mechanisms of neuropathic or visceral pain in inflammatory and functional G-I disorders for more than 15 years.

Research Interest

Visceral pain and hyperalgecia, Pain Management
Neurobiology and Neuropharmacology of enteric or DRG neurons and central nerve system
Signaling transduction, synaptic plasticity, regulation of receptor, ion channels or glia from disease and psychological chronic stress
Gender differences in developing visceral hypersensitivity, spontaneous pain and behavioral studies
Analgesics, Anticancer, anti-inflammation drugs as well as herbal medicine studies

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