Biography

Dr. Shih-Shih Chen received her bachelor’s degree from Fu-Jen Catholic University, Taiwan, and her master’s in Pharmacy from the National Yang-Ming University. She later received her doctorate in molecular genetics in the Ohio State University in the US. Her thesis focused on global epigenetic changes in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) disease initiation and development using a mouse model of CLL.

In 2008, Dr. Chen was recruited as a postdoctoral fellow by Dr. Nicholas Chiorazzi to work at The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.  Her work has focused primarily on developing mouse models of human CLL, and using these models to address scientifically- and medically- relevant questions. Dr. Chen’s research has received a number of awards at national and international meetings.

Recently, Dr. Chen received a position in the Karches Center for CLL Research of The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research at the rank of Institute Scientist in the lab of Dr. Nicholas Chiorazzi. She is now focusing on translational cancer research. Her long-term goal is to find a way to cure CLL by combining laboratory bench work with pre-clinical research and clinical trials.