Clinical and Research Background
Dr. Chen has clinical expertise in the diagnosis and classification of hematopoietic neoplasms through the integration of histology, immunohistochemistry, flow cytometry, and molecular genetics, as well as clinical trial testing. Her research primarily focuses on characterizing the immunophenotypic and molecular features of hematopoietic neoplasms and on measurable residual disease testing.
Board Certifications
Hematopathology, American Board of Pathology, 2013
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, American Board of Pathology, 2011
Research Interests
Genomics, flow cytometry
Academic and Medical Appointments
Academic Appointments
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2026-present
Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 2026-present
Associate Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 2023-2026
Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2020-2026
Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2015-2020
Acting Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012-2015
Medical Appointments
Senior Consultant, Cellular Therapy Laboratory, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 2025-present
Medical Director, Specialty Laboratories, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, 2023-present
Associate Director, Hematopathology Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2012-2023
Education and Training
Fellow, Hematopathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2011-12
Resident, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI, 2007-11
Postdoctoral Fellow, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 2004-07
PhD, Cell, Molecular & Developmental Biology, Tufts University, Boston MA, 2003
MS, Cell Biology, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 1998
MD, Beijing Medical University, Beijing, China, 1995
Publications
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