COIN Investigators & Staff
COIN Investigators
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Jessica A Chen, PhD
- Title: Core Investigator
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine - Contact: Jessica.Chen663@va.gov
- Location: Seattle
- University of Washington webpage
- See Dr. Chen's Dimensions profile that includes: publications, grants, datasets, patents and clinical trials
I am a clinical psychologist. I study care for chronic pain, trauma, and related mental health and substance use disorders. I focus on whether the care received for these conditions is equitable – does everyone who needs treatment get it, and what is the quality of that care? I also study how social policies interact with health care to create different resources and circumstances for different groups of people.
One of my favorite parts of this work is working alongside Veterans as partners in research. As a clinician and therapist, I have enjoyed working directly with Veterans and seeing their lives improve. With research, I get to collaborate with Veterans to generate knowledge and solutions that can impact an entire healthcare system and improve the lives of many people at once.
I hope that the work we do changes how patients and providers think about chronic pain care by expanding people’s ideas of what is possible when it comes to improving quality of life while living with chronic pain. I hope that our work changes systems so that they are more just and healing.
The following images visualize Dr. Chen's work. The word cloud is drawn from publication titles. The research collaboration map shows research relationships (click the image to enlarge):
| Publications | Grants |
|---|---|
| Clinical Research | Mental Health |
| Mental Health | Health Services |
| Brain Disorders | Behavioral and Social Science |
| Behavioral and Social Science | Clinical Research |
| Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Comparative Effectiveness Research |
| Anxiety Disorders | Prevention |
| Substance Use | Pain Research |
| Health Services | Chronic Pain |
| Depression | Clinical Trials and Supportive Activities |
| Alcoholism, Alcohol Use and Health | Patient Safety |
Recent Publications
2022
Subramaniam S, Chen J, Wilkerson TL, Stevenson L, Kincaid C, Firestone C, Ball SL. Refining the Implementation of a Hub-and-Spoke Model for TelePain Through Qualitative Inquiry. J Technol Behav Sci. 2022 Dec 6:1-11. doi: 10.1007/s41347-022-00288-w. Epub ahead of print. PMCID: PMC9734451. PMID: 36530381
Learn more about this publication at Dimensions
Silvestrini M, Chen JA. "It's a sign of weakness": Masculinity and help-seeking behaviors among male veterans accessing posttraumatic stress disorder care. Psychol Trauma. 2022 Oct 6. doi: 10.1037/tra0001382. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36201833
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Chen JA, Anderson ML, Cherkin DC, Balderson BH, Cook AJ, Sherman KJ, Turner JA. Moderators and Nonspecific Predictors of Treatment Benefits in a Randomized Trial of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy vs. Usual Care for Chronic Low Back Pain. J Pain. 2022 Sep 27:S1526-5900(22)00413-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.09.014. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36180008
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Fletcher OV, Chen JA, van Draanen J, Frost MC, Rubinsky AD, Blosnich JR, Williams EC. Prevalence of social and economic stressors among transgender veterans with alcohol and other drug use disorders. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Jun 28;19:101153. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101153. PMCID: PMC9260617. PMID: 35813187
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Munson SA, Friedman EC, Osterhage K, Allred R, Pullmann MD, Areán PA, Lyon AR; UW ALACRITY Center Researchers. Usability Issues in Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies: Cross-project Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2022 Jun 14;24(6):e37585. doi: 10.2196/37585. PMID: 35700016
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Matson TE, Harris AHS, Chen JA, Edmonds AT, Frost MC, Rubinsky AD, Blosnich JR, Williams EC. Influence of a national transgender health care directive on receipt of alcohol-related care among transgender Veteran Health Administration patients with unhealthy alcohol use. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2022 May 24:108808. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2022.108808. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35715286
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2021
Cheng ZH, Fujii D, Wong SN, Davis DM, Rosner CM, Chen JA, Bates J, Jackson J. What matters to psychology trainees when making decisions about internship and postdoctoral training sites: Differences between racial/ethnic minority and White VA trainees. Psychol Serv. 2021 Nov 18. doi: 10.1037/ser0000587. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34793188.
Silvestrini M, Indresano J, Zeliadt SB, Chen JA. "There's a huge benefit just to know that someone cares:" a qualitative examination of rural veterans' experiences with TelePain. BMC Health Serv Res. 2021 Oct 16;21(1):1111. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07133-5.
PMID: 34656133.
Chen JA, Jakupcak M, McCann R, Fickel JJ, Simons CE, Campbell DG, Stryczek KC, Hoerster KD, Chaney EF, Oishi SM, Miner MN, Bonner LM, Fortney JC, Felker BL. Posttraumatic stress disorder collaborative care: A quality improvement study in veterans affairs primary care. Fam Syst Health. 2021 Jun;39(2):198-211. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000623.
PMID: 34410768.
Williams EC, Chen JA, Frost MC, Rubinsky AD, Edmonds AT, Glass JE, Lehavot K, Matson TE, Wheat CL, Coggeshall S, Blosnich JR. Receipt of evidence-based alcohol-related care in a national sample of transgender patients with unhealthy alcohol use: Overall and relative to non-transgender patients. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2021 Jul 8:108565. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2021.108565. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34274175.
Chen JA, DeFaccio RJ, Gelman H, Thomas ER, Indresano JA, Dawson TC, Glynn LH, Sandbrink F, Zeliadt SB. Telehealth and rural-urban differences in receipt of pain care in the Veterans Health Administration. Pain Med. 2021 Jun 18:pnab194. doi: 10.1093/pm/pnab194. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 34145892.
Chen JA, Matson TE, Lehavot K, Raue PJ, Young JP, Silvestrini MC, Fortney JC, Williams EC. Provider Perspectives on Implementing Shared Decision Making for PTSD Treatment in VA Primary Care. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2021 Feb 24. doi: 10.1007/s10488-021-01119-5. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33625623
Williams EC, Frost MC, Rubinsky AD, Glass JE, Wheat CL, Edmonds AT, Chen JA, Matson TE, Fletcher OV, Lehavot K, Blosnich JR. Patterns of Alcohol Use Among Transgender Patients Receiving Care at the Veterans Health Administration: Overall and Relative to Nontransgender Patients. J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2021 Jan;82(1):132-141.
PMID: 33573731
Frost MC, Blosnich JR, Lehavot K, Chen JA, Rubinsky AD, Glass JE, Williams EC. Disparities in Documented Drug Use Disorders Between Transgender and Cisgender U.S. Veterans Health Administration Patients. J Addict Med. 2020 Nov 25. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000769. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 33252409
2020
Chen JA, Glass JE, Bensley KMK, Goldberg SB, Lehavot K, Williams EC. Racial/ethnic and gender differences in receipt of brief intervention among patients with unhealthy alcohol use in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 Dec;119:108078. doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108078. Epub 2020 Jul 15. PMCID: PMC7641963.
PMID: 32736926
Goldberg SB, Fortney JC, Chen JA, Young BA, Lehavot K, Simpson TL. Military Service and Military Health Care Coverage are Associated with Reduced Racial Disparities in Time to Mental Health Treatment Initiation. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2020 Jul;47(4):555-568. doi: 10.1007/s10488-020-01017-2. PMCID: PMC7357226.
PMID: 31989399
Glynn LH, Chen JA, Dawson TC, Gelman H, Zeliadt SB. Bringing chronic-pain care to rural veterans: A telehealth pilot program description. Psychol Serv. 2020 Jan 16. doi: 10.1037/ser0000408. Epub ahead of print.
PMID: 31944817
Lehavot K, Beckman KL, Chen JA, Simpson TL, Williams EC. Race/Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation Disparities in Mental Health, Sexism, and Social Support among Women Veterans. Psychol Sex Orientat Gend Divers. 2019;6(3):347-358. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000333. PMC6703561
PMID: 31435497
2019
Chen JA. Capsule Commentary on Sullivan et al., Primary Care Opioid Taper Plans Are Associated with Sustained Opioid Dose Reduction. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Mar;35(3):980. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-05520-7. Epub 2019 Nov 11. PMCID: PMC7080926.
PMID: 31713038
Browne KC, Chen JA, Hundt NE, Hudson TJ, Grubbs KM, Fortney JC. Veterans self-reported reasons for non-attendance in psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychol Serv. 2019 Jul 22:10.1037/ser0000375. doi: 10.1037/ser0000375. Online ahead of print. PMC7147996
PMID: 31328929
Goldberg SB, Simpson TL, Lehavot K, Katon JG, Chen JA, Glass JE, Schnurr PP, Sayer NA, Fortney JC. Mental Health Treatment Delay: A Comparison Among Civilians and Veterans of Different Service Eras. Psychiatr Serv. 2019 May 1;70(5):358-366. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201800444. Epub 2019 Mar 7. PMC6510540
PMID: 30841842
Spottswood M, Fortney J, Chen JA, Davydow D, Huang H. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Primary Care Setting: Summary of Recommended Care. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2019 Mar/Apr;27(2):87-93. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000201.
PMID: 30614927
Chen JA, Fortney JC, Bergman HE, Browne KC, Grubbs KM, Hudson TJ, Raue PJ. Therapeutic alliance across trauma-focused and non-trauma-focused psychotherapies among veterans with PTSD. Psychol Serv. 2020 Nov;17(4):452-460. doi: 10.1037/ser0000329. Epub 2019 Feb 11. PMCID: PMC6689461.
PMID: 30742471
Grants
Applying Critical Race Theory to investigate the impact of COVID-19-related policy changes on racial/ethnic disparities in medication treatment for opioid use disorder
NIH website: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10473098
Patient Readiness for Improvement through Motivation, Engagement, and Decision-making for PTSD (PRIMED-PTSD)
NIH website: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9950882
Evaluating the National Implementation of Virtual Interdisciplinary Pain Care Teams - TelePain
NIH website: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10316573
For more information and a well done infographic
Media (Video, Podcast, Other)
Podcast: Menders: Love & Leadership in Health Systems - Space to thrive for women of color with Dr. Jessica Chen
JUNE 27, 2022
DR. NICOLA DE PAUL, SEASON 1, EPISODE 12
Listen at: https://mendersloveleadershipinhealthsystems.buzzsprout.com/1971466/10823461
Dr. Jessica Chen is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of Washington.
She has focused her career on trauma-focused psychotherapy and research designed to promote health equity for underserved population.
In this episode, she shares some of her experiences as a woman of color navigating the challenges of academic medicine and other healthcare spaces not designed to empower women of color.
Listen to find out why she believes that women of color make the best bosses!
And, then consider what you can do as a healthcare leader to share your power and create resilient and supportive spaces for people of color. Hint, it starts with recruiting people of color or other marginalized identities who specialize in creating safe and supportive spaces to join your organization!
Enjoy!
Dr. Jessica Chen interviewed on PainRelief.com: Telehealth for Pain Care Broadens Access to Treatment for Veterans- 27 July 2021 - Dr. Jessica Chen appeared on PainRelief.com to talk about her recent publication (co-authored with a number of others including Dr. Steven Zeliadt), Telehealth and rural-urban differences in receipt of pain care in the Veterans Health Administration.
Read the full interview.
