RESEARCH FOCUS
Ping-Hsin Chen, PhD, Director
Associate Professor
chenpi@njms.rutgers.edu
The Department has identified the following principal research areas:
Cancer
Breast, cervical, colorectal, tar wars, cancer prevention
Contraception
Intrauterine devices, contraceptive side effects
Family Violence
Intimate partner violence/risk factors, child-adult abuse and
neglect, domestic violence in primary care settings, crime prevention, use of diagnostic codes,
legal impact issues, sexual harassment
Infectious disease
Tuberculosis surveillance
Medical Education
Empathy(medical students), EBM, human sexuality curriculum,
breast cancer training for FP residents and attendings, stress(medical students),
quality improvement in ambulatory teaching, predoctoral and residency training,
test reliability and validity, cultural competency, "perceived" benefits
of community services, lifestyle behaviors of medical students, evaluating students'
attitudes towards patient's use of complementary and alternative therapies,
correlating students' attitudes, their own personal use of CAM therapies to
their approach to patients who seek their advice
Social Determinants of Health
Social determinants of health include factors like socioeconomic status, education, neighborhood and physicial environment, employment, and social support networks, as well as access to health care
