Jane S. Chen, PhD, MSPH

About

Jane completed her PhD at UNC in the Department of Epidemiology and did her postdoctoral training at the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases. To date, most of her work has centered on HIV and sexually transmitted infections in international settings, with a particular emphasis on study design, and data collection systems. As a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, Jane will be working with Dr. Vivian Go on several ongoing clinical trials in Vietnam.

Honors and Awards

Recipient
2022, American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association (ASTDA) Summer Research Fellowship

Full Scholarship Recipient
2019, University of Washington’s ‘Principle of STD and HIV Research' Course

Student Travel Award
2019 , UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Pre-doctoral Trainee
2017-2019, UNC Training in Infectious Diseases

Trainee
2012, Boston University Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics

Teaching Interests

Fall 2018 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Measurement and Evaluation,

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Instructor: S

Napravnik

Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills IV: Proposal

Development – Part 2, Department of Epidemiology, University of

North Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller

Spring 2016 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills II - Measurement in

Clinical Research, Department of Epidemiology, University of North

Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller

Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills III: Proposal

Development – Part 1, Department of Epidemiology, University of

North Carolina, Instructors: BN Gaynes, WC Miller

Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant, Clinical Research Skills I: The Basics,

Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Instructors:

BN Gaynes, WC Miller

Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant, Climate Change and Health, Department of

Biology, Brown University, Instructor: KF Smith

Research Activities

2020 - present Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute for Global Health and

Infectious Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North

Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

2016 - 2020 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Global Health and Infectious

Diseases, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina

School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC

2016, 2018 Graduate Research Assistant, University of North Carolina Center for

AIDS Research, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North

Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 

Key Publications

Integrating Enhanced HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Into a Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinic in Lilongwe: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study. . Rutstein SE, Matoga M, Chen JS, Mathiya E, Ndalama B, Nyirenda N, Bonogwe N, Chithambo S, Chagomerana M, Tegha G, Hosseinipour MC, Herce ME, Jere E, Krysiak RG, Hoffman IF. (2022). JMIR Res Protoc. , 11(12).

Brief Report: Blood and genital fluid viral load trajectories among treated and untreated persons with acute HIV infection in Malawi. Chen JS, Pettifor AE, Nelson JAE, Phiri S, Pasquale DK, Kumwenda W, Kamanga G, Cottrell ML, Sykes C, Kashuba ADM, Tegha G, Krysiak R, Thengolose I, Cohen MS, Hoffman IH, Miller WC, Rutstein SE. (2022). JAIDS, 90(1), 56-61.

Improving cancer knowledge and patient empowerment through educational videos. Tilly AE, Ellis GK, Chen JS, Manda A, Salima A, Mtangwanika A, Tewete B, Kaimila B, Kasonkanji E, Kayira E, Chikasema M, Nyirenda R, Bingo S, Chiyoyola S, Sequin R, Gopal S, Zuze T, Tomaka T, Westmoreland KD. (2022). JCO Global Onc, 8.

“HIV and STI prevalence and testing history among men who have sex with men in Hanoi, Vietnam”.  Chen JS, Levintow SN, Ha TV, Sripaipan T, Nguyen MX, Nguyen SM, Miller WC, Go VF, Giang LM. (2021). Int J STD AIDS. .

“Gentamicin susceptibility in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and treatment outcomes for urogenital gonorrhea after twenty-five years of sustained gentamicin use in Malawi”. Matoga M, Chen JS, Krysiak R, Ndalama B, Massa C, Bonongwe B, Mathiya E, Kamtambe B, Jere E, Chikaonda T, Golparian D, Unemo M, Cohen MS, Hobbs MM, Hoffman IF.  (2022).  Sex Transm Dis. , 49(4), 251-256.

Education