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Mei-kuang Chen, Ph.D.
Contact Information:
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona,
1502 E Mabel St,
Tucson, AZ, 85719
Education
Ph.D. 2011. University of Arizona, AZ. Major: Psychology (Program Evaluation & Research Methodology). Minor: General Psychology. Dissertation: Reviews of empirical studies on attention placebo for anxiety or phobia related problems.
M.A. 2007. University of Arizona, AZ. Major: Psychology. Thesis: Who are the cigarette smokers in Arizona?
M.S. 1995-1998. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Major: Psychology. Thesis: The relationship of health habits, psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life in the elderly.
B.S. 1991-1995. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Major: Psychology.
Employment
Data Analyst (Statistician as the title for this position), Integrative Medicine Center, University of Arizona, January 2015 – present
Research Scientist, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, January 2015 – Present
Statistician, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, June 2018 – present
Postdoc Researcher, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, January 2012 – August 2014
Graduate Research Associate, Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies, University of Arizona, May 2010 – December 2011
Graduate Research Assistant, Evaluation, Research and Development Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, September 2002 – May 2010.
Psychological therapist, Taipei Municipal Yang Ming Rehabilitation Center for the Mentally Retarded, Taipei, Taiwan: *was assigned to work here after passing Senior examination of the Civil Service Examination in Taiwan and qualified as a clinical psychologist for civil service since 2000/10, December 1999 – June 2002.
Adjunct Lecturer, Shih Chien University, Subject: Psychological testing, Taipei, Taiwan, January 2002 – June 2002.
Special Assistant to the Publisher, Psychological Assessment Corporation, Taipei, Taiwan, December 1998 – 2002.
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Tamshui Branch Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan: *resigned because of passing the Senior Examination of Civil Service Examination, September 1999 – December 1999.
Research Assistant to Prof. Yung-Ho Ko, Department of Psychology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, August 1998 – July 1999.
Counselor, Counseling Center, Division of Student Affairs, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan, January 1999 – June 1999.
Research Assistant for Dr. Sheh-Chia Sun, Department of Children Education, National Taitung Teachers’ college, Taitung, Taiwan, August 1996 – July 1997.
Research Assistant, Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan: Project: Taiwan Social Change Survey, *resigned because of entering graduate school in National Taiwan University, May 1995 – August 1995.
Honors and Awards
University of Arizona Graduate Assistantship, 2002 – 2011.
Passing the Senior Examination of Civil Service Examination in the category of Clinical Psychologist in Taiwan (the passing rate is about 3%), October 1999.
The University Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1995
The University Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1993
The University Presidential Award, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1992
Research and Training Experiences
Completed, an online course on Machine Learning by Coursera (Stanford University, December 2014)
Completed, with distinction, an online course on Data Analysis Using R provided by Coursera (John Hopkins University, March 2013)
Attended Northwestern University IES/NCER Summer Research Training Institute: Design, Implementation, and Analysis of Within-study Comparisons (August, 2012)
Data management (since 2002)
Statistical analysis (since 2002)
Tobacco cessation evaluation (2002 – 2010)
Meta-analysis (since 2010)
Research Methodology (since 2002)
Current and Past Consulting Activities：
Adam, M. (2012 – 2016). Newborn Community Health Project, Kijabe Hospital, Kenya. [My role: data-analyst for data cleaning, data management, and statistical analysis]
Beck, C. J. A. (2010 – 2016). Research on divorce mediation. [My role: data management]
Deng, Y. (2011 – present). Social Sciences and Humanities of Chinese Education Bureau (2011). Grant for the Study of the Functions and Models of Chinese Community Mediation. [My role: data-analyst]
Hsiao, C. (2008 – present). Nursing Research at the National Institute of Health (NIH/NINR). [My role: statistical consultation]
Wu, J. (2010 – 2011). Dissertation research: A Goal-Striving Model for Consumer’s Deliberate Counterfeit-Consumption Behavior. [My role: SEM methodology consultant]
Publications
Ricker, M., Brooks, A. J., Chen, M. K., Weydert, J., Locke, A., Meehan, E. K., ... & Maizes, V. (2024). The Feasibility and Impact of an Asynchronous Interprofessional Well-Being Course on Burnout in Health Care Professionals. HCA Healthcare Journal of Medicine, 5(3), 343.
Hsiao, C. P., Von Ah, D., Chen, M. K., & Saligan, L. N. (2024). Relationship of cancer-related fatigue with psychoneurophysiological (PNP) symptoms in breast cancer survivors. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 68, 102469.
Hsiao, C-P. , Chen, M-K. , Daly, B. , & Hoppel, C. . (2022). Study on Integrated Mitochondrial Function and Cancer-Related Fatigue in Men with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Radiation Therapy. Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 3, 70–84. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/idmmr/v3/2259C
Brooks, A. J., Maizes, V., Billimek, J., Blair, J., Chen, M. K., Goldblatt, E., ... & Lebensohn, P. (2021). Professional development in integrative health through an interprofessional online course in clinical settings. Explore, 17(6), 505-512.
Hsiao, C. P., Daly, B., Chen, M. K., Veigl, M., Dorth, J., Ponsky, L. E., & Hoppel, C. (2021). Possible Bioenergetic Biomarker for Chronic Cancer-Related Fatigue. Nursing research, 70(6), 475-480.
Turner, E. E., Chen, M. K., Roth McDuffie, A., Smith, J. E., Aguirre, J., Foote, M. Q., & Bennett, A. B. (2021). Validating a student assessment of mathematical modeling at elementary school level. School Science and Mathematics, 121(7), 408-421.
Turner, E. E., Roth McDuffie, A., Bennett, A. B., Aguirre, J., Chen, M. K., Foote, M. Q., & Smith, J. E. (2021). Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary Grades: Developing and Testing an Assessment. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1-23.
Brooks, A. J., Chen, M. K., Goldblatt, E., Klatt, M., Kligler, B., Koithan, M. S., ... & Lebensohn, P. (2020). Introducing integrative primary health care to an interprofessional audience: Feasibility and impact of an asynchronous online course. Explore, 16(6), 392-400.
Chiasson, A., Brooks, A., Ricker, M., Lebensohn, P., Chen, M. K., & Maizes, V. (2020). Educating Physicians in Family Medicine Residencies About Nonpharmacologic Approaches to Pain: Results of an Online Integrative Course. Family medicine, 52(3), 189-197.
Kersting, N. B., Smith, J. E., Vezino, B., Chen, M. K., Wood, M. B., & Stigler, J. W. (2020). Exploring the affordances of Bayesian networks for modeling usable knowledge and knowledge use in teaching. ZDM, 1-12.
Brooks, A. J., Chen, M. K., Goldblatt, E., Klatt, M., Kligler, B., Koithan, M. S., ... & Sandvold, I. (2019). Introducing Integrative Primary Health Care to an Interprofessional Audience: Feasibility and Impact of an Asynchronous Online Course. EXPLORE.
Hsiao, C. P., Chen, M. K., Veigl, M. L., Ellis, R., Cooney, M., Daly, B., & Hoppel, C. (2019). Relationships between expression of BCS1L, mitochondrial bioenergetics, and fatigue among patients with prostate cancer. Cancer Management and Research, 11, 6703.
Hsiao, C. P., Chen, M. K., Daly, B., & Hoppel, C. (2018). Integrated mitochondrial function and cancer-related fatigue in men with prostate cancer undergoing radiation therapy. Cancer management and research, 10, 6367.
McClafferty, H., Brooks, A. J., Chen, M. K., Brenner, M., Brown, M., Esparham, A., ... & Yeh, A. M. (2018). Pediatric integrative medicine in residency program: relationship between lifestyle behaviors and burnout and wellbeing measures in first-year residents. Children, 5(4), 54.
Hsiao, C. P., Chen, M. K., Meyers, K. J., & Saligan, L. N. (2017). Symptoms predicting health-related quality of life in prostate cancer patients treated with localized radiation therapy. Family medicine and community health, 5(2), 119.
Hsiao, C. P., Reddy, S. Y., Chen, M. K., & Saligan, L. N. (2016). Genomic profile of fatigued men receiving localized radiation therapy. Biological research for nursing, 18(3), 281-289.
Renner, M., Feng, R., Springer, D., Chen, M. K., Ntamack, A., Espina, A., & Saligan, L. N. (2016). A Murine Model of Peripheral Irradiation-Induced Fatigue. Behavioural Brain Research.
Kersting, N. B., Stevenson, P. A., & Chen, M. (2016). Examining and understanding dimensionality in the context of instrument development: Considerations from the Classroom Video Analysis instrument measuring usable teaching knowledge in mathematics. Psychometric methods in mathematics education: Opportunities, challenges, and interdisciplinary collaborations, 119-138.
Hsiao, C. P., Reddy, S. Y., Chen, M., & Saligan, L. N. (2015). Genomic Profile of Fatigued Men Receiving Localized Radiation Therapy. Biological research for nursing, DOI: 10.1177/1099800415618786.
Feng, L. R., Chen, M. K., Lukkahatai, N., Hsiao, C. P., Kaushal, A., Sechrest, L., & Saligan, L. N. (2015). Clinical Predictors of Fatigue in Men With Non-Metastatic Prostate Cancer Receiving External Beam Radiation Therapy. Clinical journal of oncology nursing, 19(6).
Hsiao, C. P., Wang, D., Kaushal, A., Chen, M. K., & Saligan, L. (2014). Differential Expression of Genes Related to Mitochondrial Biogenesis and Bioenergetics in Fatigued Prostate Cancer Men Receiving External Beam Radiation Therapy. Journal of pain and symptom management.
Adam, M. B., Dillmann, M., Chen, M-k., Mbugua, S., Ndung’u, J., Mumbi, P., Waweru, E., & Meissner, P. (2014). Improving maternal and newborn health: effectiveness of a community health worker program in rural Kenya. PLoS ONE, 9(8), e104027, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104027.
Sanchez, P. L., Chen, M., Pessarakli, M., Hill, H. J., Gore, M. A., & Jenks, M. A. (2014). Effects of temperature and salinity on germination of non-pelleted and pelleted guayule (Parthenium argenatatum A. Gray) seeds. Industrial Crops and Products, 55, 90-96.
Wen, M-C., Steffens, D. C., Chen, M-K., & Zainal, N. H. (2014). Diffusion tensor imaging studies in late-life depression: systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Kersting, N. B., Chen, M., & Stigler, J. W. (2013). Value-added teacher estimates as part of teacher evaluations: exploring the effects of data and model specifications on the stability of teacher value-added scores. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 21(7).
Chen, M. (2009). Who are the cigarette smokers in Arizona? Saarbrücken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. KG.
Vela Acosta, M. S., Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2009). Farmworkers at the border: A bilingual initiative for occupational health and safety. Public Health Reports, V124, Supplement 1, 143-151.
Lin, H., Chang, H., & Chen, M. (2000, Translation). Tennessee self-concept scale (2): manual, Chinese version, Taipei, Taiwan: Psychological Assessment Corporation.
Reports
Chen, M., & Kersting, N. B. (2012). Effects of the Arizona Teacher Institute (ATI) program on teacher knowledge and student learning. Evaluation Report for the Department of Mathematics at the University of Arizona.
Beck, C. J. A., Walsh, M. E., Mechanic, M. B., Figueredo, A. J., & Chen, M. (2011). Intimate partner abuse in divorce mediation: Outcomes from a long-term multi-cultural study. (Document No. 236868). Retrieved from the National Institute of Justice website https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/236868.pdf.
Rissi, J., Walsh, M., Daws, J., Chen, M., Herman, P., Malter, F., & Sechrest, L. (2008). Health Insurance for Arizona Adults: Findings from the Arizona Health Survey 2008. St. Luke’s Health Initiatives Report. Retrieved from http://slhi.org/pdfs/studies_research/ahs-2008-november-rev100509.pdf.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2009). Summary Report of the 2009 Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) Evaluation. Evaluation Report under EGAD contract with the University of Arizona.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2009). Summary Report of the 2009 Minority Health Disparities (MHD) Evaluation.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2008). Summary Report of the 2008 Minority Health Disparities (MHD) Evaluation.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2007). Summary Report of the 2007 Minority Health Disparities (MHD) Evaluation.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2006). Summary Report of the 2006 Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) Evaluation.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2006). Summary Report of the 2006 Minority Health Disparities (MHD) Evaluation.
Sechrest, L., & Chen, M. (2005). Summary Report of the 2005 Initiative for Minority Student Development (IMSD) Evaluation.
Presentations
Mei-kuang Chen (2012). Value-added estimates of teacher performance based on multi-level modeling. A presentation as part of the panel Evaluation in Complex Ecologies Using Simple Research Designs? at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mei-kuang Chen, & Nicole Kersting (2011). Value-added estimates as part of teacher evaluations: from data management to results interpretation. A presentation as a demonstration session at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, California.
Mei-kuang Chen (2011). Value-added analyses of teacher performance: maybe good in general, maybe troublesome in practice. A presentation as part of the panel Getting Down to Cases: Using Data to Inform Evidence-based Decision-making at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Anaheim, California.
Nicole Kersting, Talisien Sutton, Mei-kuang Chen, & James W. Stigler (2010). Capturing teacher knowledge: exploring the Classroom Video-Analysis (CVA) measure’s relationship to teaching quality and student learning. A poster presented at the 2010 IES Research Conference, National Harbor, Maryland.
Mei-kuang Chen (2010). Abbreviated omnibus measure. A presentation as part of the panel The Case for Brief(er) Measures at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Sally Olderbak, Mei-kuang Chen, Aurelio Jose Figueredo, & Mende Davis (2010). Tying it all together. A presentation as part of the panel A Practical Comparison of Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Lee Sechrest, Katherine McKnight, & Mei-kuang Chen (2009). Design and construction of measures. A presentation as a demonstration session at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Orlando, Florida.
Mei-kuang Chen, Aurelio J. Figueredo, Lee Sechrest (2008). Graphic display of contrast effects for categorical variables in multivariate regression. A poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 20th Annual Convention. Chicago, IL.
Julie Cohen, & Mei-kuang Chen (2008, August). Impact of foster youth’s age at entry on postemancipation outcomes. A poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association Convention, Boston, Massachusetts.
Mei-kuang Chen, Patrick McKnight, Lee Sechrest (2008). Generalizability D study in planning productive analyses. A presentation as part of the panel Generalizability Theory in Analysis of Survey Data at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Denver, Colorado.
Michael Menke, Julie Cohen, Mei-kuang Chen, & Patricia Herman (2007). State-level characteristics that affect citizens’ smoking behavior. A poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science 19th Annual Convention. Washington, DC.
Deirdre Avery, Mei-kuang Chen, Sue Voelker (2007). The impact of program funded NRT on quit rates: Arizona’s cessation service experience. A presentation at Best of the West: Educating, Training, and Collaborating on Tobacco Control conference, Phoenix, AZ.
Caroline Wiley, Mei-kuang Chen, & Julius Najab (2007). Understanding terminology in multi-level modeling for Program Evaluation. A presentation as the skill-building workshop at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD.
Mei-kuang Chen (2007). What we have learned from the evaluation of the school-based prevention program in Arizona? Results from a quasi-experimental approach. A presentation as part of the panel Evaluating Arizona's School-based Tobacco Prevention Program: Lessons Learned in Outcome Evaluation at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD.
Mei-kuang Chen (2007). The quasi-population approach as a tool for cross-validation. A presentation as part of the panel Cross-validation of Empirical Findings from Evaluations at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Baltimore, MD.
Mei-kuang Chen (2006). Characteristics of smokers of low socioeconomic status and tobacco control policy. A presentation at the Joint International Conference of the European and UK Evaluation Societies, London, England.
Mei-kuang Chen (2006). An application of bootstrapping in large-scale survey. A presentation as part of the panel Introduction to the Application of Bootstrapping in Program Evaluation at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR.
Mei-kuang Chen (2006). Modeling tobacco consumption from a social programs perspective: technical and analytical aspects. A presentation as part of the panel Impacts of Taxes, Regulations and Social Factors and Programs on Tobacco Consumption: A Comprehensive Model at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR.
Lee Sechrest & Mei-kuang Chen (2006). Regression to the mean: deal with it. A presentation as the skill-building workshop at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Portland, OR.
Mei-kuang Chen (2005). Analyses of aggregated or disaggregated data. A presentation as part of the panel Aggregating and Disaggregating Data at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association: 2005 Joint CES/AEA conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mei-kuang Chen, Patrick E. McKnight, Julius Najab, and Michael Menke (2005). A comprehensive evaluation of critical multiplism in measurement. A presentation as part of the panel An Empirical Test of Critical Multiplism at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association: 2005 Joint CES/AEA conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Mei-kuang Chen & Patrick McKnight (2004). Confirmatory factor analysis in measurement development: a model comparison. A presentation at the APS 16th Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
Mei-kuang Chen & Patrick McKnight (2004). Confirmatory factor analysis in measurement development: a model comparison between CFA and classical test theory. A presentation at the 28th International Congress of Psychology (ICP2004), Beijing, China.
Patrick E McKnight, Mei-kuang Chen, & J Michael Menke (2004). Pretty pictures: how to better understand complex evaluation outcome data with graphical display methods. A presentation as a demonstration session at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mei-kuang Chen & Jesse Nodora (2003). Measuring environmental (second-hand) smoke reduction. A presentation at the annual meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Reno, NV.
Mei-kuang Chen (2003). Misconceptions regarding sensitivity of measures to change. A presentation at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria.
Teaching
Statistics Fundamentals (2012, 2014, 2015), University of Arizona.
Psychological testing (2002), Shih Chien University, Taiwan.
Software Capabilities
SPSS
HLM
R
Mplus
SAS
Professional Affiliations
American Evaluation Association (Since 2002)
Association for Psychological Science (Since 2003)
Chinese Psychological Association (1995-2002)
Division of Clinical Psychology, Chinese Psychological Association (1995-2002)
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