The team behind the work

Jen-Hao Chen is Professor and Yushan Young Scholar in the Department of Sociology and the Department of Psychology (joint appointment) at National Chengchi University. Dr. Chen’s research uses population-based and longitudinal data to study aging and the life course, health disparities, Indigenous and LGBTQ health, and how social connection and family dynamics shape well-being.

Dr. Chen received a Ph.D. in Sociology and Public Policy from the University of Chicago and was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Health Studies there. Previous faculty appointments include Rutgers University (Henry Rutgers Term Chair in Health Sciences), Howard University, and the University of Missouri–Columbia.

Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and a Co-Principal Investigator of the Taiwan Panel Study of Family Dynamics (PSFD). Dr. Chen also serves as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Ageing and Population Research and Policy Review, and on the editorial boards of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Science & Medicine, the Journal of Aging & Social Policy, and Sociology of Health and Illness.