Curriculum VitaE

Chen Xiao Chen, PhD, RN

600 Barnhill Drive NU 414, , Indianapolis, IN 46202

(317) 274-7441

Education

PostdocIndiana University, School of Nursing 01/2016-present

Mentors:Janet Carpenter PhD RN FAAN (primary),

Kurt Kroenke MD MACP, Kevin Rand PhD, Michael Heit, MD PhD FACOG,

Claire Draucker, PhD, RN, APRN, FAAN, Carol Shieh DNSc MPH RNC-OB

Ph.DUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing2015

Dissertation thesis title:Symptom measurement and management in dysmenorrhea

Committee members: Kristine KwekkeboomPhD RNFAAN (chair),

Sandra Ward PhD RN FAAN (co-mentor), Bruce Barrett MD PhD,

Diana Lauver PhD RN FAAN, Rebecca Muehrer PhD RN, Roger Brown PhD

MSUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing 2012

MB/BMedTongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2009 (Graduated with Distinction) Wuhan, China

Appointments

Academic Appointments

01/2016-presentT32 Postdoctoral Fellow,Indiana University. School of Nursing

09/2015-12/2015Senior Teaching Assistant,University of Wisconsin-Madison,School of Nursing

01/2015–08/2015Project Assistant,University of Wisconsin-Madison,School of Nursing

09/2014–12/2014Senior Teaching Assistant,University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing

06/2013–05/2014 Project Assistant,University of Wisconsin-Madison.School of Nursing, Research & Sponsored Programs Office

06/2010–05/2013Research Assistant,University of Wisconsin-Madison,School of Nursing

09/2010–05/2011 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison,School of Nursing

Non-academic Appointments

10/2009–06/2010Registered Nurse, Cimin Clinic, Wuhan, China

10/2008–07/2010Instructor and Health Educator, Red Cross Society of China Hubei Branch, China

08/2008–06/2009Nurse Intern in Med/Surg and OB/GYN, Tongji Hospital Affiliated with Tongji Medical College, Wuhan, China.

LICENSURE and Certifications

Registered Nurse, License # 197506 (Active), Wisconsin

Basic Life Support, American Heart Association (Active)

Registered Nurse, License # 201042001909 (Inactive), Hubei Province, China

Professional Organization MEMBERSHIPS

2016–presentCouncil for the Advancement of Nursing Science

2013–2014Midwest Pain Society

2011–presentAmerican Pain Society

2011–present Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Society

2011–presentMidwest Nursing Research Society

2011–presentThe Cochrane Collaboration

2007–2010Red Cross Society of China

Professional Honors and Awards

Research

2017(Expected) Junior Investigator Award, Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Self-Care Research Interest Group

2016Abstract of Distinction & Top-rated Podium Presenter, the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) State of the Science Congress

2015Vilas Conference Presentation Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2014Eckburg Research Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing

2013Young Investigator Travel Award, American Pain Society (through the NIH grantR13NS092293-01)

2013Signe Scott Cooper Writing Award, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing

2011Induction to Sigma Theta Tau International

2009Distinguished Graduate, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2005–2009Academic Excellence Scholarship, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Service

2009Volunteer of the Year, Medical Volunteers Association, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

2009Best Intern of the Year Award, Tongji Hospital, Wuhan, China

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS

  • Pain measurement and management
  • Self-management of symptoms
  • Women’s health
  • Complementary integrative medicine
  • Research methodologies: psychometrics, surveys, meta-analysis, latent class analysis, Big Data analytics, word adjacency graph modeling

RESEARch EXPERIENCE

Projects ondysmenorrhea management

09/2016-presentFinding Women’s Voice Using Big Data: Analysis of Dysmenorrhea Symptom-Related Questions in a Question-and-Answer Platform

Role: PI

08/2016-presentIdentification of Symptom-Based Phenotypes among Women with Dysmenorrhea

Role: PI

09/2014–04/2016Representations of Dysmenorrhea and Their Associations with Self-management

Role: PI

10/2014–01/2016A Systematic Review of the Efficacy of Oral Ginger (Zingiber officinale) for Treating Menstrual Pain

Role: Lead Systematic Reviewer and Meta-analyst

05/2012–05/2014A Literature Review of Self-report Symptom Measures for Primary Dysmenorrhea

Role: PI

09/2012–03/2013Ambulatory Office Visits and Chronic Pain Comorbidities Associated with Dysmenorrhea: An Analysis of the CDC National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) Data

Role: PI

Other projects

01/2016-presentPostoperative Recovery after Gynecological Surgeries (PI: Heit)

Role: Co-investigator

01/2016-presentResponsiveness and Clinical Validity of Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS®)Pain and Depression Measures (5R01AR064081-04PI: Monahan)

Role: Collaborator

09/2014–09/2015Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Palliate Symptoms in Advanced Heart Failure (PI: Kwekkeboom)

Role: Project Assistant

09/2012–10/2013A Brief Patient-Controlled Intervention for a Symptom Cluster in Advanced Cancer (5R01NR013468-02PI: Kwekkeboom) and a Longitudinal Study of Prostate Cancer Quality of Life(PI: Kwekkeboom)

Role: Project Assistant

09/2011–04/2012A Pilot Test of the Effect of Cancer Nurse Navigators on Patient Outcomes (PI: Kwekkeboom)

Role: Research Assistant

07/2011–05/2012Continuous Intravenous Lidocaine Infusion for Perioperative Analgesia in Visceral Surgery: A Matched Cohort Quality Improvement Study

Role: Data Analyst

07/2011-09/2011Evaluation of Pain Care Quality at UW Hospital using the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators® (NDNQI®)

Role: To analyze the data, interpret the data, and provide feedback

06/2011–02/2012Application of Two Approaches (i.e., Multiple Dimensional Scaling and Dendogram) to Visualize Cancer Symptom Clusters

(Asecondary analysis of research data of a RCT of a patient-controlled cognitive-behavioral intervention for the pain, fatigue, and sleep disturbance, 5R21NR010746-02, PI: Kwekeeboom)

Role: To conceptualize and implement the secondary data analysis

RESEARCH Publications(*peer-reviewed/refereed)

Published full-length papers

  1. Carpenter, J.S., Groves, D., Chen,C.X.,Otte, J., & Miller, W (In press). Menopause and big data: word adjacency graph modeling of menopause-related ChaCha® data.Menopause: the Journal of the North American Menopause Society (IF:3.36).

Role: Paper conceptualization, data interpretation, editing.

  1. *Carpenter, J.S., Heit, M., Chen, C.X., Stewart, R., Hamner, J., Rand, K.L. (In press). Validating the PSR13 as a measure of postoperative recovery following laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. The Official Journal of the American Urogynecologic Society(IF: 1.33).

Role: Paper conceptualization, interpretation of results, writing and editing the paper

  1. *Chen, C.X., Barrett, B., & Kwekkeboom K.L. (2016). Efficacy of oral ginger for dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine.2016, 1-10. doi:10.1155/2016/6295737(IF: 2.13).
  2. *Chen, C.X., Kwekkeboom, K.L., Ward, S.E. (2016). Beliefs about dysmenorrhea and their relationship to self-management. Research in Nursing & Health. 39(4):263-76. doi: 10.1002/nur.21726(IF:1.64).
  3. *Chen, C.X., Kwekkeboom, K.L., & Ward, S.E.(2015). Self‐report pain and symptom measures for primary dysmenorrhoea: A critical review. European Journal of Pain, 19(3), 377-391. doi:10.1002/ejp.556 (IF: 3.22)
  4. *Chen, C.X., Li, X.Y, Huang, S.F., Hu, C.H., Yi, Y. (2010). A literature review on basic life support. Journal of Nursing Science. 25(6), 85-88.

Manuscripts under peer-review

  1. Chen, C.X.,Shieh, C., Draucker, C.B., & Carpenter, J.S. Why women do not seek care for dysmenorrhea. Manuscript submitted to Women & Health.
  2. Carpenter, J.S., Bakoyannis, G., Otte, J.L., Chen, C.X., Rand, K.L., Woods, N.F., Newton, K.M.., Joffe, H., Manson, J.E., Freeman, E.W., & Guthrie, K.A. Validity, cutpoints, and minimally important differences for two hot flash related daily interference scales. Manuscript submitted to Menopause.

Role: Paper conceptualization, wrote portions related to minimally important differences, editing

  1. Chen, C.X.,Draucker, C.B., Carpenter, J.S What women say about their dysmenorrhea: a qualitative thematic analysis. Manuscript submitted to BMC Women’s Health.

Manuscripts in progress

  1. Chen, C.X.,Kroenke, K., Stump, T., Kean, J., Carpenter, J.S., Kreb, E., Bair, M., Damush, T., Monahan, P.Estimating minimally important differences for the PROMIS® pain interferences scales:results from three longitudinal clinical studies. Plan to submit to PAIN.
  2. Chen, C.X., Kroenke, K., Stump, T., Kean, J., Carpenter, J.S., Kreb, E., Bair, M., Damush T., Monahan, P.Responsiveness for the PROMIS®pain interference scales: results from three clinical trials. Plan to submit to Journal of Clinical Epidemiology.
  3. Chen, C.X., Ofner, S., Kwekkeboom, K.L., Bakoyannis G., Carpenter, J.S. Classifying subgroups of women with dysmenorrhea: a latent class analysis. Plan to submit to Obstetrics & Gynecology
  4. Chen, C.X, Groves, D, Miller, W. R., Carpenter, J.S. Finding Women’s Voice Using Big Data: Analysis of Dysmenorrhea Symptom-Related Questions in a Question-and-Answer Platform. Plan to submit to Journal of Women’s Health

Published abstracts

  1. *Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K. (in press). Prevalence of complementary health approaches use among women with dysmenorrhea. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
  2. *Carpenter, J.S., Heit, M., Chen, C.X., Stewart, R., Hamner, J.J., & Rand, K.L. (2016). Psychometrics of the PSR-13 for measurement of postoperative recovery after pelvic reconstructive surgery. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery.22(5), S12. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000331.

Role: Conceptualization, interpretation of results, writing and editing

  1. *Heit, M., Chen, C.X., Stewart, R., Hamner J.J., Rand, K.L., Carpenter, J.S. (2016). Recovery trajectory following laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy for the identification of modifiable behaviors in women with pelvic organ prolapse. Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery. 22(5), S54. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000330

Role: Conceptualization, interpretation of results, editing

  1. *Chen, C., & Kwekkeboom, K.(2015). How do women deal with dysmenorrhea? Journal of Pain. 16(4), S32.
  2. *Chen, C., Kwekkeboom, K. (2013). Ambulatory office visits and chronic pain comorbidities associated with dysmenorrhea.Journal of Pain, 14(4), S33.
  3. *Schroeder, M., Gordon, D., Riley, P., Chen, C., Gaston, C.,Pellino, T. (2012). Continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion for perioperative analgesia in visceral surgery; a matched cohort quality improvement. Journal of Pain, 13(4), S59.

Role: Conceptualization, data analysis, interpretation, editing

Published research protocol

  1. Chen, C., Kwekkeboom, K.,Barrett, B (2015). The use of oral ginger (Zingiber officinale) for treating menstrual pain: a systematic review of clinical trials. PROSPERO: International prospective register of systematic reviews. 2015:CRD42015016744. Available from

Research Grants

Active

Rawl (PI)07/01/15-06/30/17

T32 5T32NR007066-24, Training in Behavioral Nursing Research

National Institute of Nursing Research

Role: Postdoctoral Fellow

Completed research

Chen (PI)01/01/14-08/31/15

No grant number, The Roles of Beliefs about Dysmenorrhea and its Treatment in Self-management and Care-seeking.

Eckburg Research Award by University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kwekkeboom (PI)7/1/14-6/30/15

No grant number, Feasibility of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Palliate Symptoms in Advanced Heart Failure

University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School

Role: Project Assistant

Kwekkeboom (PI)03/01/11-02/28/13

No grant number, Pilot Test of the Effect of Cancer Nurse Navigators on Patient OutcomesAurora Health Care

Aurora Health Care

Role: Research Assistant

Presentations(*peer-reviewed/refereed)

International

  1. *Carpenter, J.S., Groves, D., Otte, J., Chen, C.X.,Miller, W. (2016, September) Menopause and big data: word adjacency graph modeling of menopause-related ChaCha® data. Poster session presented at the 15th World Congress on Menopause. Prague, Czeck Republic.
  2. *Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2016, May). Prevalence of complementary health approaches use among women with dysmenorrhea. Poster session presented at the 2016 International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health, Las Vegas, NV.

National

  1. *Chen, C.X., Kroenke, K., Stump, T., Kean, J., Carpenter, J.S., Kreb, E., Bair, M., Damush T.,Monahan, P. Estimating minimally important differences for the PROMIS® pain interferences scales using three clinical trials. Under reviewforthe 36thAnnual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS), Pittsburgh, PA.
  2. *Chen, C.X., Shieh, C., Drauker C.D., & Carpenter, J.S. (2016, September). What women say about their dysmenorrhea: a qualitative thematic analysis. Podium Session at Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) 2016 State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, Washington, D.C.
  3. *Carpenter J.S, Heit M., Chen C.X., Stewart R.S., Hamner J., Rand K.L. (2016, August). Psychometrics of the PSR-13 for measurement of postoperative recovery after pelvic reconstructive surgery.Podium session at the Annual Meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the Pelvic Floor Disorders Week, Denver, CO.
  4. *Heit M., Chen C.X., Stewart R.S., Hamner J., Rand K.L., Carpenter J.S. (2016, August). Recovery Trajectory Following Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy for the Identification of Modifiable Behaviors in Women with “Operable” Pelvic Organ Prolapse.Podium session at the Annual Meeting of the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS), the Pelvic Floor Disorders Week, Denver, CO.
  5. *Chen, C., & Kwekkeboom, K.(2015, May). How do women deal with dysmenorrhea? Poster session presented at the 34th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS), Palm Spring, CA.
  6. *Chen C.X., Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2013, May). Ambulatory office visits and chronic pain comorbidities associated with dysmenorrhea. Poster session presented at the 32rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS), New Orleans, LA.
  7. *Cherwin, C.H., Chen C.X. Kwekkeboom, K.L., Ward S.E., Bilicki, C. McDonald, J. (2012, November), Academic-clinical collaboration on a randomized controlled trial of cancer nurse navigation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Oncology Nursing Society –Connections: Advancing Care through Science Conference, Phoenix, AZ.
  8. *Schroeder, M., Gordon D.B., Riley, P., Chen, C.X.., Gaston, C., Pellino, T.A. (2012, May). Continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion for perioperative analgesia in visceral surgery: amatched cohort quality improvement study. Poster session presented at the 31st Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society (APS), Honolulu, HI.

Regional

  1. *Chen, C.X., Kroenke, K., Stump, T., Kean, J., Carpenter, J.S., Kreb, E., Bair, M., Damush, T., & Monahan, P (Expected, 2017, April). Estimating minimally important differences for the PROMIS® pain interferences scales.Poster session to be presented atthe Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Minnesota, MN.
  2. *Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K.(2016, March).What do women believe about dysmenorrhea?Podium session presented at the Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Milwaukee, WI.
  3. *Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K.(2015, April).How do women deal with dysmenorrhea? Moderated poster session presented at the Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) Indianapolis, IN.
  4. Chen, C.X., (2014, November). When a period is more than a punctuation mark: contemporary perspectives ondysmenorrhea management. Podium presentation at Beyond Boundaries: The 2014 Conference on Pain, Novi, MI.
  5. *Chen C.X., Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2013, March). Outpatient service use related to dysmenorrhea: an analysis of national survey data. Poster session presented at the Annual Research Conference of the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS), Chicago, IL.
  6. *Chen C.X., Cherwin, C.H., Roiland, R., Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2012, April). Application of two approaches to visualize cancer symptom clusters. Poster session presented at the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS) 2012 Annual Research Conference, Dearborn, MI.

Local

  1. *Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K. L.(2015, October). How do women deal with dysmenorrhea? Poster presented at 2015 the 2015 UW Women’s Health and Health Equity Research Lecture and Symposium, Madison, WI.
  2. Chen, C.X., & Kwekkeboom, K.(2015, April). How do women deal with dysmenorrhea? Poster presented at 2015 UW Hospital and Clinics Poster Fair, Madison, WI.
  3. Chen, C.X., (2014, October). When a period is more than a punctuation mark: contemporary perspectives ondysmenorrhea management. Oral presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing Research Colloquium, Madison, WI.
  4. Kwekkeboom, K., Zhang, Y.Z, Chen, C.X. (2013, December). Quality of life in prostate cancer survivors. Oral presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing Research Colloquium, Madison, WI.
  5. Chen C.X., Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2013, April). Outpatient service use related to dysmenorrhea. Poster presentation at 2014 UW Hospital and Clinics Poster Fair, Madison, WI.
  6. *Chen C.X.,Kwekkeboom, K.L. (2013, April). Ambulatory office visits and chronic pain comorbidities associated with dysmenorrhea. Oral presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing Research Colloquium, Madison, WI.
  7. Schroeder, M., Gordon D.B., Riley, P., Chen, C.X., Gaston, C., Pellino, T.A. (2012, April). Continuous intravenous lidocaine infusion for perioperative analgesia in visceral surgery: a matched cohort quality improvement study.Oral presentation at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Pain Research Day, Madison, WI.
  8. Chen C.X.(2009, November). New perspectives on basic life support. Podium presentation at the Tongji Medical College Student Research Symposium, Wuhan, Hubei, China.

RESEARCH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Dec 2016Workshop “Scientific Writing from the Reader's Perspective” by Dr. George Gopen. Sponsored by the IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and the IU School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and Professional Development

June 2016Summer Course “Analyzing Intensive Longitudinal Data: A Guide to Diary, Experience Sampling, and Ecological Momentary Assessment Methods”offered by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Amherst, MA

May 2016Precongress Workshop “NIH/NCCIH Career Development Opportunities” sponsored by the National Center for Complementary Integrative Medicine of National Institute of Health

June, 2015Workshop “Developing a Cochrane Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” sponsored by the Cochrane Collaboration & John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Feb 2015Methodology Intensive “Qualitative Content Analysis” sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

July, 2014Workshop “Focus Group Interviewing Research Methods” sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

May, 2013Symposium “Complementary Alternative Medicine: Roles in Chronic Pain Management & Research” sponsored by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) & the American Pain Society (APS), New Orleans, LA

Teaching Experience

Teaching Positions

2015 FallTeaching Assistant.Nursing 212 Human Response to Health & Illness, UW-Madison

Enrollment: >150

Lead Instructors: Susan Yadro RN MS, MA, Kari Hirvela MS RN

Format: Active learning classroom (ACL) mini-lecture

2014 FallTeaching Assistant.Nursing 212 Human Response to Health & Illness, UW-Madison

Lead Instructors: Susan Yadro RN MS MA,Diana Girdley MS RN

Enrollment: >140

Format: Blended learning, active learning classroom, mini-lecture

2011 SpringTeaching Assistant.Nursing 302 Introduction to Systematic Investigation, UW-Madison

Lead Instructor: Teresa Pellino PhD RN

Enrollment: >120

Format: Lecture, group discussion, and team-based learning

2010 FallTeaching Assistant.N212 Human Response to Health & Illness

School of Nursing, UW-Madison

Lead Instructor: Teresa Pellino PhD RN

Enrollment: >120

Format: Lecture

2008 – 2010Instructor.Protecting Life and Promoting Health Workshops and Classes

Red Cross Society of China, Hubei Provincial Branch

Enrollment: Range from 10 to 60

Format: Workshop and seminar

Guest Speaker

Fall 2015Nursing 212: Human Response to Health and Illnesses, UW-Madison

Topics:

  • Pain assessment
  • Pain management
  • Use of complementary health approaches in clinical practice

Dec 2014Nursing 816: Proseminar in Nursing Research, UW-Madison

Topic: Individual development plan

Sept 2013Nursing 680 Honors Seminar, UW-Madison

Topic: My program of research

April 2013Nursing 816: Proseminar in Nursing Research, UW-Madison

Topic: Secondary data analysis

Spring 2011 Nursing 302 Introduction to Systematic Investigation, UW-Madison

Topics:

  • Levels of evidence
  • How to critique a research article

TEACHING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Oct 2014DELTA Roundtable: Preparing for Your First Year of Teaching, UW-Madison

May 2014Teaching and Learning Symposium, UW-Madison

Topics: Blended learning, mindfulness in education, and effective class preparations

Fall 2013Course “Education Psychology 771 Test Construction,”UW-Madison.

Topics: Writing and revising exam questions, item analysis, interpreting test statistics

Summer 2012Course “ELPA 701 Introduction to Higher Education,” UW-Madison

Topics: Historic and contemporary issues related to the US higher education

May 2011Teaching and Learning Symposium, UW-Madison

Topics: Teaching with technology, teaching as research, and service learning

Fall 2010Teaching Assistant Training, UW-Madison

Topics: Presentation delivery, group discussion, and communicating with students

May 2010Red Cross Instructor Training, Red Cross Society of China, Beijing, China

Topic: Effective teaching strategies

Fall 2009Course “Curriculum Construction,”School of Nursing, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Service

Professional-International and Regional

2016Abstract Reviewer, Annual the Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS)Research Conference

2016Invited Manuscript Reviewer, Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

2016InvitedManuscript Reviewer, British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open

2016Invited Manuscript Reviewer, Biomedical Research

2011 – presentPre-Reviewer and Translator, Cochrane Collaboration