Chia Chen, MD

I left Southern California and joined our local community in 1998 and have been practicing in areas of Family Medicine, Urgent Care, College Health ( including Mental Health, Gender Affirmation Care,  Reproductive Health, Disordered Eating, Travel Medicine etc ). After residency training at UC Irvine, I worked at K'ima:w Medical Center of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and decided to make a home here in Humboldt County.

I am proud to have been a first-generation child immigrant, and am profoundly affected by the experiences of dislocation, relocation, alienation and acceptance; it is the major reason that I maintained and cultivated a lifelong interest in the study of material cultures, art history and languages. My most recent cultural adventure was studying abroad in Nantes, France with our Department of World Languages and Culture in 2018. I have also benefitted greatly from many individuals who nurtured, helped and taught me along the way and I gratefully participate in our clinic's Preceptorship Program to support our students and foster interest in the healthcare fields.

I have either worked or studied on campus since 2013, and I hope, through my current role here at our University's Student Health and Wellbeing Services, that my personal experiences and professional training continues to contribute to the healing, comfort, hope and collective joy of our campus community.