Yen-Tyng Chen, PhD
Rutgers University - Assistant Professor, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Email: yentyng.chen@rutgers.edu
Education
Post-Doc, Social Epidemiology, University of ChicagoPhD, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emory University
MS, Epidemiology, National Taiwan University
BA, Epidemiology, National Taiwan University
Research Interests
Social epidemiology, multilevel analysis, social networks, neighborhoods, HIV treatment and prevention, substance use BIO
Yen-Tyng Chen (she/her) is an Assistant Professor at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University. She is a social epidemiologist and behavioral scientist committed to examining how social-contextual environments (e.g., neighborhoods, social networks) shape healthcare delivery and health behaviors among underrepresented populations. Her research program aims to discover foundational drivers of HIV treatment and prevention and substance use, including cumulative stress, socioeconomic hardship, and individual- and network-level strengths and resilience. She received her PhD in Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory University in 2016 and completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Chicago with a focus on spatial and network epidemiology. Publications
Recent
Knox J, Magana C, Duncan DT, Shrader CH, Wilson A, Keedy S, Pagkas-Bather J, Chen YT, Schneider JA (2025).
Cannabis use and HIV among Black sexually minoritized men: A systematic review and narrative analysis
AIDS, 39 (8), 1032-1046. doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004149. PMCID: PMC12122238.
Cannabis use and HIV among Black sexually minoritized men: A systematic review and narrative analysis
AIDS, 39 (8), 1032-1046. doi: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004149. PMCID: PMC12122238.
Shrader CH, Duncan DT, Driver R, Arroyo-Flores JG, Coudray MS, Moody R, Chen YT, Skaathun B, Young L, del Vecchio N, Fujimoto K, Knox JR, Kanamori M, Schneider JA (2025).
Investigating social network peer effects on HIV care engagement using a fuzzy-like matching approach: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of the N2 cohort study
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11, e64497. doi: 10.2196/64497. PMCID: PMC12080284.
Investigating social network peer effects on HIV care engagement using a fuzzy-like matching approach: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of the N2 cohort study
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 11, e64497. doi: 10.2196/64497. PMCID: PMC12080284.
Shrader CH, Duncan DT, Santoro A, Geng E, Kranzler HR, Hasin D, Shelley D, Kutner B, Sherman SE, Chen YT, Durrell M, Eavou R, Hillary H, Goedel W, Schneider JA, Knox JR (2025).
Social network alcohol use is associated with individual-level alcohol use among Black sexually minoritized men and gender-expansive people: Findings from the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) cohort study
Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 49 (4), 783-791. doi: 10.1111/acer.70009.
Social network alcohol use is associated with individual-level alcohol use among Black sexually minoritized men and gender-expansive people: Findings from the Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) cohort study
Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research, 49 (4), 783-791. doi: 10.1111/acer.70009.
Chen YT, Shrader CH, Duncan DT, Rudolph AE, Regan SD, Kim B, Pagkas-Bather J, Knox J, Fujimoto K, Schneider JA (2024).
Using GPS-defined venue-based affiliation networks among Black sexually minoritized men and transgender women to identify locations for HIV prevention interventions
Annals of Epidemiology, 96, 80-87. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.001. PMCID: PMC11365700.
Using GPS-defined venue-based affiliation networks among Black sexually minoritized men and transgender women to identify locations for HIV prevention interventions
Annals of Epidemiology, 96, 80-87. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2024.07.001. PMCID: PMC11365700.
Flores JM, Moline T, Regan SD, Chen YT, Shrader CH, Schneider JA, Duncan DT, Kim B (2024).
Neighborhood violent crime exposure is associated with PrEP non-use among Black sexually minoritized men and transgender women: A GPS study
AIDS, 38 (9), 1424-1429. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003906. PMCID: PMC11211052.
Neighborhood violent crime exposure is associated with PrEP non-use among Black sexually minoritized men and transgender women: A GPS study
AIDS, 38 (9), 1424-1429. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003906. PMCID: PMC11211052.
Notable
COVID-19-related stressors, sex behaviors, and HIV status neutral care among Black men who have sex with men and transgender women in Chicago, USA
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 88 (3), 261-271. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000002770. PMCID: PMC8518204.
Chen YT, Duncan DT, Issema R, Goedel WC, Callander D, Bernard-Herman B, Hanson H, Eavou R, Schneider J, Hotton A (2020).
Social-environmental resilience, PrEP uptake, and viral suppression among young Black men who have sex with men and young black transgender women: The Neighborhoods and Networks (N2) Study in Chicago
Journal of Urban Health, 97 (5), 728-738. doi: 10.1007/s11524-020-00425-x. PMCID: PMC7560645.
Chen YT, Kolak M, Duncan DT, Schumm P, Michaels S, Fujimoto K, Schneider JA (2019).
Neighbourhoods, networks and pre-exposure prophylaxis awareness: A multilevel analysis of a sample of young black men who have sex with men
Sexually Transmitted Infections, 95 (3), 228-235. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2018-053639. PMCID: PMC11581783.
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