Li-Shiun Chen

Li-Shiun Chen

Professor of Psychiatry

Additional Titles & Roles


  • Director, Tobacco Treatment Program, Siteman Cancer Center

Education & Training


  • Residency: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 2004
  • Sc.D.: Johns Hopkins University, 1998
  • M.P.H.: Johns Hopkins University, 1995
  • M.D.: National Taiwan University, 1993

Major Awards


  • Faculty Member, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society, 2023
  • Fellow, Society of Research for Nicotine and Tobacco, 2023
  • World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Travel Award, 2009
  • APA Resident Research Award, 2004
  • Eli Robins Award, Washington University Department of Psychiatry, 2004

Areas of Clinical Interest


Nicotine Dependence, Schizophrenia, Mood Disorder, Community Psychiatry, Cancer Psychiatry

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Research Interests


1. Precision medicine
2. Clinical trials
3. Implementation science
4. Cancer prevention
5. Vulnerable and rural population health
6. Cross-population and public health genomics

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Recent Publications


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Funded Research Projects


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