Dr. Hsin-Mei Chen received her Ph.D. in molecular and cell biology from the University of Texas at Dallas in 2008. After her doctoral studies, she served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UTHealth and completed her training in 2012. Currently, Dr. Chen is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Houston Methodist Academic Institute and a Manager at the Center for Nursing Research, Education and Practice (CNREP) at Houston Methodist Hospital. In addition to scientific training, Dr. Chen holds a Bachelor of Education from National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, and an MBA from the University of Houston, Houston, Texas.

Since joining CNREP, Dr. Chen has leveraged the scientific training and education experiences to standardize the education intervention process. This effort has resulted in several publications and presentations at national and international conferences, demonstrating the clinical benefits of our approach. As the manager of CNREP, Dr. Chen is continually exposed to innovation and best practices. In 2021, she introduced virtual reality (VR) to the department after receiving an internal seeding grant. Recently, she has collaborated with faculty members at various universities to develop VR, AI, and robotics to support future nursing education.