Dr. Jung-Wei Chen earned her Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1996 at the Taipei Medical University School of Dentistry in Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. She graduated from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 2000, receiving her Certificate in Pediatric Dentistry and a Master’s Degree in Oral Biology. Dr. Chen taught as an Assistant and then Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston and studied at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Health Information Science, where she earned her Master’s and PhD degrees in Health Informatics in 2002 and 2007, respectively. She has been a full-time Associate Professor, Professor and Program Director at the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry in the Advanced Specialty Education Program in Pediatric Dentistry since 2008.

Dr. Chen is a board-certified Diplomat and Board Examiner for the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry. She also served on the Board of Directors and as Editor for the California Society of Pediatric Dentistry. She is a fellow of the American College of Dentists. Dr. Chen is the recipient of several national and international awards, scholarships, and grants. She has published numerous articles and is a nationally and internationally invited speaker. Dr. Chen’s research explores pediatric esthetic crowns, fluoride, oral manifestations and dental care in HIV-infected children, child temperament related to sedation outcomes, trauma treatment for pediatric patients, cleft lip and palate treatment options, and periodontal disease in children with Type 2 diabetes, as well as pedagogical concerns such as interdisciplinary teaching approaches in IT course development and web-based education.