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Christine Chen
Christine Chen, Sc.D., OTR, FAOTA
Associate Professor in Clinical Occupational Therapy
E-mail: ccc2114@columbia.edu
Education:
  • National Taiwan University: BA, English 
  • University of Massachusetts, Amherst: MA, Comparative Literature
  • Tufts University: MS, Occupational Therapy
  • Boston University: ScD, Therapeutic Studies University at Buffalo: Post-doc, Rehabilitation Medicine
Clinical Expertise:
 A wide range of clinical and consulting experience as an occupational therapist, including neurological, geriatric, and traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, and assessment and intervention in infants and school age children.
Teaching Responsibilities:
 Geriatric series, research advisor
Research Interests:
  • Outcome measurement and outcome assessment development
  • Psychometric theories (eg, IRT-Rasch) and their applications to outcome assessments
  • Research Methodology
  • Effectiveness of rehabilitation services
Funded Research:
  • Principal investigator (75% effort), Measuring hand function: Development of an outcome measure. National Institutes of Health (K23 HD042702), 8/1/03–7/31/08..
  • 2007 Summer, National Science Council, Taiwan. Development of the Taiwanese Manual Ability Measure (T-MAM).
  • 2006 Summer, New York University Steinhardt Challenge Grant. Manual ability and quality of life in patients receiving outpatient hand rehabilitation services—a database approach.
  • 2003 NIDRR Switzer Distinguished Research Fellowship Award, declined.
  • 3/15/01–9/30/02. Co-investigator and project director (50% effort). “Program evaluation of prosthetic and sensory aids services.” Project funded by Department of Veterans Affairs to Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc. with a subcontract to Rehabilitation Institute Research Corporation / Northwestern University (Allen W. Heinemann, PI).
  • 6/23/98–9/30/99. Project manager and site director (50% effort). The effectiveness of occupational therapy services. Funded by American Occupational Therapy Association to RIRC (Dr. Allen W. Heinemann, PI), with a subcontract to SUNY-Buffalo.
Professional Awards, Recognitions, Activities:
  • Fellow, American Occupational Therapy Association.
  • Cordelia Myers Writer’s Award. American Occupational Therapy Association, 2005.
  • Fellow, Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE). American Occupational Therapy Foundation and University of Illinois in Chicago, 1999–2002.
  • Federal Grant Reviewer for NIH, CDC and NIDRR (National Institute of Disability Rehabilitation Research).
  • Editorial Board Member of the American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2000-2006.
  • External Dissertation Reader, NYU and other universities.
  • Reviewer, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Developmental Medicine and Childhood Neurology, Journal of Health Services Research, Evaluation and the Health Professions, Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, and Occupational Therapy International.
  • Statistical Reviewer, Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health
  • Active in a variety of committees of the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine
Publications:
  •  Chen, C. C., Kasven N., Karpatkin, H. I., & Sylvester, A. (2007). Hand strength and perceived manual ability among patients with multiple sclerosis. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 88, 794-797.
  • Chen, C. C., & Giustino, J. (2007). Grip strength, perceived ability and health status in individuals with arthritis: An exploratory study. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 22.
    Chen, C. C. (2006).  The Science Connection: Finding answers (and more questions) through research. OT Practice, 11(19), 9-10.
  • Chen, F. L., Su, Y. J., Winston, W. S., & Chen, C. C. (2006). Improving psychiatric patients’ satisfaction by using a client-centered goal formulation structure. Journal of Taiwan Occupational Therapy Research and Practice, 2 (2), 82-89.
  • Chen, C. C., Bode, R. K., Granger, C. V., & Heinemann, A. W. (2005). Psychometric properties and developmental differences in children’s activities of daily living item hierarchy: A study of the WeeFIM® instrument. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84, 671-679.
  • Chen, C. C., Granger, C. V., Peimer, C. A., Moy, O. J., & Wald, S. (2005). Manual Ability Measure (MAM-16): A preliminary report on a new patient-centred and task-oriented outcome measure of hand function. Journal of Hand Surgery, 30B, 2, 207-216.
  • Chen, C. C., & Kasven, N.  (2005). Manual ability, physical functioning and general wellbeing among patients with multiple sclerosis. Abstract. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86(10), E23.
  • Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A.W., Bode, R.K., Granger, C.V, & Mallinson, T. (2004). Impact of pediatric rehabilitation services on children’s functional outcomes. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 58, 44-53.
  • Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A. W., & Hart, D. L. (2003). Comparing amputation patterns in VAMCs from 1997-2000. Abstract. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 84 (10), A1.
  • Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A. W., & Granger, C. V. (2002). Pediatric inpatient rehabilitation: Provision and utilization of rehabilitation services and functional outcomes. Abstract. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83 (10), 1485-86.
  • Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A. W., Granger, C. V., & Linn, R. T. (2002). Functional gains and therapy intensities during subacute rehabilitation: A study of 20 facilities. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 83, 1514-1523.
  • Chen, C. C., & Böecker, M. (2001). Interrater reliability and construct validation of the Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI): A study of 155 normal children and children with learning disabilities, 8-11 year-old. Abstract. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Midwest Dean’s Occupational Therapy Research Conference. University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.
  • Chen, C. C., Cermak, S. A., Murray, E. A., & Henderson, A. (1999). The effect of strategy on the recall of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure in children with or without learning disabilities. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 19, 258-279.
  • Chen, C. C., & Cermak, S. A. (1998). The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure: A process-oriented test. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 7(2), E23-44.
  • Chen, C. C. (1995).  A literature review of constructional performance in adults and children.  Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 9, 145-158.
  • Chen, C. C., Heinemann, A. W., Granger, C. V., & Linn, R. T. (2000). Predicting functional outcomes and therapy intensities in subacute rehabilitation. Abstract. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 81(12),1618.
  • Chen, C. C. (1996). The effect of strategy on children’s recall of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF). Doctoral dissertation, Boston University.
  • Chen, C. C., Cermak, S. A., Murray, E. A., & Henderson, A. (1996). The effect of strategy on children’s recall of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF). Dissertation Abstracts International, 57(04), 2518 B.
  • Chen, C. C. (1995). The effect of age and copying strategies on normal children's memory reproduction of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure. Abstract. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 49, 1076.

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