Her research interests include issues of reliability and validity of performance assessments, applications of latent variable modeling to complex data, continuing medical education, health disparity and access to quality health care. She has served on local and regional committees as expert consultant on clinical performance assessment. Currently, she is involved in several initiatives from the Center for Healthcare Value (CHV) at UCSF and also the lead evaluator on the NIH funded grant to support development of alternative career paths for basic science trainees. Alice Huan-mei Chen, MD, MPH - Professor of Clinical Medicine