Later she came to Utah with her parents. When Chen was studying for her PhD at BYU, she began to teach advanced immunology. At that time many of her students were older than her; she even taught her own older sister. When they met in class, both were very surprised.
陳昭妃在楊百翰大學念博士時，便開始教授高級免疫學，當時許多學生年紀都比她大，她甚至教到自己的姊姊，當時姊妹在課堂上相認，兩人都大吃一驚。