Date Joined Lab
June 2019

Background and Interests

Jiegen Chen is interested in exploring the mechanisms underlying the overlap between chronic pain and obesity.

Awards and Recognitions

Congratulations to Jiegen Chen, PhD, whose abstract titled, “Linking Adipose Inflammation to Chronic Pain in Obesity: Insights from COMT Variation, Adrb3, and miR-133” received third place in the Post Doctoral Research (David S. Warner Award) at the 34th Annual Academic Evening held on May 19, 2026.

Publications

Low Catechol-O-Methyltransferase and Stress Potentiate Functional Pain and Depressive Behavior, Especially in Female Mice.
Zhang X, Kanter K, Chen J, Kim S, Wang Y, Adeyemi C, O’Buckley SC, Nackley AG.
Pain. 2020 Feb;161(2):446-458.