{"id":22399,"date":"2024-08-26T16:53:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T20:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=22399"},"modified":"2025-06-09T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:06:13","slug":"chen-cao-cas14-sph16","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/profile\/chen-cao-cas14-sph16\/","title":{"rendered":"Chen Cao (CAS&#8217;14, SPH&#8217;16)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">As the lead for emerging technologies and solutions, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">Chen <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">is spearheading the exploration of artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and other digital solutions across Mass General Brigham<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">His<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">expertise<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> lies at the intersection of technology, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">health and equity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">, and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">digital <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">innovation. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">Chen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> works closely with clinicians, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">researchers<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">trainees, and hospital<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> staff to address challenges and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">strategic needs, while<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">leveraging<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> an array of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> technology<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"> solutions to solve these pain points.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">A dual-degree graduate of Boston University, Chen received his Master of Public Health in Global Health and Bachelor of Arts in Biology. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">Prior to his role at Mass General Brigham, he has worked at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, as well as projects <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">with the World Health Organization (WHO), Health Action International (HAI), and the Ministry of Health of Kenya<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW167210084 BCX4\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW167210084 BCX4\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23730,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22399"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26327,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/22399\/revisions\/26327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}