Isabel Chen

Isabel Chen (she/her/hers), MD MPH, is the Program Director of the Social Mission Metrics Initiative. She joined the Social Mission Alliance as a medical student and served in various roles from leading the learner community (“Young Beyond Flexnerians”) and conference planning, to leading Communications and serving as a Board member. She also serves an Associate Professor Health Systems Science at the Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine where her work is grounded in improving the humanitarian potential of healthcare through education, research, and advocacy initiatives that improve health equity. She is designing innovative curriculum on systems thinking, community engagement, and service-learning. She is the Co-Course Director for Service-Learning, which strives to train future practitioners who are committed to the empowerment of communities through advocacy and organizing. She completed her Family Medicine residency training at Kaiser Permanente where she was Chief of Social Mission & Advocacy. Dr. Chen is Board Certified in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine.