She received her master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Baylor University and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In July 2015, Dr. Shen joined the Division as Assistant Professor of Psychology in Medicine in the Center for Research on End-of-Life Care at Weill Cornell Medicine. Her research examines the cultural, religious and social (e.g., stigma) influences on communication between patients, family members and providers. Additionally, she develops and evaluates interventions designed to improve communication as well as patients’ decision-making, end-of-life care and psychosocial outcomes. Much of Dr. Shen’s work focuses specifically on addressing health disparities in end-of-life care.