Cory K. Chen, PhD
Director of the VISN 2/NYH Clinical Resource Hub Psychology Section - Manhattan Campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System
Director of the Psychotherapy Research and Development Program - New York University
Associate Clinical Professor - Department of Psychiatry at New York University
Dr. Cory K. Chen is the Director of the VISN 2/NYH Clinical Resource Hub Psychology Section based at the Manhattan Campus of the VA New York Harbor Healthcare System. Dr. Chen is also Director of the Psychotherapy Research and Development Program and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at New York University. He completed his undergraduate training in Psychology with a certificate in Neuroscience and Public Policy with a concentration in Health Policy at Duke University. Dr. Chen earned his doctorate from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill where he was awarded the Martin S. Wallach Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Candidate. He completed his clinical internship at NYU/Bellevue Hospital.
Dr. Chen is heavily involved in the training of students in the delivery of psychotherapy and provides seminars and supervision to psychology externs, interns, and postdoctoral fellows, psychiatry residents, and social work trainees. He was the recipient of the 2016 Robert Cancro Award for Excellence in Teaching from the NYU Psychiatry Residency Program. Dr. Chen is also the recipient of multiple awards and fellowships for his research including a Howard Hughes Research Fellowship, Gable Fellowship, APA Minority Summer Fellowship, NIH/NIA Carolina Program in Healthcare and Aging Research Fellowship, and an NIH OBSSR Summer Institute Fellowship.
He is also the recipient of a VA Health Services Research and Development (VA HSR&D) Career Development Award. His research and program development work has been funded by the NIH/NIA, VA Office of Geriatrics and Extended Care, VA HSR&D, VA Office of Rural Health, American Psychoanalytic Association, International Psychoanalytic Association, Weill Cornell Medicine Clinical and Translational Science Center, and the NYU Program for Medical Education Innovations and Research. Dr. Chen’s psychotherapy research focuses on studying and developing new interventions and approaches to help difficult to reach patients.
His current research attempt to understand factors associated with psychotherapy treatment non-response as well as develop and pilot new treatments for non-responders. He has multiple ongoing studies focused on family caregivers of individuals with dementia, Veterans with depression, and Veterans with PTSD. He also conducts research and quality improvement work on the structure, process, and outcome of tele-psychotherapy services.