Dr. Yimin Chen is a human milk researcher with 15 years of clinical experience. She investigates the effects of human milk immunomodulatory components on the infant's gastrointestinal and systemic immune response. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago, in 2017 and got her M.S. from Rush University, in 2005. She was an Adjunct Faculty in Rush University, College of Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Nutrition from 2017 to 2018. She has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Idaho, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Margaret Ritchie School of Family and Consumer Sciences since 2019. Her Research Interests include human milk immunomodulatory components, preterm infants, gastrointestinal integrity and immunity, and gut barrier function.
