Academic Appointments

2023-Present | Lecturer

MS in Narrative Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA

2019-2023 | Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Manuscripts in Preparation

Chou, J.C. & Liu, G.Z. Working With/In Diaspora: Lessons from Starting the First Interpersonal Group for AAPI Patients at McLean Hospital Amidst Rising Anti-Asian Violence.

Kim, K.H. & Chou, J.C. Structural Factors Influencing Asian, Pacific Islander, Desi American University Mental Health: A Narrative Review.

Wright, E., Llobrera, K.G., Chou, J.C., Schaff, P.B. (Ed.) Diverse Voices on Illness, Healing, and the Human Condition: A Narrative Medicine Anthology.

Book Chapters

Chou, J.C., Outlaw, J.K., Forcier, M. Gender Identity – Transgender and Gender Diverse Persons. In F.F. Ferri (Ed.), Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2024. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Gold, R. & Chou, J.C. (2022). Insomnia. In F.F. Ferri (Ed.), Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2023. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Journal Publications

Chou, J.C., Li, J.J., Chau, B.T., Walker, T.V.L., Lam, B.D., et al. (2021). A Value-Added Health Systems Science Intervention Based on My Life, My Story for Patients Living with HIV and Medical Students: Translating Narrative Medicine from Classroom to Clinic. Journal of Medical Humanities, 42(4), 659-678.

Chou, J.C., Schepel, I.R.M., Vo, A., Kapetanovic, S., Schaff, P.B. (2021). Patient Co-Participation in Narrative Medicine Curricula as a Means of Engaging Patients as Partners in Healthcare: A Pilot Study Involving Medical Students and Patients Living with HIV. Journal of Medical Humanities, 42(4), 641-657.

Chou, J.C. & Schepel, I.R.M. (2019). The Classroom as Clinical Laboratory: Reflections on Community-Based Participatory Narrative Medicine. American Evaluation Association 365 Blog.

Invited Speaker Engagements

Chou, J.C. (2024, November). Community, Culture, and Care: A Narrative Medicine Workshop. Workshop at the MC^2 Multicultural Conference, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Endicott House, Dedham, MA.

Chou, J.C. (2024, July). A Crisis in Academia: Let’s Talk About Mental Health. Oral presentation at the TESS Science Conference III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Chou, J.C. (2023, November). It’s Okay to Not Be Okay. Guest speaker at Mental Health in Times of Crisis seminar. Event hosted by MIT Muslim Chaplain to the Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Chou, J.C. (2023, November). Mental Health, Culture, and Racial Justice. Guest speaker at Culture and Wellbeing Workshop. Event co-hosted by MIT Asian American Initiative and MIT Undergraduate Association Wellness Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Chou, J.C., Khan, S., Lee, J., Su, G., Zhen, S., Yasumura, N. (2023, November). Expert Panel. Asian Mental Health Career Day, William James College, Cambridge, MA.

Chou, J.C. (2023, October). Dismantling Imposter Phenomenon. Guest speaker at Graduate First-Generation Low-Income at MIT (GFLI@MIT) meeting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA.

Chou, J.C. (2023, May). Narrative Medicine: A Model for Humanizing Healthcare in the 21st Century. Plenary address at the Keck School of Medicine Narrative Medicine Workshop: A Return to the Heart of Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA.

Chou, J.C. (2023, February). Translating Narrative Medicine: Collaboration, Adaptation, and Innovation. Volvox Alumni Speaker Series, Columbia University Division of Narrative Medicine, New York, NY.

Chou, J.C. & Liu, G.Z. (2022, May). Re-Framing Racial Trauma: Lessons from Starting the First Psychotherapy Group for AAPI at McLean Hospital Amidst Rising Anti-Asian Violence. “Perspectives on Trauma” Lecture Series, Belmont, MA.

Chou, J.C. & Liu, G.Z. (2022, April). Listening to Our “Minor Feelings”: Cultivating Emotional Reflection and Expression as AAPI. Oral presentation at the Asian American Footsteps Conference, Southborough, MA.

Selected Conference Presentations

Chou, J.C. & Liu, G.Z. (2023, April). Working With/In Diaspora: Lessons from Starting the First Interpersonal Group for AAPI Patients at McLean Hospital Amidst Rising Anti-Asian Violence. Oral presentation at the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture 2023 Conference, San Diego, CA.

Chou, J.C. & El Halabi, S. (2022, June). The Therapeutic, the Affective, and the Transformative: The Inaugural Year of the Narrative x Psychiatry SIG. Oral presentation at the 2nd Annual Narrative Medicine Alumnx ExCHANGE, New York, NY.

Chou, J.C., Sontan, O., Lanphier, E. (2021, June). The Future of Narrative Medicine. Oral presentation at the Inaugural Narrative Medicine Alumnx ExCHANGE, New York, NY.

Chou, J.C. (2020, October). Developing a Sustainable Community Partnership for Narrative Medicine Innovation and Practice in Los Angeles Using a Service Design Approach. Oral presentation at the International Health Humanities Consortium Conference, Tokyo, Japan.

Li, J., Chau, B., Chou, J.C. (2020, October). Development of a Protocol for Incorporating Patients’ Life Narratives into the Electronic Health Record. Oral presentation at The Patient and The Practitioner in the Age of Technology: Promoting Healing Relationships Webinar Series, Providence, RI.

Chou, J.C., Lam, B.D., Ngo, J., Walker, T.V.L. (2017, November). Humanizing the Electronic Health Record: The Healthcare Impact of Integrating Patients’ Life Narratives into the EHR. Poster presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA.

Chou, J.C. & Schepel, I.R.M. (2017, October). Personal Narrative Writing Workshops for Medical Students and Patients with HIV: Narrative Medicine in the Post-HAART Era. Oral presentation at the International Congress on Whole Person Care, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

Chou, J.C. (2016, November). Towards a New Narrative Medicine Workshop: Using Nonfiction Writing Workshops to Foster Intersubjectivity Between Patients and Physicians-in-Training. Oral presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.