MEET MEGAN SHEN
Helping individuals get to the “other side” of pain and challenges by finding hope and resilience.
About Me
Megan Shen is a social psychologist, researcher, author, and speaker devoted to helping individuals, teams, and organizations find hope, resilience, and meaning amidst the many challenges they face in life.
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Meet Megan
Dr. Megan Shen is a social psychologist, research professor, author, and keynote speaker. Her writing, research, and speaking focus on how we can find hope and resilience amidst sorrow, pain, and challenges.
Shen earned her Ph.D. from Baylor University in 2012. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in 2015. Following, that she was an Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City (2015-2021). Currently, she is an Associate Professor at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, where she focuses on her research program on the topics of how to cope with and plan for advanced illness and ultimately, end of life. She also devotes her time to writing and speaking on topics of resilience, hope, grief, and burnout.
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Megan Shen's work shines brightly in the media, where her insightful contributions garner widespread attention. Explore a carefully curated selection of media highlights that showcase Megan's expertise and thought leadership.
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In the Media
Megan Shen's work shines brightly in the media, where her insightful contributions garner widespread attention. Explore a carefully curated selection of media highlights that showcase Megan's expertise and thought leadership.
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Videos and Presentations
Videos and Presentations
How to fight against burnout and build hopeful and resilient organizations by embracing challenges, grief, and loss.
Geekwire Summit, October 6, 2022
Grief and loss are universally experienced among all of us, yet most businesses don’t create infrastructure for these losses within teams or organizations. Going through the pandemic has highlighted the vast need to structure our teams and organizations in a way that allows for employees to have space for challenging realities and losses in order to create individuals and ultimately teams that thrive.