Yen is the Director for the UW ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change. As PI or co-investigator, Dr. Yen has received over $7 million in funding (18 grants) to advance women faculty in science, engineering, and mathematics; to address faculty professional development more generally; to diversify science and engineering at the faculty level; and to create a more inclusive climate in engineering. Through her national and UW campus work, she has provided professional development to hundreds of faculty, postdocs, and graduate students. An accomplished workshop facilitator, Dr. Yen has educated others and provided leadership in the field by facilitating over 100 workshops, retreats, trainings, and other events focused on diversity in science and engineering, bias, cultural change in academia, and other related topics.