Chi is a researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet). She is a statistician and R programmer at Sykdomspulsen, a real-time analysis and public health surveillance system.

Chi has recently earned her PhD at University of Oslo. Her thesis is Representation and utilization of hospital Electronic Health Records data.

Chi also has a 20% position as a statistical advisor at the Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology (OCBE).