Theresa Cheng
Research Scholar at Stanford University
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolTheresa Cheng, Ph.D., is a developmental cognitive neuroscientist and research scholar with nine years of interdisciplinary experience bridging psychology, neuroscience, education, and public health. Her work focuses on how childhood adversity shapes brain and body development to influence youth mental health, leading multi-institutional projects and mentoring trainees across methods from MRI to R-based data analysis. A credentialed science teacher and award-winning instructor, she translates rigorous research into classroom-ready programming and policy-relevant outreach, particularly within schools and clinical settings. Theresa has a track record of securing substantial funding and publishing extensively on adolescent brain development while also organizing training and advocacy efforts that center equity in science. Unusually for an academic, she pairs deep bench science with grassroots organizing experience—having helped unionize non-tenure-track researchers—bringing both systems-level and hands-on perspectives to translational challenges. Based in Los Angeles, she combines classroom pedagogy with lab leadership to advance actionable solutions for youth wellbeing.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Developmental and Child Psychology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Developmental and Child Psychology at University of OregonBS/BA Biological Sciences and Philosophy (dual major), BS/BA Biological Sciences and Philosophy (dual major) at California State University, Los AnglesEdM Mind Brain and Education, EdM Mind Brain and Education at Harvard Graduate School of EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese, Spanish
Github Skills (22)
decision-making7
knitr7
kableextra7
kable7
latex6
pipe6
rmarkdown5
python5
mental-health4
health4
html4
qualtrics3
machine-learning2
rails2
react2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dsnlab/TAG_scripts
Mar 2018 - Aug 2024
Scripts for processing and analyzing the TAG study: Puberty, neural systems for social processes, and early adolescent mental health: A longitudinal neuroimaging study.
Contributions:1 PR, 75 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years 6 months
analyzingmental-healthneuroimagingpythonmental
theresacheng/ctq_to_aces_shiny
Jun 2018 - Jan 2023
Contributions:10 pushes in 4 years 7 months
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