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Amy Cheung, a third-year Psychiatry Resident at Yale School of Medicine, grew up in Long Island, New York. She completed her undergraduate studies at Stony Brook University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree and conducted an honors thesis on taste processing in the gustatory cortex. She went on to earn her MD/PhD from UMass Chan Medical School, focusing her thesis work on understanding the role of the synaptic protein neurexin in serotonin signaling, supported by an F30 fellowship from the National Institute of Mental Health. Amy is actively involved in community engagement through her role as a co-founder of UMass Mind's Community Intervention Program, working with individuals with serious mental illness and collaborating with various local mental health organizations and academic institutions. She co-developed the Food4Thought nutrition program, which promotes creative expression among individuals facing serious mental illness or substance use disorders. Committed to public psychiatry and stigma reduction, Amy takes part in several interest groups and committees aimed at enhancing mental health advocacy and education at Yale. In her spare time, she enjoys food, staying active, and spending quality time with friends and family.
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