You (Lily) Cheng

You (Lily) Cheng

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Harvard Medical School

Dr. You (Lilian) Cheng is a neuroscientist, data scientist, and science communicator. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow in Data Science at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding different stages of dementia from multimodal data (e.g., electronic health record, MRI, blood plasma, etc.) using deep-learning methods. She is pursuing a career that both leverages brain science towards the advancement of artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence towards a greater understanding of the human brain. Outside of research, she is passionate about improving public understanding of neuroscience with science communication as well as advocating for social good with her data science skill. Dr. Cheng joined the Faculty Job Market Collaboration as a volunteer in October 2022.

Interests
  • Dementia
  • Spatial neuroscience
  • Machine learning
  • Big data
  • Sex differences
Education
  • PhD in Cognitive Sciences, 2022

    University of California, Irvine

  • MS in Cognitive Neuroscience, 2020

    University of California, Irvine

  • MA in Geography, 2020

    University of California, Santa Barba

  • BS in Psychology, 2014

    South China Normal University