Theodore Cheung, PhD
Clinical Psychologist | Neuropsychologist | Cognitive Neuroscientist
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Through his diverse and comprehensive training and experience as a clinical scientist, he has built a strong foundation of skill and knowledge that will launch his independent research program in clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience with academic productivity, funding success, and teaching excellence. His vision is to bridge the gap between bench and bedside through combining insights into the cognitive contributions to psychopathology at both a clinical and a community level and address and reduce inequity in child and adult mental wellbeing.
His research program bridges clinical psychology and cognitive neuroscience to advance the understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism and ADHD. Through a combination of innovative machine learning tools, technology-based (app, Virtual Reality [VR]) interventions, and implementation science approaches, his goal is to reduce inequities in child and adult mental wellbeing and improve adaptive functioning. He aims at conducting impactful research, training and educating scientist-practitioners in clinical psychology.
Biography
He completed his Bachelor of Social Science in Psychology in 2005 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and his Master of Science in Cognitive Neuropsychology in 2007 at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience of University College London (UCL). He completed the HKPS-accredited clinical training via the Master of Social Science in Clinical Psychology in 2010 at CUHK, and the specialty PG Dip training in paediatric clinical neuropsychology in 2015 in the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, UK. He defended his Ph.D. in Psychology specializing in Neuroscience at University of Toronto in January 2022. His dissertation work, co-supervised by Profs. Matthias Niemeier and Mark A. Schmuckler, focuses on the multisensory integration in postural control and spatial remapping of somatosensory inputs in sensorimotor planning. Currently, He was a Research Associate at the SickKids Research Institute, extending his role as the Garry Hurvitz Clinical Research Fellow at the Neurosciences & Mental Health Program at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Toronto, supervised by Psychologist Dr. Jennifer Crosbie. He was also appointed as a research associate by the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge. He has taught numerous and diverse professional seminars, courses and programs related to clinical research and practice in universities and hospitals, as well as supervising students/trainees of various levels.