Amy Cheung

Amy was born and raised on Long Island, New York and graduated from Stony Brook University where she completed an honors thesis on taste processing in the gustatory cortex. She finished her MD/PhD at UMass Chan Medical School where her thesis work on understanding the role of the synaptic protein neurexin in serotonin signaling was supported by an F30 fellowship through the National Institute of Mental Health. Amy co-founded UMass Mind’s Community Intervention Program to work alongside community members with serious mental illness, local mental health organizations, and academic institutions. She co-developed the Food4Thought nutrition program and promoted creative expression for those living with serious mental illness and substance use disorders through arts-based programs.

As a fourth-year psychiatry resident at Yale, Amy is continuing her passion for public psychiatry, community-academic partnerships, medical education, and stigma reduction as a Public Psychiatry Fellow. She is part of the Public Psychiatry and Clinician Educator Distinction Tracks and a member of the Serotonin House in the residency program. She has co-led the Public Psychiatry, Mental Health Advocacy at Yale, and Lifestyle Psychiatry Resident Interest Groups in an effort to advocate for a healthier New Haven. She is one of the resident representatives on the Medical Student Education Committee and previously served as the Director of Communications in the Psychiatry Residents' Association. In the Yale Resident Fellow Senate, she took on the inaugural role of VP of Wellbeing to collaboratively improve the landscape of wellness for residents and fellows across the institution. Outside of work, Amy enjoys all things food, staying active, and spending time with friends and family.