Maddie Fung (she/her) M.A., is currently a fourth-year PhD student in developmental psychology at the Institute of Child Development and a LEAH predoctoral fellow. She received her B.S. in biology from Creighton University (in Omaha, NE) and completed a post baccalaureate research fellowship at the Institute for Human Neuroscience at Boys Town National Research Hospital, examining the influence of pubertal hormones on functional brain development. These research interests led her to graduate school at the University of Minnesota, where she recently received her M.A. in developmental psychology. At UMN, she has worked on research projects that examine how stress and adversity impact the body, brain, and behavior during development.
Her current research interests are in studying how different forms of stress (objective/subjective) relate to one another during adolescence, and using neuroimaging and neuroendocrine methods to examine how chronic stress in youth impacts pubertal development and mental health. Maddie is also passionate about disseminating knowledge on brain development, both by teaching at the undergraduate level and in community-based programs for middle school and high school students.