Associate Research Scientist, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute for Prevention Science, Child Study Center, School of Medicine

Keng-Yen Huang, Ph.D., is an Associate Research Scientist in the Institute for Prevention Science at the NYU Child Study Center. At the Center, Dr. Huang works with the Building Blocks, a study focusing on Early Primary Prevention of Conduct Problems; and ParentCorps, a program designed to increase parenting skills, prevent conduct problems and promote social competence for low-income families of at-risk preschoolers. Dr. Huang's research interests include pathways of normal and abnormal socio-emotional development in ethnically diverse children and developing culturally sensitive strategies to promote children's mental health. Dr. Huang recently received a grant from the Center for the Study of Asian American Health at New York University to explore anxiety and depression in Asian American, African-American, Latino and Caucasian youth.

Dr. Huang received her B.S. in Psychology from Kaohsiung Medical College in Taiwan and her M.A. in Psychology from West Texas A & M University. She received her Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

Prior to joining the NYU Child Study Center, Dr. Huang was a Senior Research Assistant in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences at the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Dr. Huang is a member of the Society for Research in Child Development, the American Psychological Association, and the Society for Prevention Research.