Tammy Chung

Tammy Chung is a Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Center for Population Behavioral Health at Rutgers University. Her research focuses on adolescent and young adult substance use, including assessment, clinical course, and intervention strategies. She also investigates racial disparities in risk for substance use and sexually transmitted infections/HIV, leveraging longitudinal data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study (N=2450).

• Education: PhD in Clinical Psychology from Rutgers (1998)
• Postdoctoral training at Brown University and University of Pittsburgh
• Previously held a Professor position at the University of Pittsburgh before joining Rutgers

Current projects include evaluating mobile technology for substance use interventions and addressing health disparities in marginalized populations. Her work integrates clinical and epidemiological approaches to behavioral health challenges.