Bridging Clinical Neuroscience, Public Health, Arts & Humanities through technology and innovative research
MARY LIHONG PENG
"My job is to discover life and then give all of myself to the joy, thrill, and weight of living. As a scholar, a student, an inhabitant of earth, a citizen of the world, I ought to be a loud voice for the quiet hearts through discoveries and compassion."
PRIMARY RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Biomarkers of neurodegeneration (focusing on ocular conditions, neurotransmitters and brain waves)
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Mapping brain waves of patients with neurodegeneration through machine learning
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Possible brainwave interference on neurotransmitter release through light, color, sound perception
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Application of digital art and immersive art in clinical diagnosis and treatment of neurological conditions
SELECTED EXPERIENCES
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Health Informatics x Digital Health Researcher at Yale Center for Medical Informatics (2022)
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Artistic Creator for the Humanities, Arts and Public Health Practice at Yale (HAPPY) (2022)
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mHealth Researcher at Frederick Altice’s Lab working on AI-powered HIV-prevention chatbot for GBMSM in Malaysia (2021-Present)
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First-authored paper "Formative Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Chatbots among Men Who Have Sex with Men to Promote HIV Testing and Prevention in Malaysia: A Qualitative Analysis" to be presented at the 24th International AIDS Conference and the Asia-Pacific AIDS & Co-infections Conference 2022
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Medical Cost-effectiveness Researcher at Yale School of Medicine, conducting cost-effectiveness analysis of total hysterectomy with sacrocolpopexy versus supracervical hysterectomy with sacrocervicopexy (2021)
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Researcher at Yale Center for Methods in Implementation and Prevention Science working on Implementation Science x qualitative research methodologies scoping review (2021-Present)
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Art Exhibition at the Yale School of Public Health (since 2021)
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Retrofuturist art creator (since 2021) | portfolio
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Mindfulness-driven graphic designer (since 2021) | portfolio
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Communication and Marketing Executive Director for Yale Healthcare Conference 2022: Humanizing Healthcare Through Patient-Centered Innovations
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Telehealth Researcher at University of Virginia School of Medicine with research project "patient acceptability of telepsychiatry during COVID-19" presented at the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center Summit 2021 (2020-2021)
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Site feasibility consultant at Yale Center for Clinical Investigation focusing on oncology, psychiatry, neurology clinical trial site selection and feasibility assessment (2022)
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Service Consultant at CT Hospice focusing on General Inpatient (GIP) Care Utilization, Coordination & Documentation guidelines
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Jefferson Trust Grant Pandemic Program's Social Emotional Learning Cataloger and Digital Support where I designed the COVID-19 Pandemic Education and Support: Children’s Book Digital Guide of 120 books to address issues of loss, trauma, and anxiety due to the Pandemic (2021)
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Special Need Childcare Program Developer at Crystal Bird Mental Rehabilitation Center, Xi’an, China (2018)
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Peer Health Educator and Child Protection Campaign Director at Mary Faith Rescue Center, Nairobi, Kenya (2015)
