Dr. Zheng is a postdoctoral scholar at UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her research interest has developed around profiling developmental heterogeneity in autism and identifying novel treatment targets to promote treatment individualization, with a focus on mental health. Dr. Zheng currently leads a longitudinal study with a cohort of SPARK young adults with autism to examine the effects of depression services and life circumstances on depressive symptoms over time. Besides her research efforts, she is also a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) and has been an active member of the UCSF Center for ASD and NDDs clinic team.
