Cindy Huang is an academic expert in racial/ethnic minority youth mental health, immigrant youth and families, culturally responsive prevention interventions and cultural risk and protective factors. Her research focuses on understanding how cultural factors in parenting affects development and mental health outcomes, including anxiety, depression, and suicidality. Huang’s current research focuses on the prevention of mental health problems among immigrant youth and families. This work includes examining cultural factors (such as immigration status, parenting behaviors/practices, and parent beliefs and values) and their influence on youth mental health outcomes and family functioning in immigrant families. Her research aims to decrease mental health disparities for underserved youth and families by increasing treatment engagement and utilization.
Huang is currently the principal investigator of a multi-year implementation project adapting the Family Check-Up intervention for preventing suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Asian American adolescents in New York City. Funded by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, this project collaborates with a community-based approach to ensure the intervention is adapted and implemented in a culturally informed manner.
Recent Media:
What developmental psychologists think about Inside Out’s picture of puberty (Scienceline, March 20, 2024)
New York City’s Asian American teens and kids are in crisis (New York Public Radio, Feb. 27, 2024)
This NYC teen wants therapy. Her mom isn’t so sure (Chalkbeat/Associated Press, Feb. 9, 2024)
Coping, racial discrimination, and psychological distress among Asian American parents (The Counseling Psychologist Podcast Series, Nov. 16, 2023)
Why your toddler’s “No!” phase is so important and how to survive it (Today’s Parent, July 12, 2021)
School closures can be hard on children and adults. Here’s how to help ease the transition (Chalkbeat, Nov. 18, 2020)
Ohio high school plans to drug-test all students at least once a year (New York Times, Nov. 16, 2019)