Dr Rachael Cheung

Rachael is a child development researcher and quantitative epidemiologist at BiB. She leads research projects that examine the influence of COVID-19 and austerity on educational, mental, and physical child development (Co-Investigator, BiBBS ACHIEVE cohort), the health impacts of indoor air pollution and housing quality (INGENIOUS), and the effects of the urban environment or ‘exposome’ on family health (Healthy Urban Places). She has a background in medicine (University of Manchester), and worked as a clinical doctor across Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Emergency Medicine before completing her PhD in Infant and Child Psychology funded by the Leverhulme Trust. She has additional experience in neuroimaging, longitudinal cohort research, behavioural experiments, behavioural genetics, and medical law, all with a focus on improving child outcomes.