Cindy Leung

Biography

Education and Training

• BA, Molecular and Cell Biology, English
  University of California, Berkeley
• MPH, Public Health Nutrition
  University of California, Berkeley
• ScD, Nutrition, Epidemiology
  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Awards and Honors

• Excellence in Nutrition Fellow, 2025
  American Society for Nutrition
• Student Mentoring Award, 2025
  Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Publications

• A Path Forward for Strengthening SNAP Nutrition Policy-Making the US Healthy Again.

  Leung CW, Wolfson JA. JAMA Health Forum 2025 May 02

  PMID: 40377929

• The Association between Medical Debt and Food Insecurity among United States Families with Children.

  Treffeisen ER, Aziz-Bose R, Gundewar AU, Hammad NM, Leung CW. J Pediatr 2025 Apr 30

  PMID: 40315955

• Implications of Recent Federal Actions on Food Assistance Programs.

  Bleich SN, Leung CW, Hamad R. JAMA Health Forum 2025 Apr 04

  PMID: 40208612

• Food Insecurity Is Increasing and Is More Common Among Persons with Chronic Liver Disease.

  Leung CW, Tapper EB. Dig Dis Sci 2025

  PMID: 39984787

• Understanding the Reasons Why Patients With Food Insecurity Decline Social Assistance at a Large Academic Medical Center.

  Connelley A, Young A, Lee JT, Miller M, Spring E, Hao W, Wolfson JA, Cohen AJ, Patel MR, Leung CW. AJPM Focus 2025

  PMID: 40124261