Research Ambassadors
Madison Zeng ’27
Email me at: mzeng7@u.rochester.edu
Discipline(s) of Research
- Social sciences
Major(s) and Minor(s)
- B.A. in Health, Behavior, and Society
- B.A. in Psychology with Research Honors
- Minor in General Writing Studies
- Minor in Ethics in Philosophy
- Minor in Medical Anthropology
Areas of Interest/Research Focus
As an emerging scientist-practitioner, public health advocate, and community leader, I am dedicated to advancing mental health equity, culturally competent care, and health justice, with academic and research interests in youth behavioral health, abnormal psychopathology, and the psychosocial drivers of health outcomes.
Engagements:
NOURISHED Lab: University of Rochester School of Nursing
Nicotine and Tobacco Research Core: University of Rochester Medicine
Le Lab: University of Rochester
Kronk Research Group: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Areas where I may be particularly helpful
I am capable of conducting peer reviews and offering critical appraisals to students who could use feedback on their written drafts. Moreover, I can offer perspectives on literature and systematic reviews, along with the methodologies of analysis and extraction from empirical research.
It might also be beneficial to note that I am a participant in the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, and actively pursuing honors research and my senior thesis.
What advice do you have for prospective or new researchers?
As a proud first-generation college student and woman of color: the first in my family to pursue higher education and a health-oriented career, I understand firsthand how access shapes who gets to become a scholar. I entered college without prior research experience and have since forged my own path, growing as a researcher through meaningful contributions to diverse investigations and developing interdisciplinary experience across multiple fields. I would emphasize to emerging researchers that research is an incremental process that unfolds in stages, and that moments of critical refinement are not setbacks, but a natural and essential part of the journey toward meaningful scholarship.