Christabel K. Cheung, PhD, MSW is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Member of the University of Maryland Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research focuses on the psychosocial issues of cancer survivorship among adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer patients (diagnosed between ages 15-39 years) in the domains of disparities and social determinants of health, financial hardship and disability, antiracist and gender-affirming patient engagement, and embodied research methods – a qualitative approach that she has developed for the social sciences and medicine. Dr. Cheung serves as affiliated faculty with various research institutions, including AYA CARE at Michigan Medicine, MELD Research Group for the Southern California Cancer Surveillance Program, the STRONG Adolescent and Young Adult Core Outcomes Set Study at The Netherlands Cancer Institute, and is collaborating member at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. She contributes as teaching faculty for the NCI-funded Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research and Nathan Schnaper Internship Program in Translational Cancer Research. She has also served as AYA Patient Research Advocate for the SWOG Cancer Research Network, funded by the NCI to design and implement cancer clinical trials. As an embodied BIPOC AYA patient scientist and two-time cancer survivor in her young adult years, Dr. Cheung is recognized for writing one of the first cancer blogs advocating for racially minoritized young adult patients, JadeGangster.com.