Her research focuses on improving the care for older adults with advanced kidney disease including access to palliative care, improving functional status and resilience. She received her B.A. in Women’s Studies at Tufts University, M.Sc. in Physiology and Biophysics and M.D. from Georgetown University and Ph.D. in Clinical and Translational Science at the University of Vermont. Dr. Cheung completed her residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine, and Nephrology Fellowship at Stanford University. During this Career Development Award she will determine the feasibility of telemedicine facilitated palliative care consults in rural dialysis patient, characterize the content and processes related to quality of communication and benchmark the health service utilization related to these consults.