She is an Associate Investigator of the School of Medicine’s Long-Term Career Outcome Study (LTCOS). Dr. Dong completed her PhD in educational psychology in 2009 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), with a focus on cognitive science of teaching and learning. She also specializes in quantitative methodologies for education, holding a Master’s degree in applied statistics (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign). Dr. Dong has published her work in a variety of peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.