Hoki Fung

Computational researcher · AI/ML · Neuroscience & health

PhD candidate in computational neuroscience at UCLA with over a decade of experience spanning psychology, neuroimaging, data science, and AI, with a focus on brain health and neuropsychiatric conditions. My work bridges research and implementation, from developing neuroimaging pipelines to building applied AI tools and translating scientific findings into practice. I’ve worked across academic, clinical, and startup settings in the US, UK, and Singapore. I’m especially drawn to challenging problems with meaningful real-world impact at the intersection of AI and health. If that resonates, let’s connect.

Hoki Fung
PhD Neuroscience — UCLA
MComp AI — NUS
MRes Cog Neuro — UCL
BA Psychology — UC Berkeley
Los Angeles, CA
Experience Projects Publications CV
Applied ML/DL Computational neuroscience Agentic AI & LLMs Human neuroimaging Python · R · MATLAB Multimodal data Mental health & psychiatry AI × health Reward & decision-making

Selected Projects

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Cerebellar phenotypes in 22q11.2 CNVs

2023–present
Research In progress

Multimodal neuroimaging study characterizing cerebellar structural and functional phenotypes in individuals with 22q11.2 copy number variants, a leading genetic risk factor for schizophrenia.

sMRIfMRIDWIGLMPLSCmachine learningHPCSingularityBashPythonRMATLAB

Neuroimaging biomarkers of treatment response in anhedonia

2021–2025
Research Published

Neuroimaging biomarker study identifying individualized fMRI signatures of treatment response in transdiagnostic anhedonia (FAST-MAS clinical trial, N=64); published in Neuropsychopharmacology (2025).

fMRIindividualized parcellationclinical trialprecision psychiatryPythonR

LitCurio

2026–present
Engineering In development

AI-powered daily research digest. Users customize topic alerts and receive AI-summarised briefings by email, daily or weekly.

PythonLLMsmulti-source APIsautomated email deliveryweb app

Research Lab Workflow Automation

2025
Engineering Built

No-code pipeline that captures papers shared in Slack in real time and routes them to a structured Notion database with auto-tagging and summaries.

Make.comZapierNotion APISlack APIworkflow automation

Recent Roles

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UCLA · Bearden Lab PhD Candidate · Graduate Student Researcher
2022–present Research
Vibe Science Science Consultant
2025–present Industry
Harvard Medical School · MGH Graduate Research Intern — Neuropsychiatry
2021–2025 Research
Datature Applied ML Specialist — Medical Imaging
2022–2024 Industry
Neuroglee Therapeutics Applied Research Scientist
2021–2022 Industry

Recent Publications

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2026

Convergent and Divergent Cerebellar Alterations in 22q11.2 Copy Number Variants

Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

2026

Gene dosage effects of 22q11.2 copy number variants on in-vivo measures of white matter axonal density and dispersion

Molecular Psychiatry

2025

Selective KOR antagonist alters functional patch sizes in individualized brain systems: Results from the Fast-fail Trial in Mood and Anxiety Spectrum Disorders (FAST-MAS)

Neuropsychopharmacology