Rowena
Ng
,
PhD
1750 E. Fairmount Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21231
United States
About
Dr. Rowena Ng joined the Center for Neuropsychological and Psychological Assessment (CNaP) at Kennedy Krieger Institute as a pediatric neuropsychologist in 2019. She is also an associate professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (JHUSOM). Dr. Ng is a licensed psychologist in Maryland and provides assessment services for children and adolescents with genetic conditions, post-COVID conditions, and comorbid psychiatric and medical histories, primarily through the Congenital/Genetic Clinic.
Education
Dr. Ng received an undergraduate degree at University of California, San Diego, and a doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, where she also served as an undergraduate course instructor in child and adolescent psychology. She completed an internship with an emphasis in pediatric neuropsychology at the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, and a fellowship in clinical neuropsychology with lifespan training at the University of Michigan – VA Ann Arbor Postdoctoral Training Consortium.
Research
Dr. Ng's research interests include investigating social-affective and -cognitive development associated with rare epigenetic disorders, identifying epigenetic regulatory mechanisms that may underpin specific neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., intellectual disability, language disorder, etc.) and identifying potential outcome measures in the designing of clinical trials for rare conditions. She has extensive experience integrating interdisciplinary methods, including standardized neuropsychological testing, laboratory designed behavioral tasks, neurobiological assays and imaging studies, in her research. She has been funded by many private foundations for her work in rare diseases. Dr. Ng is involved in multiple clinical advisory boards for rare conditions, invited as a clinician expert for several clinical guidelines consensus groups for rare diseases and post-COVID conditions, and research mentorship of the next generation of academic scholars. Outside of her current appointments at Kennedy Krieger Institute and JHUSOM, she has been involved in many leadership roles of prominent neuropsychology organizations including Asian Neuropsychological Association, APA's Society of Clinical Neuropsychology, and Cultural Neuropsychology Council.