United States Air Force Academy

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Mr. Howard Fung

Research Assistant

Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership

Contact Information

(719) 333-0332

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Education

Trinity College, Hartford (2021-2025)

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, U.S. Air Force Academy (2026-present)

Clinical Research Coordinator, Yale School of Medicine (2025-2026)

Research and Scholarly Interests

Effects of exercise on cognitive function and neuroplasticity (2024-present)

Behavioral addiction interventions (2024-present)

Mechanisms and interventions for disordered eating behaviors (2023-present)

Publications

Fung, H. L., Lowe, K., & Chin, B. N. (2025). Loneliness and insomnia in a representative sample of United States adults: investigating the effects of age, sex, and depression. Cogent Psychology, 12(1), 2510738.

Eng, C. M., Niemi, S. R., Fung, H. L., Li, R., Wetzstein, G., & Reiss, A. L. (2025, October). Inside the immersive mind: Brain activity during dynamic VR interaction using mobile neuroimaging. In 2025 IEEE International Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV) (pp. 90-94). IEEE.

Eng, C. M., Vargas, R. J., Fung, H. L., Niemi, S. R., Pocsai, M., Fisher, A. V., & Thiessen, E. D. (2025). Prefrontal cortex intrinsic functional connectivity and executive function in early childhood and early adulthood using fNIRS. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 74, 101570.