A new study based on data from nearly 1,000 young people, ages 9-13, suggests how the amount of time spent on screens each day—TVs, computers, mobile phones, videogames—impacts depression risk at age 13. More specifically, the study relates screen use to sleep patterns and the structure of the brain’s white matter.
Assistant Professor, Institute of Behavioral Science
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
2022, 2019 Young Investigator Grant
Sunny X. Tang, MD, is an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Feinstein Institutes and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. Dr. Tang is a board-certified psychiatrist and conducts cutting-edge research on psychosis, language and social processing. She received her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in biology from Harvard College with a certificate in Mind, Brain, and Behavior. She received her medical degree, cum laude, from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine with distinction in research, and completed a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship during medical school. Dr. Tang then underwent psychiatry residency training at the University of Pennsylvania, where she received a Certificate of Excellence in Research and the Outstanding Resident Award. She also completed a T32 postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania before joining Northwell Health.
Friday, October 24, 2025
6:30PM EDT - Cocktails
7:30PM EDT - Dinner
The Pierre
2 East 61st Street, New York City, 10065
Ticket Information
Tickets for this event will be available for purchase in September 2025.
The evening includes a presentation of the Pardes Humanitarian Prize in Mental Health and the Outstanding Achievement Prizewinners.
