Rui Fu, PhD is is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Research Scholar at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Violence Prevention. Dr. Fu's research centers on the profound impact of diversity in racial-ethnic background, immigration and migration status, and life experience on child and youth development. 

She particularly focuses on how bias-based experiences (e.g., microaggressions, bias-based bullying) shape youth's and young adults' behaviors and functioning in the social, psychological, scholastic, and workplace performance domains, with the ultimate goal of enhancing their well-being. Dr. Fu is on the faculty in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program at CHOP, where she teaches research courses to an interdisciplinary group of fellows. Dr. Fu is also an assistant professor in the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania.