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The chief medical officer of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation has been named one of America's 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives by the trade publication Modern Healthcare.
Tina Cheng, MD, MPH, is chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and director of the Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, which received more than $300 million in research grants and contracts in the 2018 fiscal year.
She is also responsible for clinical services at the foundation, which coordinates the organization's many initiatives and programs to help address the pediatric mental health crisis, per a press release.
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