 Chung directs clinical research at the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative and leads both the Simons Foundation Powering Research through Knowledge (SPARK); which is seeking to create a group of 50,000 individuals with Autism who are to contribute data in the form of saliva, medical, and behavioral information, and the Simons Variation in Individuals Project (now known as Simons Searchlight) in which individuals with a variation in a specific segment of their genetic makeup that increases their risk of autism are identified and studied through various tests and neuroimaging to identify new profiles which may be shared by these individuals.In these endeavors, Chung works to manage research programs, evaluate new treatments and medications, and develop novel outcome measures for evaluation of the new treatments.Furthermore, she seeks to identify gene associations with autism and the specific clinical features which may characterize particular gene associations.