Investigators

Investigators

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, PhD, MPH
baezcond@usc.edu
Distinguished Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Associate Dean for Community Initiatives
Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement

Jessica Barrington-Trimis, PhD, MS, MA
jtrimis@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Director of the Division of Health Behavior Research Early Career Faculty Development Group

Theresa Bastain, PhD, MPH
bastain@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
P50 Center Director
Program Director of ECHO

Britni Belcher, PhD, MPH
bbelcher@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
rbluthen@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Associate Dean for Social Justice

Tess Boley Cruz, PhD
tesscruz@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Carrie Breton, ScD
breton@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Rita Burke, PhD, MPH
rita.burke@med.usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences and Pediatrics

Jiu-Chiuan Chen, M.D., MPH, Sc.D.
jcchen@usc.edu
Professor of Population &
Public Health Sciences

Zhanghua Chen, PhD
zhanghuc@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Junhan Cho, PhD
junhanch@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences

Myles Cockburn, PhD
mylesc@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Director of the ACS Institutional Research Grant Program at Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

David Conti, PhD
dconti@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Victoria Cortessis, PhD
cortessi@usc.edu
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Michael Cousineau, DrPH
cousinea@usc.edu
Clinical Emeritus Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Genevieve Dunton, PhD, MPH
dunton@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences &
Psychology
Division Chief for the Division of Health Behavior Research (HBR)

Sandrah Eckel, PhD
eckel@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Tyler Evans, MD, MS, MPH
tbe_950@usc.edu
Adjunct Research Associate Professor

Shohreh Farzan, PhD
sffarzan@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Laura Ferguson, PhD
laurafer@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Erika Garcia, PhD, MPH
garc991@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Frank Gilliland, MD, MPH, PhD
gillilan@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA
gruskin@usc.edu
Director, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Professor, Population and Public Health Sciences (Keck)
Professor, Law (Gould)

Rima Habre, ScD, MSc
habre@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Ann Hamilton, PhD, MA
ahamilt@med.usc.edu
Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences

Howard Hu, MD, MPH, ScD
howard.hu@med.usc.edu
Chair and Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Flora L. Thornton Chair in Preventive Medicine

Khandaker Islam, MBBS, PhD
islam@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences

Jill Johnston, PhD
jillj@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Roksana Karim, PhD, MBBS
rkarim@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Sue Kim, PhD, MPH
sueekim@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Jeffrey Klausner, MD, MPH
jklausne@usc.edu
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Eunjung Lee, PhD
leee@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Research Population and Public Health Sciences

Adam Leventhal, PhD
adam.leventhal@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Director of the Institute for Addiction Science

Chun Li, PhD
cli77199@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Lihua Liu, PhD
lihualiu@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
Director and Principle Investigator of the Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program

Nicholas Mancuso, PhD
nmancuso@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Tyler Mason, PhD
tylermas@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Rob McConnell, MD
rmcconne@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Roberta McKean-Cowdin, PhD
mckeanco@usc.edu
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences (Educational Scholar)

Daniella Meeker, PhD
daniella.meeker@yale.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Director of Clinical Research Informatics

Kimberly Miller, PhD, MPH
millerki@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Co-Director, USC Center for Young Adult Cancer Survivorship Research

Elahe Nezami, PhD
nezami@usc.edu
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences and Medical Education (Educational Scholar)
Director, Health Promotion and Global Health Programs
Director, Global Medicine Program (MSGM)

Lawrence Palinkas, PhD
palinkas@usc.edu
Frances Lomas Feldman Chair in Social Policy and Health. Chair, Department of Children, Youth and Families Professor of Social Work, Anthropology and Population and Public Health Sciences

Maryann Pentz, PhD
pentz@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Sidney R. Garfield Chair in Health Sciences
Director, Institute for Prevention Research

Jane Steinberg, PhD, MPH
janestei@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Mariana Stern, PhD
marianas@usc.edu
Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences and Urology
the Ira Goodman Chair in Cancer Research
Associate Director for Population Science at USC NCCC

Steven Sussman, PhD, FAAHB, FAPA
ssussma@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Duncan Thomas, PhD
dthomas@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Verna R. Richter Chair in Cancer Research

Jennifer Tsui, PhD, MPH
tsuijenn@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Jennifer Unger, PhD
unger@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Associate Training Director
Director of the PhD Program in Health Behavior Research

Thomas Valente, PhD
tvalente@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

John Wilson, Ph. D.
jpwilson@usc.edu
Professor of Sociology, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Computer Science, Architecture and Population & Public Health Sciences

Melissa Wilson, PhD, MPH
melisslw@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences

Anna Wu-Williams, PhD
annawu@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

Rani Kotha, JD, MPH
rkotha@usc.edu
Senior Strategist, USC Schaeffer Center

Olivier Pernet, PhD
pernet@usc.edu
Assistant Professor of Research Pediatrics
Maternal, Child and Adolescent Center for Infectious Diseases and Virology
Keck Medicine/Department of Pediatrics
Bishop Medical Teaching and Research

Ha Youn Lee
hayoun@usc.edu
Associate Professor

Michael Dube
mdube@med.usc.edu
Interim Chief, ID Professor of Medicine

Ashley Phelps
alphelps@usc.edu
Doctoral student and graduate assistant

Brian Huang
brian.huang@usc.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar