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María P. Aranda, PhD

Executive Director and Professor

María P. Aranda is a professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, the executive director of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging and the director of the outreach, recruitment and engagement core of the USC ...
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Yuri Jang, PhD

Professor of Social Work
Senior Scientist

Yuri Jang is a professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and a senior scientist at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social ...
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Shinyi Wu

Shinyi Wu, PhD

Associate Professor of Social Work and Industrial & Systems Engineering
Senior Scientist

Shinyi Wu is an associate professor with a secondary appointment at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. She is also a senior scientist at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging. Wu brings an engineering approach to research that ...
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Early Career Investigators

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Marianne Chianti-Ketterl

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Jiaming Liang

Dr. Jiaming Liang is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Work from the University of Southern California, where he explored social isolation and caregiver support ...
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David Camacho

David Camacho

Dr. Camacho is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Disability and Human Development at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He earned his PhD in Social Work in Advanced Clinical Practice at Columbia University. His postdoctoral training is in Behavioral ...
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Iris Chi

Iris Chi, DSW

Professor Emerita

Iris Chi is the Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Frances Wu Chair for the Chinese Elderly at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and a senior scientist at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging. Prior to joining USC, ...
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William A. Vega

William A. Vega, PhD

Emeritus Provost Professor

William Vega was formerly executive director of the USC Roybal Institute and a Provost Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) with appointments in social work, preventive medicine, psychiatry, family medicine, psychology and gerontology. He also held the Cleofas ...
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Vern Bengtson

Vern L. Bengtson, PhD

Emeritus Professor

In Memorium: Vern Bengtson ...
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