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 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. Before she joined the USC in 2018, she was affiliated with the Steve Iris Chi, DSW Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Dr. Frances Wu Chair for Chinese Elderly Professor of Social Work Senior Scientist 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, Karen D. Lincoln, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Senior Scientist An associate professor in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and Director of the USC Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work, Karen D. Lincoln’s scholarship grapples with issues that are locally, nationally, and internationally meaningful. She Shinyi Wu, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work and Industrial & Systems Engineering Senior Scientist Trained in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and specializing in health systems, Shinyi Wu brings a cross-disciplinary perspective to her research on improving quality and cost-effectiveness of health services and population health, especially for patients with chronic illnesses and underserved Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD Professor Faculty Associate Ricky N. Bluthenthal is the associate dean for social justice and a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the USC. He received a BA in History Avelardo Valdez, PhD Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population Faculty Associate Avelardo Valdez is currently the Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. He was previously a professor at the Graduate College of Social Alice Cepeda, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Alice Cepeda is currently an associate professor in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She was previously in the Department of Sociology and associate director of the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research at the University of Benjamin F. Henwood, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Benjamin Henwood, PhD, LCSW, is a recognized expert in health and housing services research whose work connects clinical interventions with social policy. Dr. Henwood has specific expertise in improving care for adults experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness, as well Cleopatra Abdou, PhD Assistant Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Bio is forthcoming. Robynn J.A. Cox, PhD Assistant Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Robynn Cox is an assistant professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Her research interests include the fields of economics of crime, health economics, and labor economics; and are primarily focused on understanding the impact of incarceration Peter Braun, MSW Adjunct Lecturer Faculty Associate Peter Braun has a broad and extensive career in the aging field and public health. He served as executive director of the American Diabetes Association in Los Angeles (2009-2013), creating a national model for best practices, capacity building, and system Anne Katz, PhD Emeritus Clinical Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Anne Katz is a clinical professor of social work at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For 24 years, she was the co-director of the USC Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center and a professor of clinical gerontology at Murali Nair, PhD Emeritus Clinical Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Murali Nair is a clinical professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. His field studies on cross cultural and cross national understanding of centenarians/super centenarians and healthy aging resulted in several publications and mini documentaries. In the 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 Donald A. Lloyd, PhD Emeritus Research Associate Professor A social epidemiologist trained at the University of Toronto, Donald A. Lloyd has worked on several large-scale community-based studies in Canada and Florida. His work focuses on life course processes that are associated with differential risk for mental health and Charles Kaplan, PhD Emeritus Research Professor A medical sociologist by training, Charles Kaplan has sought a balance between social work, sociology and social epidemiology during the course of his prolific research career exploring the patterns of drug use, drug treatment strategies and social policy. His path Vern L. Bengtson, PhD Emeritus Professor In Memorium: Vern Bengtson
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
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. Before she joined the USC in 2018, she was affiliated with the Steve
Iris Chi, DSW Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Dr. Frances Wu Chair for Chinese Elderly Professor of Social Work Senior Scientist 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,
Karen D. Lincoln, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Senior Scientist An associate professor in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and Director of the USC Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Social Work, Karen D. Lincoln’s scholarship grapples with issues that are locally, nationally, and internationally meaningful. She
Shinyi Wu, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work and Industrial & Systems Engineering Senior Scientist Trained in industrial and systems engineering (ISE) and specializing in health systems, Shinyi Wu brings a cross-disciplinary perspective to her research on improving quality and cost-effectiveness of health services and population health, especially for patients with chronic illnesses and underserved
Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD Professor Faculty Associate Ricky N. Bluthenthal is the associate dean for social justice and a professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and the Institute for Prevention Research at the Keck School of Medicine of the USC. He received a BA in History
Avelardo Valdez, PhD Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population Faculty Associate Avelardo Valdez is currently the Cleofas and Victor Ramirez Professor of Practice, Policy, Research and Advocacy for the Latino Population at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. He was previously a professor at the Graduate College of Social
Alice Cepeda, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Alice Cepeda is currently an associate professor in the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. She was previously in the Department of Sociology and associate director of the Center for Drug and Social Policy Research at the University of
Benjamin F. Henwood, PhD Associate Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Benjamin Henwood, PhD, LCSW, is a recognized expert in health and housing services research whose work connects clinical interventions with social policy. Dr. Henwood has specific expertise in improving care for adults experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness, as well
Robynn J.A. Cox, PhD Assistant Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Robynn Cox is an assistant professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. Her research interests include the fields of economics of crime, health economics, and labor economics; and are primarily focused on understanding the impact of incarceration
Peter Braun, MSW Adjunct Lecturer Faculty Associate Peter Braun has a broad and extensive career in the aging field and public health. He served as executive director of the American Diabetes Association in Los Angeles (2009-2013), creating a national model for best practices, capacity building, and system
Anne Katz, PhD Emeritus Clinical Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Anne Katz is a clinical professor of social work at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. For 24 years, she was the co-director of the USC Tingstad Older Adult Counseling Center and a professor of clinical gerontology at
Murali Nair, PhD Emeritus Clinical Professor of Social Work Faculty Associate Murali Nair is a clinical professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work. His field studies on cross cultural and cross national understanding of centenarians/super centenarians and healthy aging resulted in several publications and mini documentaries. In the
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
Donald A. Lloyd, PhD Emeritus Research Associate Professor A social epidemiologist trained at the University of Toronto, Donald A. Lloyd has worked on several large-scale community-based studies in Canada and Florida. His work focuses on life course processes that are associated with differential risk for mental health and
Charles Kaplan, PhD Emeritus Research Professor A medical sociologist by training, Charles Kaplan has sought a balance between social work, sociology and social epidemiology during the course of his prolific research career exploring the patterns of drug use, drug treatment strategies and social policy. His path
