Senior Scientists 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. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social 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 Early Career Investigators Marianne Chianti-Ketterl 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 David Camacho Emeriti 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, 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 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. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social
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
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
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,
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
