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Maria P. Aranda

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. Before she joined the USC in 2018, she was affiliated with the Steve

Iris Chi

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 Lincoln

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

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

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

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

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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

Ben F. Henwood

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

Cleopatra Abdou, PhD

Assistant Professor of Social Work
Faculty Associate

Bio is forthcoming.

Robynn Cox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Bengtson

Vern L. Bengtson, PhD

Emeritus Professor

In Memorium: Vern Bengtson

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