Meet Our Members
Faculty members join IAS from disciplines including medicine, social work, psychiatry, psychology, engineering, communications, public policy, and more.

Sarah Axeen, PhD
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
Policy; Opioids; Behavioral Health Outcomes; Healthcare Economics

Lourdes Baez-Conde, PhD, MPH
PROFESSOR
Professor of Preventive Medicine; Associate Dean for Community Initiatives, Keck School of Medicine
Tobacco; Cultural Diversity; Adolescents and Young Adults; Cancer; Policy

Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD
Professor
Professor (Clinical Scholar) in the Department of Preventive Medicine
Syringe Exchange Programs; HIV; Injection Drug Use; Health Disparities; Health Policy Implementation

Antoine Bechara, PhD
Professor
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences
Neuroscience of Decision-Making; Addiction; Substance Misuse; Gambling

Rael Cahn, MD, PhD
Assitant professor
Mindfulness; Meditation; Substance Use Disorders; Anxiety; Depression

Terry Church, DrSc
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor in the Department of Regulatory and Quality Sciences, USC School of Pharmacy
Regulatory Sciences; AYA; Addiction; Ethics; Policy

John Clapp, PhD
Professor
Professor, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine
Alcohol; College-Based Interventions; System Dynamics

Michael Cousineau, PhD
Professor
Clinical Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine and Family Medicine at USC Keck School of Medicine
Policy; Health Services; Evaluation; Vulnerable Populations; Tobacco

Daryl Davies, PhD
Professor
Daryl L. Davies, PhD, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy
Drugs of Abuse Pharmacology and Toxicology; Early Stage Drug Discovery and Development; Drug Safety Pharmacology and Toxicology; Neuro-degenerative Disorders; Neuro-psychiatric Disorders

Jason Doctor, PhD
Associate Professor
Physician Behavior and Psychology; Behavioral Economics and Health; Patient Choice and Decision making; Health Policy and Implementation

Lina D'Orazio, PhD
Assistant Professor, Director
Neuropsychologist, Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Keck School of Medicine and Founding Director of the USC Cross-Cultural Neuropsychology Program
Health Psychology; Minority Mental Health; Cultural Competency; Neuropsychology; Social Justice; Policy

Shannon Dunn, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, Department of Children, Youth and Families.
Substance Use; Marginalized Youth; Mindfulness

Jimi Huh, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychology; Epidemiology; Health Disparities; Tobacco; Immigrant Health; Acculturation

Michele Kipke, PhD
Professor
Professor of Pediatrics (Clinical Scholar), Keck School of Medicine; Vice-Chair of Research at CHLA
Pediatric Health Outcomes; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Health Disparities; Social Determinants of Health, HIV, Violence

Charles Kaplan, PhD
Associate Dean
Associate Dean of Research Hamovitch Center For Science In Human Services Dept. of Adult Mental Health and Wellness, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Harm Reduction Policy; Interventions on Cannabis and Heroin; Health Disparities; HIV/ AIDS; Substance Misuse

Lorraine Kelley-Quon, MD, MSHS
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Surgery and Preventive Medicine at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) and the University of Southern California
Neonatal Opioid Exposure; Health Policy; Pediatric Surgery

Yan Liu, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department, of the Viterbi School of Engineering
Machine Learning

Danielle Madden, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Research, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Event-Level Alcohol Interventions; EMA

Lynn Miller, PhD
Professor
Professor, Annenberg School of Communication, Department of Psychology
Virtual Interactive and Gaming technologies; Risky Decision-Making; Diverse Communities

John Monterosso, PhD
associate professor
Associate Professor, Dana and David Dornsife College of Arts, Letters and Sciences
Addiction; Recovery; Brain Imaging; Decision-Making; Self Control; Neuropsychology of Addiction; Behavioral Economics

Rosalie Pacula, PhD
professor and chair
Senior Fellow, Schaeffer Center; Professor and Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics and Law, USC Price School
Crime; Drug Policy and Trends; Health Behaviors; Health Care Financing; Health Economics; Substance Abuse Prevention; Substance Abuse Treatment; Substance Use; Cannabis Regulation; Public Health

Stephen Read, PhD
Professor
Professor of Social Psychology and Professor of Psychology, Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Social Perception and Causal Reasoning; Neural Network Models; Personality; Motivation; Social Cognition; Risky Sexual Behavior; Virtual Reality

Seth Seabury, PhD
Associate Professor
Associate Professor in the USC School of Pharmacy in the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics.
At-Risk Youth; Vulnerable Populations; Healthcare Delivery; Policy

Steven Siegel, MD, PhD
Professor
Professor and Chair, Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, Keck School of Medicine
Neurobiology of Schizophrenia; Autism; Drug Misuse; Nicotine Dependence

Claradina Soto, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Clinical Professor at the University Of Southern California Keck School Of Medicine in the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research.
Tobacco; Policy; Media; Health Disparities; American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Rebecca Trotzky-Sirr, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine; Medical Director – LAC+USC Jail
Treatment; Training; MAT; Policy

Lindsay Young, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor of Communication, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Health Communication; Social Networks; HIV Prevention; Gender and Sexuality; Race and Ethnicity; Social Justice