Leadership

  • Jessica Barrington-Trimis, PhD, MS, MA

    Director of the Real-world Evaluation in Behavioral Epidemiology Lab

    Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    jtrimis@usc.edu

    Bio
  • Alyssa Harlow, PhD, MPH

    Director of the Real-world Evaluation in Behavioral Epidemiology Lab

    Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    afharlow@usc.edu

    Bio

Core Faculty

  • Dayoung Bae, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    dayoung.bae@usc.edu

    Bio
  • Junhan Cho, PhD

    Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    junhancho@usc.edu

    Bio
  • Adam Leventhal, PhD

    Director of the Institute for Addiction Science

    Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

    adam.leventhal@usc.edu

    Bio

Postdoctoral Researcher

  • Caroline North, PhD

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Bio

Staff

Graduate Students

Student Research Assistants

  • Braden Dawson

    Legal Studies
    Class of 2028

    Bio
  • Charlize (Char) Delos Santos

    Global Health
    Class of 2026

    Bio
  • Lauren Jester

    Undergraduate Fellow in Addiction Science
    Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
    Class of 2026

    Bio
  • Felix Mamrikov

    Neuroscience
    Class of 2027

    Bio
  • Aleena Nauman

    Health and Human Sciences
    Class of 2029

    Bio
  • Ivan Tran

    Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
    Class of 2027

    Bio
  • Jason Valdivia Gonzalez

    Human Biology
    Class of 2028

    Bio
  • Sophie Yu

    Biopharmaceutical Sciences
    Class of 2029

    Bio
  • Henry Zang

    Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
    Class of 2028

    Bio

Alumni

  • Abigail Adjei, MD, PhD

    Physician-Epidemiologist

  • Mariel Bello, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina

  • Jessica Braymiller, PhD

    Clinical Assistant Professor,
    University at Buffalo

  • Margaret Canady, BA

    Clinical Psychology Doctoral Student, University of California Irvine

  • Sam Cwalina, PhD

    Senior Manager, Phillip Morris International

  • Olivia Efird, BS

    Program Coordinator, Dress for Success Seattle

  • Dae-Hee Han, PhD

    Assistant Professor, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

  • Thordar Han, BS

    Clinical Research Coordinator, Johns Hopkins

  • Maxwell Hartshorn, BA

    Clinical Research Coordinator Associate, Stanford

  • Trisha Iyer, BS

    Prospective Medical Student

  • Afton Kechter, PhD

    Associate Director of Clinical Design, Eli Lilly and Company

  • Annemarie Kelleghan, PhD

    Psychologist, Children’s Hospital of Orange County / Rady Children’s Health

  • Serena Lee

    Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, University of Southern California, Class of 2028

  • Lilia Margaryan, BA

    Prospective Medical Student

  • Paul Martines, MPH

    Project Assistant, University of Southern California

  • Rohan Minocha, BS

    Medical Student, Harvard University

  • Alexandra Mills, PhD

    Medical Affairs Manager, Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals

  • Devaki Patel, MPH

    Health Behavior Research Doctoral Student, University of Southern California

  • Natalia Peraza, BS

    Brain and Cognitive Science Doctoral Student, University of Southern California

  • Gisselle Quiroz, BA

    Master of Science in Counseling Student, California State University San Bernardino

  • Kelsey Simpson, PhD

    Qualitative Research Consultant, Johns Hopkins

  • Gisselle Soto Rivas, BA

    Medical Student, University of California San Diego

  • Mark Tello-Rincon

    Global Health, University of Southern California, Class of 2026

  • Elaine Wang, BS

    Prospective Medical Student

  • Hana Choi

    Prospective Occupational Therapy Student

  • Ariana Coba Clementel, BS

    Medical Student, New York University

Institutional Affiliations