People
Biography
Jose J. Scott is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. His research focuses on how poverty shapes people’s lives, with an emphasis on economic insecurity, social welfare programs, and the behavioral and health impacts of economic hardship. He received his PhD in Public Policy and Management (2025) and Master’s in Public Administration (2020) from the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.
His publications include:
Shier, V., E. Wong, Scott, Jose J., Y. Liu, T. Gracner, A. Datar (2026). “Public Housing Redevelopment and Childhood Obesity” Pediatrics. 157(5):e2025074254 https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-074254
Scott, Jose J., A. Datar, V. Shier, and Y. Liu (2025). “Redeveloping Low Income Communities and Residents’ Mental Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Watts, Los Angeles.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 69(1), 107631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2025.04.001
Gracner, T., V. Shier, Scott, Jose J., Y. Liu, and A. Datar (2025). “Do Neighborhood Redevelopments Reduce Obesity? Evidence from Jordan Downs in Watts, LA.” Obesity.
https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.70025
Scott, Jose J., W. Bruine de Bruin, L. Rabinovich, A. Frazzini, & K. de la Haye (2024). Understanding food insecurity in Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath: A qualitative interview study. Appetite, 198, 107323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2024.107323
Perrigo, Judith L., Scott, Jose J., V. Shier, and A. Datar (2024). Stakeholders’ longitudinal perspectives on a large public housing redevelopment in Los Angeles, California. Journal of Urban Regeneration & Renewal, 18(1), 75–93. https://doi.org/10.69554/mixv3597
de la Haye, K., M. Livings, W. Bruine de Bruin, J. Wilson, Scott, Jose J., J. Fanning and R. Wald (2024). “Food Insecurity in Los Angeles County, December 2022”. Research Brief.