People

Virat Agrawal, PhD, MS

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Emma Aguila, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

David Agus, MD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Founding Director & CEO, Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine
Director, USC Westside Prostate Cancer Center
Professor, Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Viterbi School of Engineering

Jennifer A. Ailshire, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor of Gerontology and Sociology, Associate Dean of Research, and Associate Dean of International Programs and Global Initiatives, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Paul Aisen, MD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Founding Director, Epstein Family Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute
Epstein Alzheimer’s Disease Director’s Chair and Professor of Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC


María P. Aranda, PhD, MSW, MPA, LCSW

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Distinguished Professor of Social Work and Margaret W. Driscoll/Louise M. Clevenger Professor in Social Policy and Administration, USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Executive Director, USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging

David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Director, Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)

Sarah Axeen, PhD

Director of Data and Analytics, USC Schaeffer Center
Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Angela Yang Ayala, MPA

Director of Foundation & Corporate Relations, USC Schaeffer Institute

Drishti Baid, MPP

Predoctoral Researcher, USC Schaeffer Center

Nicole Batz

Project Specialist, USC Schaeffer Center

Jay Bhattacharya, MD, PhD

Former Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, National Institutes of Health

Jonathan Blum

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Former Principal Deputy Administrator & Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Ricky Bluthenthal, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Distinguished Professor and Chair, Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC


The Right Honorable Gordon Brown

Distinguished Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Ronald L. Steel Chair in Foreign Policy and International Affairs

Wändi Bruine de Bruin, MSc, PhD

Director of Research, Center for Civic Society, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, Behavioral Sciences and Policy Initiative, USC Schaeffer Institute
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Psychology, and Behavioral Science

Isabelle Caldwell

Project Specialist, USC Schaeffer Center

Jack M. Chapel, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Assistant Professor, USC Price School
2025-26 RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Alice Chen, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, Value of Life Sciences Innovation
Associate Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy
2018-2019 RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Amanda Chen, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Assistant Professor, USC Mann School

Michael E. Chernew, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Leonard D. Schaeffer Professor of Health Care Policy and Director of Healthcare Markets and Regulation, Harvard Medical School

Hebron Cheung

Financial Analyst II, USC Schaeffer Center

Julie Carl Cho, MFA

Director of Operations, USC Schaeffer Institute

John M. Coster, PhD, RPh

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Former Senior Technical Advisor and Director of the Division of Pharmacy, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Eileen Crimmins, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Dean, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USC Andrus Gerontology Center
AARP Professor of Gerontology, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
Director, USC/UCLA Center on Biodemography and Population Health

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
James Irvine Chair in Urban and Regional Planning and Professor of Public Policy, USC Price School of Public Policy

Daniel Czarnowske, PhD

Nonresident Postdoctoral Research Scholar, USC Schaeffer Center

Sir Angus Deaton, PhD

Presidential Scholar-in-Residence, USC Schaeffer Institute
Presidential Professor of Economics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Senior Scholar, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University

Jason Doctor, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Norman Topping National Medical Enterprise Chair in Medicine and Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, USC Price School of Public Policy

Erin L. Duffy, PhD, MPH

Managing Director, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director of Research Training, USC Schaeffer Institute
Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Assistant Professor, USC Price School

Molly Easterlin, MD, MS

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Willa Erickson, M.Ed.

Assistant Director, Schaeffer Fellows Program

Maddalena Ferranna, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School

Phyllis Barkman Ferrell, DrPH, MBA

Nonresident Scholar,  USC Schaeffer Institute

Gladys Flores

Academic Program Specialist, USC Schaeffer Center

Steven Fox, MD, MSc

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School

Melissa A. Frasco, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Jorge Luis García, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University

Haley Garland, MPP

Assistant Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center

Paul Ginsburg, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor, Practice of Health Policy and Management, USC Price School of Public Policy

Dana Goldman, PhD

Founding Director, USC Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service
University Professor of Public Policy, Pharmacy, and Economics
Special Advisor, USC Provost

Myfanwy Graham

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle

Emily Gravlee, MS, PharmD, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, USC Schaeffer Center

Sarah Green

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Joseph Grogan, JD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Former Assistant, U.S. President
Former Director, Domestic Policy Council (DPC)

Jevay Grooms, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
2023 – 2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center
Co-Director, ATRIL
Associate Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Center for an Equitable Economy and Sustainable Society, Howard University

Ann Harada, PhD, MPH

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Shaun Harper, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
University Professor
Provost Professor of Public Policy, Education, and Business
Clifford and Betty Allen Chair in Urban Leadership

Sidra Haye, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

2023-2024 USC AD/ADRD RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

James J. Heckman, PhD

Presidential Scholar-in-Residence, USC Schaeffer Institute
Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, University of Chicago

Stephanie Hedt, MPP

Director of External Affairs, USC Schaeffer Institute

Cindy Henderson

Budget Analyst, USC Schaeffer Center

Hanke Heun-Johnson, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Jakub Hlávka, PhD

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC Keck School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Public Economics, Masaryk University

Vivian Ho, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy Chair in Health Economics
Professor, Department of Economics at Rice University
Professor, Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine

Danielle Iniguez

Project Specialist – Administrative, USC Schaeffer Center

Khristina Ipapo Lung, MPH

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Mireille Jacobson, PhD

Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Grace Ji

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Boshen Jiao, PhD, MPH

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics, USC Mann School

Elizabeth Joe, MD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Geoffrey Joyce, PhD

Director, Health Policy, USC Schaeffer Center
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School
Professor, USC Mann School

Robert Kaestner, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Professor, University of Chicago

Matthew Kahn, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Provost Professor of Economics and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

Charles N. Kahn III

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Former President and CEO, Federation of American Hospitals

Rika Kanaoka

Data Visualization Specialist, USC Schaeffer Institute

Genevieve P. Kanter, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor of Public Policy, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy

Cameron Kaplan, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, Gehr Center for Health Systems Science and Innovation
Associate Professor, USC Keck School of Medicine

Arie Kapteyn, PhD

Executive Director, Center for Economic and Social Research
Professor, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Emmett Keeler, PhD

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Quality Assurance Director, USC Schaeffer Center
Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School

Chris Klein

Chief of Staff, USC Schaeffer Institute

Tara Knight, PhD

Program Director, USC Schaeffer Center

Bob Kocher, MD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Partner, Venrock

Alexis Coulourides Kogan, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, and Gerontology, Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology

Darius Lakdawalla, PhD

Chief Scientific Officer, USC Schaeffer Institute
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
University Professor of Pharmaceutical Economics and Public Policy
Quintiles Chair in Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, USC Mann School
Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

Steven L. Lamy, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Relations and Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Jennifer Laux

Project Specialist, USC Schaeffer Institute

Duncan Ermini Leaf, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Dennis Lee, PhD

Schaeffer Postdoctoral Researcher, USC/UCLA AHRQ

Peter Levine, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Dean of Faculty and Lincoln Filene Professor of Citizenship & Public Affairs, Tufts University, Jonathan Tisch College of Civic Life

Barry Liden, JD

Director of Public Policy, USC Schaeffer Institute

Steven M. Lieberman, MPhil, MA

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
President, Lieberman Consulting Inc.

Eugene Lin, MD, MS

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor, Medicine and Health Policy & Management, Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Price School of Public Policy

Jodi Liu, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Ryan Long

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Former Senior Policy Advisor, Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Bich Ly

Senior Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Grace Mackleby (née McCormack), PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Maria-Alice Manetas

Research Program Specialist, Clinical Trial Recruitment Lab (CTRL), USC Schaeffer Center

Toni Mankowitz

Project Specialist, USC Schaeffer Center

Erica Lovano McCann, Ed.D.

Executive Director, Schaeffer Fellows Program

Daniel McFadden, PhD

Presidential Scholar-in-Residence, USC Schaeffer Institute
Presidential Professor of Health Economics, USC Price School of Public Policy

Glenn Melnick, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance, USC Price School of Public Policy
Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

Michael Menchine, MD, MPH

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Vice Chair, Clinical Research, Keck School of Medicine of USC



Manav Midha

Predoctoral Researcher, USC Schaeffer Center

Jason Millman

Director of Communications, USC Schaeffer Institute

Doris Molina-Henry, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Principal Investigator, ATRI
Associate Professor of Research Neurology
Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, Keck School of Medicine of USC

J. Felipe Montano-Campos, PhD

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, USC Schaeffer Center

Karen Mulligan, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Rebecca Myerson, PhD, MPH

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University

Kimberly Narain, MD, PhD, MPH, DABOM

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor-in-Residence, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Megan Narvaez

Administrative Assistant, USC Schaeffer Center

Niloofar Fouladi Nashta

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Hanh Nguyen, MA

Project Specialist, USC Schaeffer Center

PhuongGiang Nguyen, MSPH

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Ziad Obermeyer, MD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor and Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley

Sharon Orrange, MD, MHS

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

Alex Oshmyansky

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Founder and CEO, Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor and Elizabeth Garrett Chair in Health Policy, Economics & Law, USC Price School

William Padula, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann

Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, DSc (hon)

Dean, USC Mann School
John Stauffer Decanal Chair in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Professor, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, USC Mann School
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Desi Peneva, MS

Associate Director, Value of Life Sciences Innovation
Research Program Lead, USC Schaeffer Center

Seema (Choksy) Pessar, MPP

Senior Health Policy Project Associate, USC Schaeffer Center

Anne Peters, MD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Scholar
Keck School of Medicine of USC

Charles E. Phelps, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
University Professor and Provost Emeritus, University of Rochester

Tomas Philipson, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Daniel Levin Chair of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Nichole Phillips, JD

Senior Director of Finance and Research Administration, USC Schaeffer Center

Hossein Pourmand, DPPD, MBA

Assistant Vice President, Research Initiatives, University Advancement

Dima M. Qato, PharmD, MPH, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Hygeia Centennial Chair and Associate Professor, USC Mann School
Director, Program on Medicines and Public Health, USC Mann School

Geovanna Quiroz

Events Manager, USC Schaeffer Institute

Robert D. Reischauer, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Distinguished Fellow and President Emeritus, The Urban Institute

Marina Ritchie, PhD

Schaeffer Postdoctoral Researcher, USC/ATRI

John Romley, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Public Policy, USC Price School
Vice Dean for Research, USC Price School
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School

Anna Saavedra, EdD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, Center for Civic Society
Co-Director, CESR Center for Applied Research in Education, USC Dornsife

Christopher Scannell, MD, PhD

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Primary Care Physician
West Los Angeles VA Medical Center

Lowell Schiller, JD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Former Principal Associate Commissioner for Policy, US FDA
Former Acting Chief Counsel, US FDA

Jose Scott, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, USC Schaeffer Center

Seth Seabury, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School
Director of Graduate Studies, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Program, USC Mann School

Alison Sexton Ward, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Jeremy L. Shane

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Victoria Shier, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Roger Smith

Editor-in-Chief

Michael Sobolev, PhD

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Jacob Soll, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
University Professor, USC
Professor of Philosophy, History, and Accounting, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Neeraj Sood, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

Bradley D. Stein, MD, PhD

Nonresident Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Senior Physician Policy Researcher, RAND Corporation

Emily Stewart, MPH

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

John Stofko MBA, MPH, RPh

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School

Arthur Stone, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Director, USC Dornsife Center for Self-Reported Science
Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences

Sze-chuan Suen, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
2018-2019 RCMAR Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Briana Taylor, MNLM

Senior Program Administrator, Research Training, USC Schaeffer Institute

Pietro Tebaldi, PhD

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Assistant Professor of Economics, Columbia University

Sophie Terp, MD, MPH

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC

John Thacker

Research Programmer, Schaeffer Center

Johanna Thunell, PhD

Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Scientist, USC Schaeffer Center

Daniel Tomaszewski, PharmD, PhD

Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, Healthcare Decision Analysis program, USC Mann School

Peter Tompkins

Michelle Ton

Program Administrator for Academic Affairs, Healthcare Decision Analysis MS Program, USC Mann School

Audrey Tripp

Contracts and Grants Manager, USC Schaeffer Center

Erin Trish, PhD

Co-Director, USC Schaeffer Center
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Economics, USC Mann School

Daniel Turner

Nonresident Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute

Bryan Tysinger, PhD

Director, Health Policy Simulation, USC Schaeffer Center
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Research Associate Professor, USC Price School of Public Policy

Kukla Vera

Special Advisor, USC Schaeffer Center

Anshu Verma

System Administrator, USC Schaeffer Center

Jillian Wallis, PhD

Research Data Administrator, USC Schaeffer Center

Olivia Wang, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher, USC Schaeffer Center

Olivia Williams

Research Programmer, USC Schaeffer Center

Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD

Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program, USC Schaeffer Center
Co-Director, CeASES ADRD and AD-RCMAR
Senior Scholar, USC Schaeffer Institute
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy
Professor, USC Price School