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Leadership

Institute Leadership

Dana Goldman, PhD
Founding Director, USC Schaeffer Institute; Co-Director, USC Schaeffer Center

Stephanie Hedt — Stephanie Hedt, MPP
Director, External Affairs

Chris Klein — Chris Klein
Chief of Staff

Darius — Darius Lakdawalla, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer

Barry Liden — Barry Liden, JD
Director, Public Policy

Erica Lovano McCann — Erica Lovano-McCann
Executive Director, Schaeffer Fellows Program

Nichole Phillips, JD
Senior Director of Finance and Research Administration

Hossein Pourmand — Hossein Pourmand, DPPD, MBA
Assistant Vice President, Research Initiatives, University Advancement

Erin Trish, PhD
Co-Director, USC Schaeffer Center

Program Directors

Sarah Axeen — Sarah Axeen, PhD
Director, Data Analytics

wandi — Wändi Bruine de Bruin, MSc, PhD
Director, Behavioral Science and Policy Initiative

Alice Chen — Alice Chen, PhD
Director, Value of Life Sciences Innovation Program

Erin Duffy — Erin L. Duffy, PhD, MPH
Director, Research Training

Mireille Jacobson — Mireille Jacobson, PhD
Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program

Geoffrey Joyce — Geoffrey Joyce, PhD
Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical & Health Economics, USC Mann

Bryan Tysinger — Bryan Tysinger, PhD
Director, Health Policy Simulation

Julie Zissimopoulos — Julie Zissimopoulos, PhD
Co-Director, Aging and Cognition Program
Chair, Department of Health Policy and Management, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy