People

Meet Our Team

Faculty

Britni Belcher
Britni Belcher, PhD, MPH
bbelcher@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Genevieve Dunton
Genevieve Dunton, PhD, MPH
dunton@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences &
Psychology
Division Chief for the Division of Health Behavior Research (HBR)

Tyler Mason
Tyler Mason, PhD
tylermas@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
Genevieve Fridlund Dunton, PhD, MPH

USC REACH Lab Director
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Psychology

dunton@usc.edu

Tyler Mason, PhD

USC REACH Lab Associate Director
Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences

tylermas@usc.edu

Britni Belcher, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor of Preventive Medicine

bbelcher@usc.edu

Collaborators

Theresa Bastain
Theresa Bastain, PhD, MPH
bastain@usc.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Population and Public Health Sciences
P50 Center Director

Carrie Breton
Carrie Breton, ScD
breton@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou, PhD
cchou@usc.edu
Emeritus Professor Population and Public Health Sciences
Donald Hedeke
Donald Hedeke, PhD, PHS
dhedeker@health.bsd. chicago.edu
Co-Investigator, University of Chicago
Stephen Intille
Stephen Intille, PhD
s.intille@neu.edu
Associate Professor, Health Sciences, Northeastern University
Adam Leventhal
Adam Leventhal, PhD
adam.leventhal@usc.edu
Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences
Director of the Institute for Addiction Science

Gayla Margolin
Gayla Margolin, PhD
margolin@usc.edu
Psychology, University of Southern California
Tracy Bastain, PhD, MPH​

Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

bastain@usc.edu

Carrie Breton, Sc.D

Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

breton@usc.edu

Chih Chou, PhD

Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

cchou@usc.edu

Donald Hedeker, PhD, PHS
Co-Investigator, University of Chicago

Dhedeker@health.bsd. chicago.edu
Jimi Huh, PhD

Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

jimihuh@usc.edu

Stephen Intille, PhD

Health Sciences, Northeastern University

S.Intille@neu.edu

Adam Leventhal, PhD

Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California

adam.leventhal@usc.edu

Gayla Margolin, PhD

Psychology, University of Southern California

margolin@usc.edu

Postdoctoral Scholars

Wei-Lin Wang
Wei-Lin Wang
weilinwa@usc.edu
Research Associate, Senior
Wei-Lin Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar

weilinwa@usc.edu

Doctoral Students

Rachel Lyons
Rachel Lyons
rclyons@usc.edu
Domestic Scholarship
Bridgette Do

Doctoral Student

bridgetd@usc.edu

Christine Naya

Doctoral Student

naya@usc.edu

Shirlene Wang

Doctoral Student

shirlenw@usc.edu

Research Staff

Micaela Hewus

Project Specialist

micaelag@usc.edu

Jon Kaslander
Project Administrator kaslande@usc.edu
Andrew Zaw

Webmaster

andrewz@usc.edu

Micaela Hewus
Micaela Hewus
micaelag@usc.edu
Research Coordinator II
Jonathan Kaslander
Jonathan Kaslander
kaslande@usc.edu
Project Administrator

Alumni

Jennifer Zink

Cancer Prevention Post-doctoral Fellow

National Cancer Institute

PhD Student

2015 – 2020

Chih-Hsiang Yang, PhD

Assistant Professor University of South Carolina

Post-doctoral Fellow

2017 – 2019

Nanette "Gigi" Lopez, PhD

Assistant Professor    Northern Arizona University

Post-doctoral Fellow

2016 – 2018

Jackie Maher, PhD

Assistant Professor   University of North Carolina

Post-doctoral Fellow

2015 – 2017

Sydney O'Connor, PhD

Cancer Prevention Post-doctoral Fellow

National Cancer Institute

PhD Student

2014 – 2019

Kacie Allen Blackman, PhD

Assistant Professor University of Southern California

Post-doctoral Fellow

2013 – 2015

Malia Jones, PhD

Research Scientist University of Wisconsin

Post-doctoral Fellow

2012 – 2015

Eldin Dzubur, PhD

Livongo Health     Mountain View CA

Post-doctoral Fellow

2012 – 2017

Eleanor Tate Shonkoff, PhD
Assistant Professor Merrimack College

Post-doctoral Fellow

2011 – 2015

Liao Yue, PhD

Assistant Professor University of Texas Arlington

Post-doctoral Fellow

2009 – 2015

Casey Durand, PhD

Assistant Professor University of Texas  Health  Sciences Center

Post-doctoral Fellow

2008 – 2012

Daniel Chu

Senior Research Associate

 

Li Yi

 

Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

PhD Student

2017 – 2022