| Name |
Advisor |
Email Address |
Research interests |
| Babeva, Kalina |
Davison |
babeva@usc.edu |
Narcissistic reactions and cognitions; articulated thoughts in simulated situations |
| Badaly, Daryaneh |
Schwartz |
badaly@usc.edu |
Peer relations; popularity; social acceptance; friendship |
| Borofsky, Larissa |
Margolin |
borofsky@usc.edu |
Early adversity; biological reactivity; cognition; resilience |
| Burgess, Clair |
Margolin |
cmburges@usc.edu |
Communication in peer and intimate relationships; family systems; the etiology of abuse |
| Chereji, Elizabeth |
Prescott |
chereji@usc.edu |
Fertility and longevity; substance abuse; trauma; homelessness |
| Chithambo, Taona |
Huey |
chithamb@usc.edu |
Culture; anxiety intervention; phobia; body image |
| Christie, Kysa |
Meyerowitz |
kchristi@usc.edu |
Breast cancer; prostate cancer; quality of life; doctor-patient communication; couples |
| Cram, Ali |
Schwartz |
acram@usc.edu |
Peer relationships; social rejection; childhood maladjustment; child and adolescent development; family systems |
| D'Orazio, Lina |
Meyerowitz |
ldorazio@usc.edu |
Psychosocial adjustment to cancer, Latinas; quality of life; depression |
| Eisenberg, Stacy |
Shen |
saeisenb@usc.edu |
Clinical health psychology; psychosocial factors in cardiovascular disease |
| Feng, Michelle |
Davison |
michelcf@usc.edu |
Emotion; aging; health and decision-making |
| Hsu, Kean |
Davison |
keanjhsu@gmail.com |
Depression; memory; attention; ATSS; treatment mechanisms; rumination |
| Iturralde, Esti |
Margolin |
iturrald@usc.edu |
Emotion regulation, adolescent development, family violence, trauma |
| Jang, Jung |
Gatz |
jungyjan@usc.edu |
Neural substrates of emotional processes in topics related to normal and abnormal aging, using psychophysiology, functional imaging, and behavioral observations; implications in treatment |
| Jones, Eduardo |
Lopez |
eduardoj@usc.edu |
Cultural competency in clinical care; mindfulness-based practices (DBT, MBRP); effectiveness of EBP's with ethnic minorities and cultural adaptations of EBP's |
| Juang, Christine |
Knight |
juangc@usc.edu |
Aging; caregiving; wisdom; emotions; culture |
| Keefe, John |
Lopez |
jkeefe@usc.edu |
Culture; how families understand and cope with illness; Latinos; psychosocial factors in mental illness |
| Kellerman, Ilana |
Margolin |
ikellerm@usc.edu |
Child psychopathology; parent-child relations; risk and resilience; electronic aggression; family legal issues |
| Kellough, Jennifer |
Knight |
kellough@usc.edu |
Aging, emotion; predictors of positive/negative bereavement outcomes |
| Kelly, Brynn |
Schwartz |
bkelly@usc.edu |
Community violence; peer relations; child & adolescent development |
| Kim, Jean |
Shen |
jeanmkim@usc.edu |
Culture and psychopathology; depression; prevention; stigma; help-seeking |
| Kumar, Serenita |
Schwartz |
serenitk@usc.edu |
Peer relationships; friendship; popularity; social rejection |
| Kurita, Keiko |
Meyerowitz |
kkurita@usc.edu |
Cancer survivors; adjustment and changes; older persons |
| Lee, Lewina |
Knight |
lol@usc.edu |
Aging; anxiety; stress; behavioral genetics; research methods |
| Luo, Tana |
Schwartz |
tanaluo@usc.edu |
Peer relationships; social development; friendships; child and adolescent |
| Maeda, Uta |
Shen |
umaeda@usc.edu |
Cardiovascular disease; health psychology; aging |
| Martins, Bruna |
Mather / Gatz |
bruna.martins@usc.edu |
Emotion-cognition in later life; geriatric depression; fmri and DTI techniques |
| Ng, Lauren |
Huey |
laurenng@usc.edu |
Trauma; violence; war; intervention; children |
| Niv, Sharon |
Prescott/ Baker |
sniv@usc.edu |
Neurogenetics of impulsivity using a twin study |
| Pan, David |
Huey |
davidpan@usc.edu |
Cultural adaptation; brief intervention; subclinical depression |
| Rastegar, Sarah |
Knight |
srastega@usc.edu |
Psychological well-being across the life span; family adjustment to chronic illness |
| Rodriguez, Aubrey |
Margolin |
aubreyro@usc.edu |
Marriage; physiology; adaptation to stress; family systems |
| Rodriguez, Carlos |
Gatz |
rodrigca@usc.edu |
Dementia assessment; diverse populations; health literacy |
| Sayegh, Philip |
Knight |
psayegh@usc.edu |
Caregiving; culture; neuropsychology; Alzheimer's disease; stress and coping |
| Schoenhofen Sharp, Emily |
Gatz |
schoenho@usc.edu |
Older adults; cognitive engagement; personality; cognitive aging; twins |
| Singh, Kulwinder |
Shen |
kulwinds@usc.edu |
Psychosocial aspects related to development and progression of cardiovascular disease |
| Smith, Caitlin |
Huey |
caitlias@usc.edu |
Community-based interventions for hard-to-treat juvenile offenders, including gang-affiliated youth and emancipated foster youth. |
| Spies, Lauren |
Margolin |
lspies@usc.edu |
Physiological stress; cortisol; salivary alpha amylase, conflict; adolescence |
| Taylor-Ford, Megan |
Meyerowitz |
taylorfo@usc.edu |
Cancer; quality of life; comorbidities; aging; health; psychosocial issues in health |
| Tilley, Jackie |
Farver |
jmltilley@gmail.com |
Culture and mental health; acculturation and acculturation stress; culturally adapted interventions; immigrant and ethnic minority children and families |
| Timmons, Addie |
Margolin / McArdle |
adelatim@usc.edu |
Family dynamics; interpersonal violence; relationships; communication patterns; longitudinal research design; robust statistical methods |
| Young-Wolff, Kelly |
Prescott |
kellyw@gmail.com |
Alcoholism; behavior genetics; depression; stress; expectancies; drinking motives |
