{"id":2126,"date":"2023-07-09T21:02:38","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T21:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf-temp\/?page_id=2126"},"modified":"2025-08-18T22:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T22:37:45","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Welcome to USC CCF!\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>We are an interdisciplinary group of USC faculty and students who study family systems, close relationships, and mental and physical health across the lifespan. We have members at USC main campus, USC Keck, and Children&#8217;s Hospital Los Angeles. Founded in 2020, we have grown to include over 40 faculty members and over 30 students, staff and trainees. Collectively our centers spans across 19 disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/faculty-members\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about \">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Faculty-Icon-495x432.png\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"White line illustration of a person standing at a board against a teal background.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>47 Faculty Members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/staff-student-and-trainee-members\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about \">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Student-Icon-495x432.png\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"White line illustration of a person reading a book against a yellow background.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>30 Students and Trainees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Discipline-Icon-495x432.png\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"White line illustration of books against a lavender background.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>19 Disciplines<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--spacer \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--spacer\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n    \n  \n    \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--interactive-content-pane \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--interactive-content-pane\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"left\">\n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Why we matter:\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"pagination-wrapper\">\n      <ul class=\"interactive-content-pane-pagination\"><\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"right\">\n          <div class=\"swiper\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                What is &#8220;family&#8221;?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>As a diverse group of scholars spanning multiple fields, we define &#8220;family&#8221; broadly. Families can vary in size and structure, and are dynamic, reconfiguring as couples make the transition into parenthood or an empty-nester phase; separate or divorce; and experience illness and bereavement. These transition points, or \u201chinge moments,\u201d can be windows of both vulnerability and opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Why does family research matter?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>The family profoundly shapes health and well-being from cradle to grave. Increasingly, social connection has been recognized as a public health priority and a buffer against stress and disease, just as social isolation has been found to carry a greater mortality toll than smoking, obesity, and alcoholism. In infancy and childhood, consistent caregiving supports survival and the development of self-regulatory capacities. In adulthood, marriage has been linked with both health and economic benefits, although dysfunctional or abusive relationships can carry significant costs. Among older adults, late-life caregiving demands are often borne by the family unit. Family caregiving can be protective for older adults, but can also place significant emotional and economic strains on partners and adult children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                What can we learn?\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Families typically cohabitate, pool resources, share ties of kinship, obligation, and commitment, and coordinate communication, emotions, and behaviors. Other social groups also exhibit these characteristics, but rarely with the same intensity or duration. Family members therefore have greater potential to get under each other\u2019s skin, not just figuratively but literally, as families may share genes, microbiota, and interlinked patterns of brain and biological activation. For children, the family environment also has primacy: That is, the family typically constitutes the first social environment into which a child emerges, and offers a template for the larger world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n              <h3 class=\"pane-title\">\n                Family research across generations.\n              <\/h3>\n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Families are not necessarily harmonious, but can also be settings for abuse, neglect, and trauma. And the family\u2019s influence can extend beyond the lifespan, across generations. Much recent research has elucidated the mechanisms of intergenerational transmission across multiple domains, from the transmission of incarceration risk and educational attainment, to family aggression and psychopathology, to physical health and neurodevelopment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          \n  \n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n  \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n  <div class=\"background-images\">\n          <div class=\"swiper swiper-background-images\">\n        <div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_285071033-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_285071033-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_285071033-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_285071033-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Cropped view of woman holding paper cut gay family on pink background.\"\n        \n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_195894018-768x432.jpeg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_195894018-1920x1080.jpeg 1920w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_195894018-1280x720.jpeg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/AdobeStock_195894018-768x432.jpeg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"House concept with plastic blocks toy and magnifying glass on leather floor.\"\n        \n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-1-1-2-e1679642133407-768x432.png\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-1-1-2-e1679642133407-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-1-1-2-e1679642133407-768x432.png 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Miniature doll people set up in a landscape.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n\n                      <div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n                                                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-4-768x432.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-4-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/03\/My-project-4-768x432.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1200px) 75vw, (min-width:768px) 83vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"A mother wearing an infant in a wrap. Mother, child and another person put the palms of their hands on a tree trunk.\"\n        \n        role=\"presentation\"\n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n  \n\n                        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--stacking-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--stacking-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n            <div class=\"header-container\">\n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Our Team\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n            \n                                \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Meet our core team and committees!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n    \n            <div class=\"cards-container\">\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Darby Saxbe\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Founder and Director<br \/>\n<\/strong>dsaxbe@usc.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong>Darby Saxbe,\u00a0<\/strong>Associate Professor of Psychology, is the founder and director of the USC Center for the Changing Family. She works to bridge different disciplines and members of USC and CHLA studying the same topics from different lenses to provide new insights to family research and beyond. She studies how close family relationships get under the skin to affect stress and health. Her current work focuses on the transition to parenthood and follows couples from pregnancy into the first year postpartum. A related study examines the \u201cfathering brain,\u201d using neuroimaging to scan fathers both prenatally and again postpartum. She has studied the transformative impact of new parenthood on the brain, body, and mind, as well as the enduring legacy of early family environments on child well-being. Dr. Saxbe has also examined physiological synchrony within families and has published multiple studies that find hormonal linkage within couples and parent-child dyads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2022\/12\/atuqaxyt.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Darby Saxbe\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Melissa Reyes\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Administrative Coordinator<\/strong><br \/>\nreyesmel@usc.edu<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"sqsrte-text-color--darkAccent\">Melissa<\/span> Reyes<\/strong> is currently\u00a0 as well as the lab manager for the NeuroEndocrinology of Social Ties Lab (NEST Lab). In this role, she coordinates the behind the scenes efforts needed to host our center&#8217;s events and handles the communications efforts for our center. She received her M.S. in Communication Data Science from USC in 2023 and her B.A. from UC Berkeley in 2017 in Cognitive Science and Art Practice. She is interested in the intersection between data science and social justice work as well as making data science and research accessible to the larger community outside of academia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Melissa-Reyes-Headshot-1-768x1024.jpg\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Melissa-Reyes-Headshot-1-1280x1707.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Melissa-Reyes-Headshot-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Melissa Reyes\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Beth Smith\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Research Committee<br \/>\n<\/strong>bsmith@usc.edu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/01\/My-project-e1688945811447.png\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Beth Smith\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Brigid Cotter\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>PhD Programming Committee<br \/>\nResearch Committee<br \/>\n<\/strong>brigidco@usc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/1680479752654-768x800.jpeg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Brigid Cotter\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Yingyi Lin\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Public Outreach Committee<br \/>\n<\/strong>yingyili@usc.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                    \n                        \n                            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/ccf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2023\/07\/Yingyi-Lin-2022.jpg\"\n                    sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Yingyi Lin\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n\n                    \n                <\/div>\n\n            \n                <div class=\"card\">\n\n                    <div class=\"title-description\">\n\n                                                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--cta-title\">\n\n    \n  <h3>\n          Jasmine Liu\n      <\/h3>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                        \n                                                        \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>Social Media Assistant<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jasmine is an undergraduate senior double-majoring in Psychology and Business Administration. She is interested in studying the connections between close relationships and associations with mental health. She is also greatly interested in speech and language\u2019s intersection with mental health, particularly with special education students. 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