Richard Downie Adjunct Professor of Spatial Sciences AHF B55 Profile Dr. Richard Downie is Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Pacific Council on International Policy. He serves on the Boards of the World Hwa Rang Do Association, Westport Construction Incorporated, and is a member of the Faculty of… Read More
Moheng Ma Population, Health and Place Ph.D. student Profile Moheng Ma earned his master’s degree in Regional Science from Cornell University and a master’s degree in Urban Planning from Columbia University, where his work bridged urban policy, geospatial data analysis, and human well-being. He previously served as a research assistant… Read More
Jinbo Niu Population, Health and Place Ph.D. student Profile Jinbo Niu earned his master’s degree at the University of Pennsylvania. His master’s study focused on data-driven methods in social policy and health behavior studies. He has served as a research assistant at both the School of Social Policy and Practice… Read More
Rita Burke Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Population and Public Health Sciences, and Spatial Sciences… Read More
Jiachen Zhang Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Spatial Sciences jiachen.zhang@usc.edu KAP 224C 213.821.8025 Profile Dr. Jiachen Zhang is an assistant professor (tenure track) in the Sonny Astani Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the Viterbi School of Engineering and the Spatial Sciences Institute in the Dornsife… Read More
Ibrahim Sabek Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Spatial Sciences sabek@usc.edu Ginsburg Hall GCS 505C 213.821.2292 Profile Ibrahim Sabek is an assistant professor in the Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science and in the Spatial Sciences Institute at University of Southern California. Before joining USC, he was a postdoctoral associate… Read More
Yuxi Cai Population, Health and Place Ph.D. student yuxicai@usc.edu AHF B55 Profile Yuxi Cai has focused on residential neighborhood microbial exposure and environmental determinants in her study of multi-scale social and physical environment impact on health effects and moderation mechanisms of pollution, microbial exposure and physical activities. Her research interests… Read More
Brandon Garcia Population, Health and Place Ph.D. student bsgarcia@usc.edu AHF B55 Profile In the Population, Health and Place Ph.D. program, Brandon is interested in examining how health behaviors and outcomes are affected by social determinants of health for socioeconomically disadvantaged and medically underserved communities. In particular, he would like to… Read More
Lia Soorenian they/them Population, Health and Place Ph.D. student soorenia@usc.edu AHF B55 Profile Lia is an educator and urban planner working with issues of climate change, equity, public health and community development. As a first-gen student at Bard College, they earned a BA in Environmental and Urban Studies. They then earned… Read More
Beau MacDonald GIS Project Administrator beaumacd@usc.edu AHF 146 213.740.7164 Profile Beau MacDonald is a GIS Project Administrator for the Spatial Sciences Institute at the University of Southern California. Her recent work includes geospatial data analysis and research on social and environmental determinants of health to support ongoing USC Spatial partnerships… Read More
