Avery Everhart, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in GIS, Cartography and Transformation, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia (2023- )
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Information and Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan (2022-2023)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.A., Gender Studies, Queen’s University
B.A., French, B.A., Women’s & Gender Studies, and B.A., Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Li Yi, Ph.D.
Thomas O. Pyle Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School (July 2023- )
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (July 2022-June 2023)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.S., Architectural and Urban Conservation, The Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
M.Sc., Urban Development Planning, The Bartlett School of the Built Environment, University College London
B.S., Land Resource Management, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University
Bita Minaravesh, Ph.D.
Lecturer, USC Spatial Sciences Institute (2023- )
Postdoctoral Scholar, USC Equity Research Institute (2022-2023)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
Master of Public Health, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Lois Park, Ph.D.
Evaluation Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022- )
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.S., Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
B.A., Biology with a minor in Public Policy, Swarthmore College
Michelle Livings, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University (August 1, 2023- )
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.P.H., Georgia State University
B.S., Chemical Biology, Minor in Philosophy, Stevens Institute of Technology
Douglas Fleming, Ph.D.
GIS Project Coordinator, Perspecta with the Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP), Center for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.P.H., emphasis on Health Policy and Management, University of Georgia
B.S., Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia
Yan Xu, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Research Associate, USC MADRES Center, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.A., Geography, University of Southern California, Department of Geography
Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology, University of Southern California, Department of Geography
B.S., Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University
Johanna Avelar, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, University of California, San Francisco (2022- )
NIH-funded 2021 GloCal Fogarty Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, Division of Global Health, UC San Diego School of Medicine (2021-2022)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.A., Geography, California State University, Long Beach
B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Yingyi Lin, Ph.D.
Research Scientist, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2023-)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
Master of Science in Public Health Sciences (Epidemiology), Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Bachelor of Medical Sciences in Public Health (Preventive Medicine), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Bachelor of Arts in English (Medical English), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Mengya Xu, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Scholar with Dr. Hoda Abdel Magid, USC Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Spatial Sciences, leveraging spatial epidemiology to reduce hypertension disparities (2024-)
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.S., Cartography and Geographic Information System, Wuhan University, China
B.S., Geographic Information System, Minor in Finance, Wuhan University, China
Leo Lerner, Ph.D.
Analyst, Esri
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
MSc, Nature, Society and Environmental Governance, University of Oxford
B.A. (Hons), Geography/North America, University of Lancaster
Rachel Wilkie, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, examining residential age-mixing and how it affects community resilience and intergenerational connection within local areas in the UK (2024 – )
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
Master of Public Health, University of Queensland, Australia
BMSc International Health, Upper 2nd Class Honours, University of Dundee, Scotland
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Dundee, Scotland
Xin Yu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (2024 – )
Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California
M.S. Spatial Data Science, University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineering, Spatial Informatics & Digitalized Technology, Wuhan University, China
