{"id":5182,"date":"2023-11-07T17:06:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T01:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/spatial\/?page_id=5182"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:49:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:49:39","slug":"population-health-and-place-ph-d-alumni","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/spatial\/population-health-and-place-ph-d-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet our Population, Health and Place Ph.D. alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"\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
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\n \n Avery Everhart, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor in GIS, Cartography and Transformation, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia (2023- )<\/p>\n

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Information and Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of Michigan (2022-2023)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.A., Gender Studies, Queen’s University<\/p>\n

B.A., French, B.A., Women’s & Gender Studies, and B.A., Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro<\/p>\n

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\n \n Li Yi, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Clinical Data Scientist III, Teledoc Health (2025-)<\/p>\n

Thomas O. Pyle Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School (July 2023- 2025)<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (July 2022-June 2023)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.S., Architectural and Urban Conservation, The Stuart Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

M.Sc., Urban Development Planning, The Bartlett School of the Built Environment, University College London<\/p>\n

B.S., Land Resource Management, College of Land Science and Technology, China Agricultural University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Han Shen, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate, Los Angeles Cancer Surveillance Program, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California (2025-)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Master of Public Policy, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Management, Renmin University of China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Andy Kampfschulte, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Principal Bioinformatics Scientist, Children\u2019s Hospital of Philadelphia<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

B.S., Biology, Grand Valley State University<\/p>\n

PSM, Biostatistics, Grand Valley State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Bita Minaravesh, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Lecturer, USC Spatial Sciences Institute (2023- )<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Scholar, USC Equity Research Institute (2022-2023)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Master of Public Health, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

B.A., Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Lois Park, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Evaluation Fellow, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2022- )<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.S., Public Health, Johns Hopkins University<\/p>\n

B.A., Biology with a minor in Public Policy, Swarthmore College<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n Michelle Livings, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Health Sciences at Rutgers-Camden (2025-)<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Princeton University (August 1, 2023-2025 )<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.P.H., Georgia State University<\/p>\n

B.S., Chemical Biology, Minor in Philosophy, Stevens Institute of Technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Douglas Fleming, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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GIS Project Coordinator, Perspecta with the Geospatial Research, Analysis, and Services Program (GRASP), Center for Disease Control Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.P.H., emphasis on Health Policy and Management, University of Georgia<\/p>\n

B.S., Health Promotion and Behavior, University of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Yan Xu, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Post-doctoral Research Associate, USC MADRES Center, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine of USC<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.A., Geography, University of Southern California, Department of Geography<\/p>\n

Graduate Certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology, University of Southern California, Department of Geography<\/p>\n

B.S., Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n Johanna Avelar, Ph.D.\n\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Principal Data and Research Analyst, County of San Diego (2024-)<\/p>\n

Postdoctoral Scholar, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, University of California, San Francisco (2022-24 )<\/p>\n

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)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.A., Geography, California State University, Long Beach<\/p>\n

B.A., Geography and Environmental Studies, University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n Yingyi Lin, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, University of Texas at Dallas (2025-)<\/p>\n

Senior Officer, Modeling and Quantitative Science (Family Planning), Gates Foundation (2023-2025)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Master of Science in Public Health Sciences (Epidemiology), Queen\u2019s University, Kingston, Canada<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Medical Sciences in Public Health (Preventive Medicine), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Arts in English (Medical English), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n Mengya Xu, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Post-doctoral Scholar with Dr. Hoda Abdel Magi<\/a>d, USC Assistant Professor of Population and Public Health Sciences and Spatial Sciences,\u00a0 leveraging spatial epidemiology to reduce hypertension disparities (2024-)<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.S., Cartography and Geographic Information System, Wuhan University, China<\/p>\n

B.S., Geographic Information System, Minor in Finance, Wuhan University, China<\/p>\n

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\n \n \n Leo Lerner, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Analyst, Esri<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

MSc, Nature, Society and Environmental Governance, University of Oxford<\/p>\n

B.A. (Hons), Geography\/North America, University of Lancaster<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n Rachel Wilkie, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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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 – )<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Master of Public Health, University of Queensland, Australia<\/p>\n

BMSc International Health, Upper 2nd Class Honours, University of Dundee, Scotland<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Dundee, Scotland<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n \n \n Xin Yu, Ph.D.\n\n <\/a>\n <\/h3>\n \n \n
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York (2024 – )<\/p>\n

Ph.D., Population, Health and Place, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

M.S. Spatial Data Science, University of Southern California<\/p>\n

Bachelor of Engineering, Spatial Informatics & Digitalized Technology, Wuhan University, China<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5182","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMeet our Population, Health and Place Ph.D. alumni - Spatial Sciences Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/spatial\/population-health-and-place-ph-d-alumni\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet our Population, Health and Place Ph.D. alumni - 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