Our Team

Meet our faculty and staff. See the pages below for bios, photos and more information:

Core Faculty

Sofia Gruskin, JD, MIA - Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Jonathan Cohen, JD, MPhil - Director of Policy Engagement, Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Laura Ferguson, PhD, SM, MA - Research Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Director, Program on Global Health & Human Rights
Shubha Kumar, PhD, MPH Shubha Kumar, PhD, MPH - Education Director, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Mellissa Withers, Ph.D., MHS Mellissa Withers, PhD, MHS - Director, APRU Global Health Program

Staff

Michelle Chow - Manager
Valerie Childress - Project Specialist Administrative
William Jardell, MPH - Program Specialist
Justine McGowan - Senior Research Lead

Fellows

Miles Lambert-Peck, MSSE, MPH - Research Fellow

Adjunct Faculty

Jeffrey O’Malley Jeffrey O’Malley - Senior Advisor, LGBTI Inclusion, Africa United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Rajat Khosla, LLM, LLB - Adjunct Professor, USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health
Daniel Tarantola Daniel Tarantola, MD - Adjunct Professor of Research

Visiting Scholars

Sharon Fonn, MBBCh, DOH, DEpi, FFCH, PhD, MASSAf - Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Beatrice Maina, MA - Visiting Scholar
Herta Oliveira, RN, MPH - Visiting Scholar
Susana Soto - Visiting Scholar

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